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  2. PT boat - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. United States Nasty-class patrol boat - Wikipedia

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    Following World War II the US Navy had little use for fast attack craft, and most of her PT boats were disposed of shortly after VJ Day.With the involvement in the Vietnam War the Navy saw a renewed need for small combatant craft for "brown water" operations, and they approached the Norwegian Westermoen company, which had built a prototype fast attack boat, the Nasty, and was currently ...

  4. Patrol torpedo boat PT-658 - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Category:Military boats - Wikipedia

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    A category for various types of boats and small craft which are designed specifically for use by the navy or other branches of the military, or for law enforcement agencies, or for coast guard agencies.

  6. Category:PT boats - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Point-class cutter - Wikipedia

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    Following the Coast Guard custom in place in 1960 of not naming vessels under 100 feet in length, the first 44 Point-class patrol boats were only identified by their hull number using the scheme of WPB-823xx, where 82 was the design length of the hull. [2]

  8. Patrol torpedo boat PT-796 - Wikipedia

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    PT-796 is a 78-foot PT boat built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans in 1945. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 as one of a very few surviving World War II PT boats. A "Higgins" boat , she is part of the collection of the PT Boat Museum , which itself is part of the Battleship Cove museum in Fall River, Massachusetts .

  9. List of PT boat bases - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of PT boat bases used by the US Navy during World War II. This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( October 2021 )

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