| Caption | PT-183 and PT-180, Elco 80-footers of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 11 (MTBRon 11) at the Rendova PT Boat base on Lumbari Island in the Solomon Islands, 1944 ww2dbase | |||||||
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| Added By | David Stubblebine | |||||||
| Added Date | 1 Jan 2006 | |||||||
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| WW2-Era Place Name | Lumbari, Solomon Islands, British Western Pacific Territories |
| Lat/Long | -8.4048, 157.3105 |
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Note the mottled paint scheme on both boats and the array of anti-shipping weapons along PT-183’s starboard rail. L to R: Mark XIII aerial torpedo, Mark 18 torpedo tubes holding a Mark VII torpedo, and a Mark 6 depth charge.