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PT-105, an 80' Elco boat, under way. A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II.It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants ...
PT-109 was an 80-foot (24 m) Elco PT boat (patrol torpedo boat) last commanded by Lieutenant (junior grade) John F. Kennedy, future United States president, in the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific theater during World War II.
The PT boat captains, called officers-in-charge and the boat's crew in the squadron could move from boat to boat within their squadron, depending on availability of boats and crews. Boats could also be transferred from squadron to squadron on an as needed based or to replace losses. A total of 690 PT boats were built between 7 December 1941 and ...
Bulkeley's PT-boat heroics in defending the Philippines from Japanese invasion in 1941-1942 was the subject of the novel "They Were Expendable" by William Lindsay White in 1942, which was turned into the big screen epic They Were Expendable three years later by director John Ford, starring John Wayne, with Robert Montgomery playing a somewhat ...
Seven Packard engines that will be used for the PT Boat restorations, 1,500 shp V12 M2500 gasoline engines, Former boat: Patrol torpedo boat PT-728, a 70-foot Annapolis Yacht Yard, Annapolis, Maryland, completed 20 October 1945, was Endeavor II, acquired in 1967 by Fleet Obsolete, sold in 2012 to Liberty Aviation Museum. This was Iannucci first ...
Motor torpedo boat PT-658 is a PT-625-class Higgins 78-foot (24 m) PT boat, built for the United States Navy during World War II. PT-658 is a prime example of US Navy motor torpedo boat development during World War II. PT-658 was in the last group of four boats delivered from the 36-boat contract NObs-1680, October 1944 for PT-625 to PT-660 ...
Patrol torpedo boat PT-617; Patrol torpedo boat PT-658; Patrol torpedo boat PT-796; E. Emirau Island PT Boat Base; F. Fergusson Island PT Boat Base; K. Kana Kopa PT ...
Motor torpedo boat PT-657 is a PT-657-class Higgins 78-foot (24 m) PT boat, built for the United States Navy during World War II. PT-657 was built at Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana. PT-657 part of United States Navy order for boats: PT-625 to PT-660.