USN
Executive
Officer Ensign
Donald F. Galloway, USNR
Sunk March 17, 1943
Wartime History
Two boats, (PT 67 and PT 119) burned
and sunk in a fueling accident at Tufi
on March 17, 1943. After the accident, Ensign Donald F. Galloway, USNR
headed the naval detachment on SS Masaya.
Salvage
The wrecks were salvaged for non-ferrous metal in the early
1970s. There are at least two live torpedoes among the wreckage.
References
Thanks to Don
Fetterly for this information.
