History | |
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United States | |
Name | PT-337 |
Laid down | 17 February 1943 |
Launched | 24 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 14 May 1943 |
Fate | Sunk by gunfire, 7 March 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Type | PT boat |
Displacement | 38 long tons (39 t) |
Length | 80 ft (24 m) |
Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
Complement | 3 officers and 9 enlisted |
Armament |
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PT-337 was a PT-103-class motor torpedo boat that was sunk in action during the Pacific Theater of World War II in Hansa Bay, New Guinea, on March 7, 1944.[1][2][3][4]