| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Motor torpedo boat |
| Class | ELCO 80' |
| Pennant | |
| Built by | Electric Launch Company Ltd. (Elco), (Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 4 Mar, 1942 |
| Launched | 20 Jun, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 Jul, 1942 |
| Lost | 2 Aug, 1943 |
| Loss position | 08.03S, 156.58E (See a map) |
| History | USS 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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