Patrol torpedo boat PT-321, shown rescuing Japanese sailors, was one of 39 PT boats that participated in the Battle of Surigao Strait. Pt-321 was subsequently lost on 11 November 1944, one of some 70 PTs lost from all causes during the war.
Categories: World War II | Ships and Submarines
 
 
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