USS PT 197

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Motor torpedo boat
Class	Higgins 78'
Pennant
Built by	Higgins Industies (New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.)
Ordered	25 Mar 1942
Laid down	23 Jun 1942
Launched	7 Sep 1942
Commissioned	5 Jan 1943
End service	15 Feb 1943
History	Transferred to the Soviet Union on 15 February 1943 being renamed RPT 11. Due to the cancellation of convoys to Russia in the spring of 1943, this ship ended up in Great Britain and was incorporated into the Royal Navy in April 1943 as target tower CT 16.
Career notes	To the Soviet Union as RPT 11

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