"Higgins 78-ft" torpedo boats (PT71) (1942

HOME

FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

COASTAL FORCES

"Higgins 78-ft" torpedo boats (PT71) (1942 - 1945)

Photo

PT295

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
PT71 - 94 PT197 - 254 PT265 - 313 PT450 - 485 PT625 - 660 PT791 - 808	Higgins, New Orleans: PT71 - 94, 197 - 254, 265 - 313, 450 - 485, 625 - 660, 791 - 808	7-12/1942: PT71 - 80, 82 - 94 1-12/1943: PT81, 197 - 254, 265 - 307 1-8, 12.1944: PT308 - 313, 450 - 485, 625, 626 1-10/1945: PT627 - 660, 791 - 796	PT73 (15.1.1945), PT77 (1.2.1945), PT79 (1.2.1945), PT200 (22.2.1944), PT202 (16.8.1944), PT218 (16.8.1944), PT219 (14.9.1943), PT239 (14.12.1943), PT247 (5.5.1944), PT251 (26.2.1944), PT279 (11.2.1944), PT283 (17.3.1944), PT300 (18.12.1944), PT301 (7.11.1944), PT311 (18.11.1944) PT797 - 808 - sold incomplete	Soviet Union 2-11/1943: PT85 - 87, 89, 197, 198, 265 - 276, 289 - 294, 625 - 656 (unnamed, No22, unnamed, No21, unnamed, unnamed, No202 - 213, TK-215 - 218, 222, 219, 851- 882) United Kingdom 4.1943: PT88, 90 - 94, 201, 203 - 217 (MTB419 - 424, MGB181, 189, 182, 190, 177, 183 - 185, 191, 186, 192, 187, 178 - 180, 188)	10/1945-1/1946: PT71, 72, 74 - 76, 78, 80 - 84, 197 - 199, 220 - 238, 240 - 246, 248 - 250, 252 - 254, 277 - 278, 280 - 282, 284 - 288, 295 - 299, 302 - 310, 312, 313, 450 - 485, 657 - 660, 791 - 796

Names

Builders

Commissioned

Losses

Transfers

Discarding

PT71 - 94

PT197 - 254

PT265 - 313

PT450 - 485

PT625 - 660

PT791 - 808

Higgins, New Orleans: PT71 - 94, 197 - 254, 265 - 313, 450 - 485, 625 - 660, 791 - 808

7-12/1942: PT71 - 80, 82 - 94

1-12/1943: PT81, 197 - 254, 265 - 307

1-8, 12.1944: PT308 - 313, 450 - 485, 625, 626

1-10/1945: PT627 - 660, 791 - 796

PT73 (15.1.1945), PT77 (1.2.1945), PT79 (1.2.1945), PT200 (22.2.1944), PT202 (16.8.1944), PT218 (16.8.1944), PT219 (14.9.1943), PT239 (14.12.1943), PT247 (5.5.1944), PT251 (26.2.1944), PT279 (11.2.1944), PT283 (17.3.1944), PT300 (18.12.1944), PT301 (7.11.1944), PT311 (18.11.1944)

PT797 - 808 - sold incomplete

Soviet Union 2-11/1943: PT85 - 87, 89, 197, 198, 265 - 276, 289 - 294, 625 - 656 (unnamed, No22, unnamed, No21, unnamed, unnamed, No202 - 213, TK-215 - 218, 222, 219, 851- 882)

United Kingdom 4.1943: PT88, 90 - 94, 201, 203 - 217 (MTB419 - 424, MGB181, 189, 182, 190, 177, 183 - 185, 191, 186, 192, 187, 178 - 180, 188)

10/1945-1/1946: PT71, 72, 74 - 76, 78, 80 - 84, 197 - 199, 220 - 238, 240 - 246, 248 - 250, 252 - 254, 277 - 278, 280 - 282, 284 - 288, 295 - 299, 302 - 310, 312, 313, 450 - 485, 657 - 660, 791 - 796

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	35
Displacement full, t	43 - 48
Length, m	23.9 - 24.0
Breadth, m	6.12
Draught, m	1.60
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 petrol engines
Power, h. p.	4050 - 4500
Max speed, kts	41
Fuel, t	petrol 10800 l
Endurance, nm(kts)	500 (20)
Armament	PT71 - 94, 197 - 254, 265 - 313: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT PT450 - 485, 625 - 660, 791 - 796: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 - 533 TT
Electronic equipment	SO or SCR-517A radar
Complement	17

Graphics

PT295

Project history

78ft Higgins type, designed on the basis of project made by "British Power Boats".

Modernizations

None.

1.1946, survived: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 - 533 TT, SO or SCR-517A radar