PT 362 "The Geisha Gooser" 80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:
Laid down 16 November 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
Launched 4 May 1943
Completed 18 May 1943
Placed in service 15 August 1943 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron EIGHTEEN (MTBRon 18)) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Henry M. S. Swift, USNR
MTBRon 18, assigned to the Southwest Pacific, had action at Dreger Harbor, Aitape, Hollandia, Wakde, and Mios Woendi, in New Guinea; at Manus in the Admiralties; and at Morotai in the Halmaheras.
It also based for a time at Kana Kopa, New Guinea, and in San Pedro Bay in the Philippines, but had no action from these bases. The squadron then was reassigned to Southwest Pacific and was augmented by PT's 362 - 367, 80-foot boats fabricated by Elco and assembled at the Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, CA. When completed these boats were identical with the 80-foot
Elco model
The "Geisha Gooser", ex-"Tojo's Hotfoot", ex-"Todd's Hotfoot" was placed out of service, stripped and destroyed by U.S. Forces 4 November 1945 at Samar, Philippines. Specifications:
Displacement 56 t.
Length 80'
Beam 20' 8"
Draft 5'
Speed 41 kts.
Complement 17
Armament: One 40mm mount, four 21" Torpedoes and two twin .50 cal. machine guns
Propulsion: Three 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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