Editing Offshore Patrol (section)

== Torpedo and patrol boats of the Offshore Patrol ==
The Offshore Patrol craft were berthed at "Muele del Codo" ([[List of islands in the Greater Manila Area#List of islands|Engineer Island]]) in [[Manila]]'s [[Port Area, Manila|Port Area]].<ref name=expendable/>  During the [[Battle of Bataan|Japanese campaign against Bataan]] they operated out of Sisiman Bay.<ref group=note>"Sisiman Cove" in U.S. Naval references of the time, but now geographically known as [http://mapcarta.com/15717714 "Sisiman Bay"] just to the east of Mariveles. {{coord|14.425485|N|120.526927|E|}}</ref>  The American navy PT boats, [[Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three]], under [[John D. Bulkeley|Lt. Bulkeley]] were also in the same bay but alongside the requisitioned tug [[Trabajador (1931)|''Trabajador'']] serving as a tender.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/t7/trabajador.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040505072828/http://history.navy.mil/danfs/t7/trabajador.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 5, 2004 |title=Trabajador |author=Naval History And Heritage Command |date= |work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref>
The squadron consisted of five boats:
*3 Torpedo boats
** PT ''[[Patrol torpedo boat Q-111 Luzon|Q-111 Luzon]]'' - commanded by Captain Alberto Navarette
** PT ''[[Patrol torpedo boat Q-112|Q-112 Abra]]'' - Lieutenant [[Ramon A. Alcaraz]]
** PT ''Q-113 Agusan'' - Lieutenant Santiago Nuval
*2 Motor launches put into service at Bataan.
** PB Q-114 ''Danday''  - Lieutenant Abraham Campo
** PB [[BRP Banahaw (1908)#History of her launch Baler|''Q-115 Baler'']] - Lieutenant Carlos Albert