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Lieutenant Commander John Bulkeley, United States Navy, at the helm of motor torpedo boat PT-64, a 77-foot Elco boat, Melville, Rhode Island, United States, circa 1942.

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Caption     Lieutenant Commander John Bulkeley, United States Navy, at the helm of motor torpedo boat PT-64, a 77-foot Elco boat, Melville, Rhode Island, United States, circa 1942. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Melville, Rhode Island, United States
Date  Jul 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
Identification Code   80-G-14999
 
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 942 x 1,179 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
15 Oct 2016 10:36:21 PM

This was probably a Navy publicity photo as Bulkeley never served on this boat. For most of its career, PT-64 served with a training squadron out of Providence, RI. At the outbreak of the war, then-Lt Bulkeley commanded PT-41, the boat that transported General Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor to Mindanao in Mar 1942. He also commanded Motor Torpedo Squadron 3 and was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in and around the Philippines, Dec 1941 to Apr 1942.
Note also the ensign and commissioning pennant flying from the mast and the absence of a radar dome on the mast.

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