Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Motor torpedo boat |
Class | Higgins 78' |
Pennant | |
Built by | Higgins Industies (New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 7 Aug 1942 |
Laid down | 1 Feb 1943 |
Launched | 12 Mar 1943 |
Commissioned | 12 Jul 1943 |
Lost | 17 Mar 1944 |
Loss position | 6° 27'S, 155° 08'E |
History | Mistakenly sunk by gunfire from the US destroyer USS Guest off Bougainville, Solomon Islands in position 06º27'S, 155º08'E. |
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