Ext RARE ID'd WWII USN Unofficial PT Boat Badge for PT-187 ELCO 3Wave Type Badge
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Ext RARE ID'd WWII USN Unofficial PT Boat Badge for PT-187 ELCO 3Wave Type Badge

Code: usnptb20187elc
$795.00


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ARTIFACT: This is an Extremely RARE ID'd World War II United States Navy Unofficial PT Boat Badge for PT-187 ELCO 3Wave Type Badge. MTBRon 12 Combat Southwest Pacific.

80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:
Laid down 13 November 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
Launched 26 January 1943
Placed in service 12 February 1943
Assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWELVE (MTBRon 12), 18 February 1943 under the command of Lt. Comdr. John Harllee, USN
MTBRon 12, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action in New Guinea waters at Morobe, Dreger Harbor, Hollandia, and Mios Woendi, and in the Philippines at San Pedro Bay and Ormoc. It also
based for a time at Kana Kopa, New Guinea, but had no action from this base
Transferred 10 May 1943 to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron SIX (MTBRon 6) under the command of Lt. Clark W. Faulkner, USNR
MTBRon 6 arrived in the South Pacific in time for its boats to participate in some of the last actions with the Tokyo Express at Guadalcanal. Later it had action at Rendova, Vella Lavella, Treasury,
Bougainville, Green, and Emirau. After its transfer to the Southwest Pacific in May 1944, the squadron was decommissioned and its boats were distributed to replenish other squadrons which had suffered operational losses
Transferred 29 May 1944 to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron NINE (MTBRon 9) under the command of Lt. Michael R. Pessolano, USN
MTBRon 9, assigned to the South Pacific, had action at Rendova, Lever Harbor, Treasury, and Green. Transferred to the Southwest Pacific in May 1944, the squadron had action at Mios Woendi,
Dutch New Guinea; Morotai, in the Halmaheras; and at Zamboanga and Tawi Tawi in the Philippines. The squadron also based for a time at Dreger Harbor, New Guinea, and at Samar in the Philippines, but had no action from these bases
Placed out of service 24 November 1945
The "8 Ball"; ex-"Nightmare" was transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in May 1946 and sold, Fate unknown.
Specifications:

Displacement 56 t.
Length 80'
Beam 20' 8"
Draft 5'
Speed 41 kts.
Complement 17
Armament: One 40mm mount, two 21" torpedoes, two twin .50 cal. machine guns, one 37mm mount and one 20mm mount
Propulsion: Three 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05187.htm 

Courtesy of NavSource Online: Motor Torpedo Boat Photo Archive

PT-187  Nicknames: Nightmare, and later, 8-Ball   

Call sign: Nan - Yoke - Oboe - Oboe

2 pics to add to listing, attached, NOT included with badge. 

VINTAGE: World War II.

SIZE: Approximately 9/16" in height x 2-1/2" in width.

MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Sterling silver.

ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with come-under locking catch.

MARKINGS:

STERLING
PAT 2066969 (on the pin plate)

STERLING (reverse of the badge)

ITEM NOTES: This is from a USN collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. KAJJK23 LGIEX07/30/23

CONDITION: 8 (Excellent-): The badge shows Light Wear, Most of original lacquer intact.

GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.