It was aboard PT-41 that United States Army General Douglas MacArthur, his family, and his military staff escaped from the Japanese-besieged Filipino fortress of Corregidor on 11 March 1942. Running the gauntlet of the Japanese naval blockade, PT-41's captain, Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley, safely transported the MacArthur party to Mindanao, from whence General MacArthur would eventually make it to Australia to take command of Allied forces in the South West Pacific area.
After evacuating MacArthur, PT-41 undertook further operations in support of US forces defending Mindanao until early April 1942, including a torpedo attack against the Japanese cruiser Kuma. With its torpedoes expended, PT-41 was commandeered by the US Army for use in patrolling Lake Lanao on Mindanao; however, with Japanese forces advancing, PT-41 was destroyed by US forces on 15 April 1942 whilst en route by road to Lake Lanao in order to prevent its capture by the enemy.
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| Photo taken 4 April 2018 |