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| Keywords: USS Tulsa (PG-22) with PT boat at Milen Bay 1943.jpg A U S Navy Elco PT boat anchored at Kona Kope next to the Asheville class patrol gunboat USS Tulsa PG-22 at their PT base at Kona Kope The PT boat had just returned from rescuing four crew members of A16-245 a 6 Squadron Lockheed Hudson piloted by 415152 Flight Lieutenant Flt Lt Ray Kelly Flt Lt Kelly was forced to ditch the Hudson in the bay when poor weather delayed them long enough for the fuel to run out Note the serial number 22 and the U S Navy ensign on Tulsa's bow Launched in August 1922 and commissioned in 1923 as patrol gunboat 22 PG-22 the USS Tulsa served with America's Asiatic Fleet before being forced from the Philippines by the Japanese advance Refitted in Sydney in October 1942 she escorted PT boats along the New Guinea coast at the start of the Buna-Gona offensives before being based at Kone Kope at Milne Bay from November 1942 serving alternatively as a PT boat tender supply ship escort and patrol craft P03901 011 1943-02-24 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia USS Tulsa PG-22 ship 1922 PT boats Milne Bay Province New Guinea campaign Pacific War in February 1943 | ||||
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