Patrol torpedo boat PT-59
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Patrol_torpedo_boat_PT-59 an entity of type: Thing
PT-59 / PTGB-1 was an S-Class Patrol Torpedo boat (PT boat) of the United States Navy, built by the Electric Launch Company of Bayonne, New Jersey. The boat was laid down as Motor Boat Submarine Chaser PTC-27, and was reclassified as BPT-11 when assigned to transfer to Britain under Lend-Lease. However, this was cancelled, and she was reclassified as PT-59 prior to launch on 8 October 1941, and was completed on 5 March 1942.
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
Patrol torpedo boat PT-59
rdf:langString
PT-59
xsd:integer
7605701
xsd:integer
1120561866
rdf:langString
Gunboat on gunwales, gas tanks
rdf:langString
* Lt. David M. Levy
* Lt. John F. Kennedy
rdf:langString
*As built:
* 4 × Mark 8 torpedoes
* 2 × twin .50 cal. M2 Browning machine guns in Dewandre turrets
* 2 × .303 cal. Lewis guns
* 2 × depth charges
*As PT gunboat:
* 6 × .50 cal. machine guns, three on each side
* 2 × 40 mm guns suitable as anti-aircraft guns
* 2 × twin .50 cal. machine guns in elevated circular Dewandre turrets, behind and on each side of the cockpit
rdf:langString
Also suitable as anti-aircraft
* 2 × single .30 cal. machine guns, forward of the cockpit, on each quarter
rdf:langString
PT-59 after conversion into a gunboat, October 1943
rdf:langString
Elco 77-foot PT boat
xsd:integer
15
xsd:date
1942-03-05
rdf:langString
United States
rdf:langString
Sold, 1947, Sunk, 1976, remains raised and on display at Battleship Cove
rdf:langString
PT-59 after conversion.jpg
xsd:date
1941-07-26
xsd:date
1941-10-08
rdf:langString
PT-59
xsd:integer
3
rdf:langString
PT-59 / PTGB-1 was an S-Class Patrol Torpedo boat (PT boat) of the United States Navy, built by the Electric Launch Company of Bayonne, New Jersey. The boat was laid down as Motor Boat Submarine Chaser PTC-27, and was reclassified as BPT-11 when assigned to transfer to Britain under Lend-Lease. However, this was cancelled, and she was reclassified as PT-59 prior to launch on 8 October 1941, and was completed on 5 March 1942. After serving in a training squadron in Rhode Island, PT-59 was reassigned to the protection of the Panama Canal before being transported by oceangoing ship to the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. It arrived at its home base of Tulagi and served successfully, sinking a Japanese submarine by torpedo. In the fall of 1943, PT-59 was converted into a gunboat under the direction of its new commander, Lieutenant (and future U.S. President) John F. Kennedy when the chronic inaccuracy of the era's torpedoes and under-arming of the resulting craft were both recognized. She had all four of her torpedo tubes removed, as well as her two depth charges, but retained two heavy 40-millimeter Bofors cannon anti-aircraft guns fitted fore and aft. The refit also added six .50-caliber machine gun nests, with three on each side, behind shields, as well as additional weaponry. The partially armored craft was then notably used to rescue Marines stranded under heavy Japanese gunfire on Choiseul Island, and attack both Japanese barges and shore batteries.
rdf:langString
yes
<millimetre>
23469.6
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
29418
xsd:date
1942-03-05
xsd:date
1941-07-26
xsd:double
23.4696
xsd:double
5.7912
xsd:date
1941-10-08
xsd:string
Sold, 1947, Sunk, 1976, remains raised and on display at Battleship Cove
xsd:double
75.932
xsd:double
1.2192
