PT 61-Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three Crew: Lt. Hugh M. Robinson USN Boat Captain/Squadron Commander MTBRON 3 (Nov.�42/Jan �43) Ens. Joseph C. Kernell Executive Officer (later Boat Captain) QM1/c Sawyer Quartermaster TM1/c Alfred R. Norwood USN Torpedoman GM1/c Benjamin F. Parrish Gunnery RM1/c Hamilton Radioman CMM Arthur Stuffert Engineering MM1/c Shaw Engineering MM1/c Jeans Engineering SC1/c Koval Ship�s Cook 13 Sept. Hoisted aboard skids on SS Joseph Stanton. 13 Oct. Arrived in Noumea. 16 Oct. Waterborne 20 Oct. Underway for Espiritu Santo under tow of USS Trevor. 22 Oct. Arrived Espiritu. 23 Oct. Departed for Tulagi, towed by USS Trevor. 25 Oct. Arrived Tulagi, patrol that night-no contact. 26 Oct. Patrol-no contact. 28 Oct. Patrol-no contact. 29 Oct. Patrol-no contact. 31 Oct. Patrol-no contact, struck reef. 2 Nov. Patrol-no contact. 4 Nov. Patrol-no contact. 6-7 Nov. Patrol-no contact. 8 Nov. Patrol-enemy contact, Japanese shell blew off bow of boat. 21 Nov. Work on bow completed. 27 Nov. Patrol-no contact 2 Dec. Patrol-no contact. 4 Dec. Patrol-no contact. 8 Dec. 0500-0815hrs. Anti-submarine patrol. 8-9 Dec. Patrol-no contact 11 Dec. Patrol-Lt. Charles E. Tilden in command. Ran aground. 12 Dec. Towed off by PC boat. 13 Dec-30 Jan. 43 Laid up, out of commission 2 Feb. Picked up six men out of water six miles East of Savo Island. |