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|Ship name= ''Arayat''
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'''''Patrol Boat No. 105''''' (第百五號) (ex-''Arayat'') was a former [[Philippine Commonwealth]] customs inspection and enforcement [[Cutter (boat)|cutter]] that was sunk by the Japanese during the [[Philippines campaign (1941–42)|invasion of the Philippines]] and later raised and designated as a [[patrol boat]] in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]].

==History==
On 6 December 1930, she was ordered by the United States [[Bureau of Insular Affairs]] from the German shipbuilder [[Schichau-Werke]], the third of three [[Cutter (boat)|cutters]] ordered<ref name=Merchant>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-mHOtru_90C&dq=%22Arayat%22&pg=PA1135|first=|last=|authorlink=|title=Merchant Vessels of the United States|pages= 1135|publisher=[[United States Coast Guard]]|date=1934|isbn=}}</ref><ref name=Mach>{{Cite web|first= Andreas |last=von Mach |authorlink=   |title= Philippine 'Coast Guard' ships |website=warsailors.com|date= August 10, 2008|url= http://www.warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,43094,43103.html#msg-43103 |accessdate=}}</ref> from Schichau-Werke to serve with the Bureau of Customs as inspection and enforcement ships (the other two were {{GRT|667}} [[sister ship]]s {{ship|USLHT|Canlaon|1930|2}} and {{ship|USLHT|Banahao|1930|2}}, both later converted to [[lighthouse tender]]s).<ref name=Mach/><ref name=AirIntel>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Philippine 'Coast Guard' ships   |website=warsailors.com|date=August 10, 2008  |url=http://www.warsailors.com/forum/archive/forum/read.php-1,43094,43100.html#msg-43100  |accessdate=}}</ref> She was [[Keel laying|laid down]] at Schichau's [[Danzig]] shipyard, [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 9 May 1931, and delivered on 13 August 1931.<ref name=Mach/><ref name=AirIntel/>
 
During the [[Philippines campaign (1941–42)|Japanese invasion the Philippines]], she returned to her home port of [[Manila]] where the [[Asiatic Fleet]] had retreated. On 27 December 1941, Japanese attack planes from the 1st [[Kōkūtai]] and the [[Takao Prefecture|Takao]] Kōkūtai attacked [[Manila Bay]]<ref name=Cressman>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialChronologyOfTheUSNavyInWorldWarII/page/n133/mode/2up|first=Robert J.|last=Cressman|authorlink=|title=The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II|pages= |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]]|date=October 15, 2016|isbn=978-1591146384}}</ref> setting ''Arayat'', her fellow customs cutter ''Mindoro'', and the motor vessel ''Ethel Edwards'' ablaze while also sinking the lighthouse tender ''Canlaon'' outright, and so heavily damaging the steamship ''Taurus'', her crew was forced to scuttle her.<ref name=Cressman/>

She was raised by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] and rebuilt at the No. 103 Repair Facility at Cavite Naval Base.<ref name=CF-PB105>{{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/PB-105_t.htm|title=SHOKAITEI: IJN Patrol Boat No. 105: Tabular Record of Movement|first1=Bob |last1=Hackett |first2=Peter |last2=Cundall |work=combinedfleet.com |year=2012 |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref> On 1 September 1943, she was renamed ''Patrol Boat No. 105'', and registered in the [[Sasebo Naval District]], and assigned to the Third Expeditionary Fleet, [[Southwest Area Fleet]], based out of [[Manila]].<ref name=TodaPB105>{{Cite web|first=Gengoro S. |last=Toda |author-link=   |title=第百五號哨戒艇の艇歴 (No. 105 Patrol Boat - Ship History)  |website=Imperial Japanese Navy -Tokusetsu Kansen|date= |url=http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/J/K211/K211_105.htm|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref name=TodaPBStats>{{Cite web|first=Gengoro S. |last=Toda |author-link=   |title=2. 哨戒艇（艦艇）(PB - Stats)  |website=Imperial Japanese Navy - Tokusetsukansen|date=21 September 2019 |url= http://www.tokusetsukansen.jpn.org/J/K211/K211_tbl/sheet001.htm|language=Japanese}}</ref>

===Battle of Ormoc Bay===
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On 5 October 1944, she left [[Miri]] along with [[Type D escort ship]]s ''CD-18'' and ''CD-26'' providing escort for ''Myogi Maru'', ''Heian Maru'', ''Mikasa Maru'', and ''Teiyu Maru'' (ex-''Carignano'') headed for Manila.<ref name=CF-PB105/> The convoy was carrying supplies for the besieged forces on [[Leyte Island]]. The convoy arrived safely at Manila on 2 November 1944. On 27 November 1944, she departed Manila as part of convoy TA-6 with {{sclass2|No.28|submarine chaser}}s ''CH-45'' and ''CH-53'' and freighters ''Shinsho Maru'' and ''Shinetsu Maru''.<ref name=CF-PB105/> On 28 November 1944, the convoy arrived safely at [[Ormoc Bay]], [[Leyte]].<ref name=CF-PB105/> The three escorts were assigned to guard the entrance to the harbor while the transports unloaded.<ref name=CF-PB105/> They were soon confronted by American PT boats, ''PT-127'' and ''PT-331'' who each launched 4 torpedoes sinking ''CH-53'' at ({{Coord|10|59|N|124|33|E|display=inline, title}}) and heavily damaging ''PB-105'' which was run aground and abandoned (the Americans capture her hulk on 8 December 1944).<ref name=CF-PB105/> The transports were able to unload their much-needed supplies although after departing, ''Shinetsu Maru'' and ''CH-45'' were sunk by American planes on 29 November 1944 and ''Shinsho Maru'' met the same fate on 30 November 1944.<ref name="convoys">{{cite web|url = http://pacific.valka.cz/forces/ijn/ta.htm#ta3|title = Leyte Reinforcement Convoys 23 October to 13 December 1944: Operations "TA-1" to "TA-9"|accessdate = March 7, 2021}}</ref>

On 10 January 1945, ''PB-105'' was struck from the [[Naval List]].<ref name=CF-PB105/>

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