en Patrol torpedo boat PT-657

Motor torpedo boat *PT-657*
	PT-657 sister 78-foot Higgins PT Boat PT-658
History
United States
Builder	Higgins Industries, New Orleans
Laid down	16 February 1945
Launched	2 April 1945
Completed	21 July 1945
Commissioned	1945
Decommissioned	28 November 1945
Identification	Callsign: Nan - Queen - Item - William
Fate	Sold ; Charter fishing boat ; Owner William Wilkerson; at H & M Landing, San Diego ; Named Malihini.
General characteristics
Class and type	PT-625-class Higgins 78 ft (24 m) PT boat
Displacement	103,000 lb (47,000 kg)
Length	78 ft 6 in (23.93 m)
Beam	20 ft 1 in (6.12 m)
Draft	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Installed power	3 × 1,850 shp (1,380 kW) Packard 5M-2500 V12 engines
Propulsion	3 shafts
Speed	41 knots (76 km/h; 47 mph)
Range	520 nmi (960 km; 600 mi) at 2,000 rpm
Complement	2 officers, 14 enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	Raytheon SO
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Farnsworth BN Interrogator Responsor and Hazeltine BK Transponder IFF
Armament	4 × 22.5 in (570 mm) Mark 13 torpedoes; 1 × Bofors 40 mm autocannon; 1 × 37 mm M4 cannon; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons; 2 × twin .50 cal. M2 Browning machine guns; 2 × Mk6 420 lbdepth charges; 2 × Mk50 Rocket Launchers (8 cell) firing 5 in (130 mm)Mk7 spin-stabilized rockets SSR; 1 × 60mm M2 Mortar for target illumination mounted on bow; 2 × .30 cal Browning Automatic Rifles BAR; 2 × Thompson submachine guns; 2 × M1 carbines; 1 × 35 gal Mk6 TiCl4 Smoke generator;

Motor torpedo boat PT-657 is a PT-657-class Higgins 78-foot (24 m) PT boat, built for the United States Navy during World War II. PT-657 was built at Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana. PT-657 part of United States Navy order for boats: PT-625 to PT-660. PT-657 was laid down on 16 February 1945, launched on 2 April 1945 and completed on 21 July 1945.^[1]^[2] PT-657 was scheduled for transfer to the Soviet Union on the Lend-Lease act, but the war need before the transfer and the transfer was canceled. With the war ending on in September 1945 and no need for PT-boats, PT-657 was struck as a PT boat from the Navy Register on 28 November 1945. Later sold off as a charter fishing boat Malihini in San Diego, California.^[1]^[3]

History

This group of PT boats was delivered to the US Navy 31 July 1945 and was to be part of PT Squadron (RON) 45. PT-657 on a LST ship going from New Orleans to Seattle when the war ended.^[4] The LST ship returned to New Orleans. ^[5] ' On 14 November 1946 PT-657 was transferred to the War Shipping Administration 14 November 1946 to be sold as surplus. PT-625 was sold and converted to a charter fishing boat, in a non-historical configuration. She is now owned by William Wilkerson of San Diego, operating out of H & M Landing, San Diego, named Malihini. ^[1] ^[6]^[3]^[7] The word Malihini is a Hawaiian word meaning a foreigner, a stranger or newcomer to a place.^[8]