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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 | ||||||||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Leyte, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||
Date | 24 Oct 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-345819 | ||||||||||||||||
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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.