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 | 30 Jun 1942 |
Launched | 3 Oct 1942 |
Commissioned | 20 Jan 1943 |
End service | 1944 |
History | Transferred to the Royal Navy in 1944 being renamed MGB 181. |
Career notes | To Britain as MGB 181 |
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Notable events involving PT 201 include:
22 Apr 1943
Around 1000A/22, USS Enoree (T/Cdr. W.S. Campbell, USN), USS Charles Ausburne (T/Cdr. L.K. Reynolds, USN) and USS Spence (T/Cdr. H.J. Armstrong, Jr., USN) arrived at Gibraltar from Casablanca.
During the day the motor torpedo boats (PT boats), USS PT 201, USS PT 202, USS PT 203 and USS PT 204 were then offloaded from USS Enoree. They had been carried as deck cargo.