October 1942-February 1943
Crew:
Lt.(jg) Mark E. Wertz Boat Captain
Ens. Lemuel Skidmore, Jr. Executive Officer
GM1/c G.F. Sens Gunnery
MM1/c E.G. Lambert Engineering
TM2/c J.D. Miles Torpedoman
QM2/c W.B. Spillman Quartermaster
MoMM2/c Griffin Engineering
RM2/c B.R. Tatroe Radioman
MoMM2/c C. Hamilton Engineering
F1/c Doehne Engineering
8 Oct 42 Boat hoisted aboard SS Robin Wently.
11 Nov. Arrived at Noumea.
15 Nov. Underway for Espiritu Santo, towed by USS Trevor.
17 Nov. Arrived Espiritu.
18 Nov. Departed for Tulagi, towed by USS Trevor, along with PT 40.
20 Nov. Arrived Tulagi, patrol that night. Started run on unidentified ships.
Ran aground. Base reported them as friendlies
9 Dec. Transferred torpedoes to PT 45.
15-21 Dec. Drydocked
11 Jan. Patrol-picked up and destroyed Japanese supplies off Guadalcanal.
Received light machine gun fire from shore--returned fire.
14 Jan. Patrol-sighted enemy ships, lost contact due to bad visibility.
18-21 Jan. Patrol-no contact.
1 Feb. Patrol-enemy ship 4 miles E. of Savo Is. fired several salvos at 800
this boat. Ran behind smoke, lost contact. Flare dropped astern
of this boat. Aircraft unidentified, no strafing. Picked up two MTB
survivors, Bennett and Kinlaw of PT 111
2 Feb. 0750 hrs. Took PT 48 in tow astern. Retrieved unidentified corpse
from PT 110.