PT 557 "The Termites Delight" 80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat:
Laid down 3 July 1943 by Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
Launched 18 September 1943
Completed 30 October 1943 and placed in service with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWENTY NINE (MTBRon 29) under the command of Comdr. S. Stephen Daunis, USN
MTBRon 29, assigned to the Mediterranean, based at Calvi, Corsica, and Leghorn, Italy, and had action along the northwest coast of Italy and southern coast of France, operating under the British Coastal Forces
Transferred 23 November 1944 to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron FOUR (MTBRon 4) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Jack E. Gibson, USN
MTBRon 4 was the training squadron, based at the MTB Squadrons Training Center, Melville, R.I. It was the largest squadron, having a peak of 28 boats in service at one time. When the training center was decommissioned early in
1946, MTBRon 4 was assigned to the Operational Development Force, and based at Solomons, MD
Placed out of service 28 January 1946
Struck from the Naval Register 25 February 1946
The "Termite's Delight" was reclassified as a Small Boat, C105338, 27 August 1946
Fate unknown. Specifications:
Displacement 56 t.
Length 80'
Beam 20' 8"
Draft 5'
Speed 41 kts.
Complement 17
Armament: One quad-20mm Elco Thunderbolt mount, one 37mm mount, one 20
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