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	'''Motor torpedo boat PT-657''' is a ''PT-657''-class Higgins {{convert\|78\|ft\|adj=on}} ], built for the ] during ]. ''PT-657'' was built at ] in ], ]. ''PT-657'' part of ] order for boats: ''PT-625'' to ''PT-660''. ''PT-657'' was laid down on 16 February 1945, launched on 2 April 1945 and completed on 21 July 1945.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/PT-Manual/index.html\|title=HyperWar: Motor Torpedo Boat Manual, February 1943\|website=ibiblio.org}}</ref> ''PT-657'' was scheduled for transfer to the ] on the ] act, but the war need before the transfer and the transfer was canceled. With the war ending on in September 1945 and no need for PT-boats, ''PT-657'' was struck as a PT boat from the Navy Register on 28 November 1945. Later sold off as a charter ] '''''Malihini''''' in ], ].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"></ref>		'''Motor torpedo boat ''PT-657''''' is a ''PT-657''-class Higgins {{convert\|78\|ft\|adj=on}} ], built for the ] during ]. ''PT-657'' was built at ] in ], ]. ''PT-657'' part of ] order for boats: ''PT-625'' to ''PT-660''. ''PT-657'' was laid down on 16 February 1945, launched on 2 April 1945 and completed on 21 July 1945.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/PT-Manual/index.html\|title=HyperWar: Motor Torpedo Boat Manual, February 1943\|website=ibiblio.org}}</ref> ''PT-657'' was scheduled for transfer to the ] on the ] act, but the war need before the transfer and the transfer was canceled. With the war ending on in September 1945 and no need for PT-boats, ''PT-657'' was struck as a PT boat from the Navy Register on 28 November 1945. Later sold off as a charter ] '''''Malihini''''' in ], ].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"></ref>

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Revision as of 14:24, 8 January 2025

Torpedo boat of the United States Navy

Motor torpedo boat *PT-657*
History
PT-657 sister 78-foot Higgins PT Boat PT-658
United States
Builder	Higgins Industries, New Orleans
Laid down	16 February 1945
Launched	2 April 1945
Completed	21 July 1945
Commissioned	1945
Decommissioned	28 November 1945
Identification	Callsign: Nan - Queen - Item - William
Fate	Sold Charter fishing boat Owner William Wilkerson at H & M Landing, San Diego Named Malihini.
General characteristics
Class and type	PT-625-class Higgins 78 ft (24 m) PT boat
Displacement	103,000 lb (47,000 kg)
Length	78 ft 6 in (23.93 m)
Beam	20 ft 1 in (6.12 m)
Draft	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Installed power	3 × 1,850 shp (1,380 kW) Packard 5M-2500 V12 engines
Propulsion	3 shafts
Speed	41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph)
Range	520 nmi (960 km; 600 mi) at 2,000 rpm
Complement	2 officers, 14 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	Raytheon SO
Electronic warfare & decoys	Farnsworth BN Interrogator Responsor and Hazeltine BK Transponder IFF
Armament	4 × 22.5 in (570 mm) Mark 13 torpedoes 1 × Bofors 40 mm autocannon 1 × 37 mm M4 cannon 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons 2 × twin .50 cal. M2 Browning machine guns 2 × Mk6 420 lbdepth charges 2 × Mk50 Rocket Launchers (8 cell) firing 5 in (130 mm)Mk7 spin-stabilized rockets SSR 1 × 60mm M2 Mortar for target illumination mounted on bow 2 × .30 cal Browning Automatic Rifles BAR 2 × Thompson submachine guns 2 × M1 carbines 1 × 35 gal Mk6 TiCl4 Smoke generator

Motor torpedo boat PT-657 is a PT-657-class Higgins 78-foot (24 m) PT boat, built for the United States Navy during World War II. PT-657 was built at Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana. PT-657 part of United States Navy order for boats: PT-625 to PT-660. PT-657 was laid down on 16 February 1945, launched on 2 April 1945 and completed on 21 July 1945. PT-657 was scheduled for transfer to the Soviet Union on the Lend-Lease act, but the war need before the transfer and the transfer was canceled. With the war ending on in September 1945 and no need for PT-boats, PT-657 was struck as a PT boat from the Navy Register on 28 November 1945. Later sold off as a charter fishing boat Malihini in San Diego, California.

History

This group of PT boats was delivered to the US Navy 31 July 1945 and was to be part of PT Squadron (RON) 45. PT-657 on a LST ship going from New Orleans to Seattle when the war ended. The LST ship returned to New Orleans. ' On 14 November 1946 PT-657 was transferred to the War Shipping Administration 14 November 1946 to be sold as surplus. PT-625 was sold and converted to a charter fishing boat, in a non-historical configuration. She is now owned by William Wilkerson of San Diego, operating out of H & M Landing, San Diego, named Malihini. The word Malihini is a Hawaiian word meaning a foreigner, a stranger or newcomer to a place.

Gallery

ELCO and Higgins PT boats, Know Your PT Boat US Navy July 1945
PT boat 50 cal. M2 Browning machine gun
PT Mark 8 torpedo

References

^ "PT-657". www.navsource.org.
"HyperWar: Motor Torpedo Boat Manual, February 1943". ibiblio.org.
^ Motor torpedo boat PT-657, uboat.net
"HyperWar: At Close Quarters [Appendix A]". www.ibiblio.org.
"Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 9/04/12 through 9/07/12". National Park Service. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
"PT-658". MuseumShips.
"HyperWar: PT-657". ibiblio.org.
Hawaiian Word of the Day: Malihini, 1 August 2019, hawaiinewsnow.com

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Surviving boats	PT-3 PT-8 PT-48 PT-305 PT-309 PT-459 PT-486 PT-615 PT-617 PT-657 Malihini PT-658 PT-724 PT-728 PT-766 PT-796 PT-801/ARA Towora II
Notable boats	PT-41 PT-109
Builders	Elco Naval Division Higgins Industries Huckins Yacht Harbor Boat Building Robert Jacob Shipyard Annapolis Yacht Yard Herreshoff Manufacturing Canadian Power Boats(3) Philadelphia NSY (3) Miami Shipbuilding (2) Fisher Boatworks (2) Scott-Paine (1)
Boats of history	PT-20 PT-29 PT-30 PT-34 PT-37 PT-42 PT-59 PT-105 PT-121 PT-143 PT-337 PT-346 PT-490 PT-492
Classes	Prototype PT boats PT-20 class PT-103 class MT class Vosper 70' Scott-Paine Type list
PT-MTB Squadron	MTB Squadron One MTB Squadron Two MTB Squadron Three MTB Squadron Four List of MTB Squadrons
PT training - PT bases	Melville PT Training Center Motor Torpedo Boat Repair Training Unit Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base Salcedo PT Boat Base Emirau Island PT Boat Base Kana Kopa PT Boat Base Kossol Roads PT Boat Base PT Boat Base Taboga Island Thursday Island PT Boat Base Fergusson Island PT Boat Base Espiritu Santo Naval Base Naval Base Cairns Kana Kopa PT Boat Base Naval Base Finschhafen List of PT boat bases
Notable missions	Attack on Pearl Harbor Pacific War Battle of Midway D-Day Solomon Islands campaign Guadalcanal campaign Iron Bottom Sound Midnight Raid Aleutian campaign Operation Scylla Operation Agreement
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