USS PT-105, an 80-foot ELCO type motor torpedo boat, was placed in service in late June 1942, assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron FIVE. Following training along the U.S. East Coast, she served in the Panama area until spring 1943, when she was carried by ship to the Solomon Islands, in the south Pacific. Based at Rendova, near contested New Georgia Island, from July 1943, PT-105 was present during an action with Japanese destroyers in Blackett Strait on the night of 1-2 August. On the 22nd of that month, she participated in a daylight raid on the Kolombangara coast that provoked a considerable fight between U.S. PT boats and enemy coastal guns.
With the rest of her squadron, PT-105 continued in action in the Solomons and Admiralties well into 1944. Following further service in the New Guinea area, she was transferred to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron EIGHTEEN in mid-February 1945 and completed the Pacific War in the Philippines. Rendered surplus to requirements by Japan's surrender, PT-105 was placed out of service and destroyed at the beginning of November 1945.
This page features all the views we have of USS PT-105.
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Photo #: NH 97974 USS PT-105 Running at high speed, during exercises off the U.S. East Coast with other units of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five, 12 July 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 44453 USS PT-105 Underway with other units of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five, during maneuvers off the U.S. East Coast, 12 July 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 620 pixels |
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Photo #: 80-G-17402 USS PT-105 Maneuvering off the U.S. East Coast with other units of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five, 12 July 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 44452 USS PT-105 Leads other units of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Five during exercises off the U.S. East Coast, 12 July 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 610 pixels |
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In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS PT-105. The following list features some of these images:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".
Starboard bow view of PT-105 running at high speed during exercises off the East Coast, 12 July 1942. Another PT boat is in the distance. This view is similar to Photo # NH 97974 (seen above), but is somewhat more distant. Port bow view of PT-105 running at high speed during exercises off the East Coast, 12 July 1942. Other PT boats are in the distance, on each side of PT-105. This view is somewhat similar in aspect to Photo # NH 44452 (seen above), but is somewhat more distant, and shows the other PTs to each side of PT-105 instead of following astern. Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions". |
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 30 June 2002