| 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 | 26 Mar 1942 |
| Laid down | 2 Oct 1942 |
| Launched | 20 Dec 1942 |
| Commissioned | 28 Jan 1943 |
| Lost | 23 May 1943 |
| History | Lost on board Panamanian-flagged tanker Stanvac Manila when the Japanese submarine I-17 (offsite link) torpedoes the tanker (on which she is being transported) some 100 nm south of Nouméa, New Caledonia in position 23º45'S, 166º30'E. |
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