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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. Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 - Wikipedia

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    The seakeeping qualities of boats and ease of construction matched to the available Packard engines made a perfect combination. PT-109 was an 80 ft (24 m), 40-ton Elco motor torpedo boat (MTB), one of hundreds built by the firm between 1942 and 1945 in Bayonne, New Jersey.

  4. Patrol torpedo boat PT-658 - Wikipedia

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    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. Delivered and accepted on July 31, 1945, she was fitted with all of the latest armaments and design modifications as a result of ...

  5. Patrol torpedo boat PT-59 - Wikipedia

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    PT-59. PT-59 / PTGB-1 was an S-Class Patrol Torpedo boat ( PT boat) 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-27, and was reclassified as BPT-11 when assigned to transfer to Britain under Lend-Lease. However, this was cancelled, and she was ...

  6. Patrol torpedo boat PT-796 - Wikipedia

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    Patrol torpedo boat PT-796. Patrol torpedo boat. PT-796. /  41.70528°N 71.16333°W  / 41.70528; -71.16333. 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 ...

  7. Huckins Yacht Corporation - Wikipedia

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    USS PT-96, built by Huckins at Jacksonville, Florida, underway at high speed, circa 1942. Huckins Yacht Corporation built PT boats for two squadrons during World War II. In 1940, three governing bodies – the Bureau of Ships, the Board of Inspection and Survey, and the Navy Personnel Command – had agreed that all PT boats developed up to that time were defective.

  8. Torpedo boat - Wikipedia

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    Torpedo boat. Torpedo boats attacking the Chilean central battery ship Almirante Cochrane during the 1891 Chilean Civil War. Decommissioned P 4-class torpedo boat of the Bangladesh Navy. Preserved at the Bangabandhu Military Museum. A torpedo boat is a relatively small and fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle.

  9. Patrol torpedo boat PT-20 - Wikipedia

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    Patrol torpedo boat PT-20. Patrol torpedo boat. PT-20. PT-20 Underway at high speed, circa 1941. Three 1,500 hp Packard V12 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts. PT-20 was the first PT-20 -class motor torpedo boat of the United States Navy that served during World War II. Her first post was at Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base .

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