Keywords: PT boat picks up survivors after Battle of Surigao Strait 1944.jpg Friendly Filipinos assist American PT boats in picking up survivors after Japanese warships were destroyed by forces of the U S Seventh Fleet in the Battle of Surigao Strait Note the 22 4 inch mark 13 torpedoes on the torpedo boat Also visible are twin 50 inch browning machine guns and a 40 mm Bofors AA gun A depth charge rests on the stern 306586 1944-10-25 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia PT boats Battle of Surigao Strait |