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| Painted in the experimental zebra stripe camouflage scheme tried out on 80-ft Elco PT Boats in the Pacific and Mediterranean. This was intended to make it difficult for enemy gunners to determine speed and course of the boat. |
80' Elco Motor Torpedo Boat, laid down 26 September 1942 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, New Jersey. Launched 14 December 1942. Completed 28 December 1942, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TEN (MTBRon 10) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Thomas G. Warfield. MTBRon 10, assigned to the South Pacific, had action at Rendova, Vella Lavella, Treasury, Bougainville, and Green. Transferred to the Southwest Pacific in April 1944, the squadron had action at Saidor, New Guinea; Morotai, in the Halmaheras; and at Balikpapan, Borneo. The squadron also based for a time at Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea, and at Samar, P.I., but had no action from these bases. The "Zebra" was placed out of service, stripped and destroyed by U.S. Forces 11 November 1945 at Samar, Philippines.
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