
Caption | PT-131 between PT-152 and PT-130, all Eclo 80-foot Motor Torpedo Boats of MTBRon-7, alongside tender USS Wachapreague in Liloan Bay, Philippines preparing to patrol the Surigao Strait, 24 Oct 1944. ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-345819 | ||||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 24 Oct 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Leyte, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||||||||
Added Date | 1 May 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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Note the Mark XIII torpedoes, rocket launching racks, 20mm machine cannon on the foredeck, .50 caliber machine guns (including fixed mounts), and even a mortar atop PT-131’s forward deckhouse.