Elco 80-foot torpedo boats PT-149 and PT-122 at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 1943. Note Mark XIII torpedoes and radar dome atop the mast.

Caption   Elco 80-foot torpedo boats PT-149 and PT-122 at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, 1943. Note Mark XIII torpedoes and radar dome atop the mast. ww2dbase
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Photos at Same Place Tulagi, Solomon Islands, British Western Pacific Territories
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 1 Jan 2006
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".



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1. Drew Cook says:
26 Aug 2017 05:18:39 PM

Don't believe this photo was taken at Tulagi. I don't think Tulagi had finger piers.

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