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USS PT 109

Motor torpedo boat of the ELCO 80' class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMotor torpedo boat
ClassELCO 80' 
Pennant 
Built byElectric Launch Company Ltd. (Elco), (Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down4 Mar, 1942 
Launched20 Jun, 1942 
Commissioned10 Jul, 1942 
Lost2 Aug, 1943 
Loss position08.03S, 156.58E (See a map)
 
HistoryUSS PT-109 (Lt. J.F. Kennedy, later to become President of the United States) was rammed and sunk by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri (offsite link) in Blackett Strait, Solomon Islands in position 08º03'S, 156º58'E. 

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