American torpedo boat type Elco 80 in M 1/35. Laid down 10 May 1944 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ and launched 10 October 1944. Completed on 15th December 1944, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron THIRTY EIGHT (PTRon 38) under the command of LCDR Charles A. Mills, Jr., USNR.