Patrol torpedo boat PT-34 was a of the United States Navy, built by the Electric Launch Company of Bayonne, New Jersey. The boat was laid down as Motor boat submarine chaser PTC-14, but was reclassified as PT-34 prior to its launch on 14 June 1941, and was commissioned on 12 July 1941.
On the night of 22 January 1942 during the Battle of the Points, Japanese troops of the 20th Infantry attempted a landing on the west coast of southern Bataan. Intercepted by PT-34, two barges were sunk, disrupting the landings.
On 12 March 1942 the boat evacuated Admiral Francis W. Rockwell, General Richard Marshall (Deputy Chief of Staff, ), Col. Charles P. Stivers (G-1 [Personnel], ), Capt. Joseph McMicking (Philippine Army, Asst. G-2 [Intelligence], ) from Corregidor to Mindanao as part of the operation to evacuate General Douglas MacArthur to Australia.
PT-34 was attacked near Kauit Island by four Japanese F1M "Pete" floatplanes from the Sanuki Maru on 9 April 1942, in the aftermath of the Kuma attack. With three feet of water in the engine room, Lt. Kelly beached the boat, and abandoned it. PT-34 was later strafed by Japanese aircraft, set on fire and destroyed. The crew suffered one KiA, one DoW, and three WiA. Kelly was later transported out of the Philippines along with three other officers of the squadron.