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PT-Class Motor Torpedo Boat Technical Specs:
| Country | United States |
| Builder | Electric Launch Corporation, Bayonne, New Jersey, United States |
| Displacement | 56 tons standard |
| Length | 80 – 81 feet |
| Beam | 21 – 22 feet |
| Machinery | Three 12-cylinder liquid-cooled Packard gasoline engines rated at 1,200bhp each |
| Bunkerage | 3,000 gal aviation fuel |
| Speed | 39 – 40 knots |
| Crew | 14 |
| Armament | 1x20mm Oerlikon cannon at stern, 2×12.7mm twin M2 or 2×7.6mm Lewis machine guns on rotating turrets, 2x or 4x21in torpedo tubes, Mark 8 torpedoes |
| Note | Specifications reflect dimensions of the most popular model built by Elco, other models of other makes were also available |
Amazing opportunity to own a piece of WWII history. This 71′ Torpedo Boat served in the US Navy during WWII and was completely restored to her current glory in 2015.
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Data Sheet
- LOA: 71′ ” (21.64 Meters)
- Type: Power – Used
- Year: 2015
- Beam: 18′ 0″
- Bridge Clearance: ‘ “
- Draft Max: 3′ 6″
- Draft Min: ‘ “
- Cabins:?
- Heads: 2
- Maximum Speed: 26 Knots
- Cruise Speed: 20 Knots
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- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hull Material: Wood
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- Engine Model: C-30
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- Power HP: 1550.00
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 1100.00
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PT (Patrol, Torpedo) boats were small, fast, and expendable vessels for short-range oceanic scouting, armed with torpedoes and machine guns for cutting enemy supply lines and harassing enemy forces. Forty-three PT squadrons, each with 12 boats were formed during World War II by the U.S. Navy. PT boat duty was very dangerous and the squadrons suffered an extremely high loss rate in the war.
In 1938 the US Navy sponsored a design competition to small boat builders with a challenge to create a highly mobile attack boat. Prizes were awarded for the winning PT Boat designs.
Not long after the U.S. entry into the war, there were roughly a dozen separate manufacturers of PT Boats from the United States, Canada and Great Britain supplying the US Navy. Eventually, Elco (Elco Motor Yachts) with a factory located in Bayonne, New Jersey and Higgins Industries in New Orleans, Louisiana were the dominant two builders with Elco producing the largest number.
In the later years of the war the U.S. Navy standardized the design and construction of the PT boat. Two basic and distinctly different types of PT Boats were built for combat with the predominant PT, the 80-foot long “Elco” boat, and the slightly smaller 78-foot long “Higgins” boat. By the end of World War II, 399 Elco PTs had been built. Higgins built 199 or 205 PTs, depending on which figures are used.
Elco answered the call to design a PT Boat by purchasing a new Scott-Paine motor torpedo boat from England and having it shipped to Electric Boat’s Groton plant. Dubbed PT-9, America’s first PT boat was subjected to numerous sea trials, alone and against other PTs in prototype stages.
Over the next two years, PT-9 and subsequent Elco-improved PTs won a series of comparison “plywood derbies” In 1939 Elco doubled the size of its plant and tripled its capacity in order to build PTs.
At the height of its PT Boat production, Elco employed more than 3,000 men and women working three shifts a day six days a week. They produced, on average, one PT Boat every 60 hours. Along with Elco, Higgins Industries made a strong impression with its PT boats in the “plywood derbies.”
R C Pt Boats
RTR and ARR RC PT Boats
Remote control pt boats– stands for Almost-Ready-To-Run. For ARR models, the model is assembled, but you typically need to provide radio, ESC (electronic speed controller), battery, charger and miscellaneous items.
RTR stands for Ready-To-Run. You would think that everything you need is included and installed. Not so. Generally you need to provide the battery pack and associated charger. You will also need a solder iron and CA glue.
In both cases it seems there is always at least a few hours up to a couple of nights’ worth of assembly and tweaking.
Graupner PT 109 (ARR)
Pt Boats For Sale – Ww2 Used Pt Boat 2023 – Graupner is a well-known German brand that’s been around for a long time and is highly regarded for their excellent quality. They currently offer the famous PT-109 Elco 80-foot PT boat.
This model is in a 1:30 scale, so comes out to 810mm (about 32″) and 1.6kg (3.5lb). This is a convenient size for transportation and storage.
This model comes with a fiberglass hull, which is nice. It makes for a solid and sturdy, yet lightweight hull with ample space inside.
It is propelled by two counter-rotating direct-drive 600 – size motors. This arrangement is not scale, but works well. One benefit is that the boat handles better and is less jerky when you hit the ‘gas’. For the curious, the real PT boats had three props – all rotating in the same direction.
The assembly that is required is essentially to install the stuff not provided. So solder battery connection, install rudder servo and ESC. It shouldn’t take more than a couple of nights.
The Graupner PT 109 is not cheap. The price seems to vary with the EURO exchange rate, but I’ve seen it as low as $400.00 not including shipping and tax. Add to that radio, ESC, battery and charger unless you already have the gear.
Pro Boat PT 109 (RTR)
The Pro Boat PT boat is a big kit at 1:24 scale, bringing the length to just over 1m (about 40″) and weight to a little over 3kg (6 lbs). It comes with a fiberglass hull and two water-cooled 550-size motors.
The selling price from most online retailers is $470 to $500 not including tax and shipping. This is a pretty good deal if you are in a hurry to get into the water.
“No Name Brand” RC PT Boats on eBay
There are several RC PT Boats that sell on eBay regularly. They are probably made in China, but so are most likely the ProBoat and Graupner. If anything, make sure the seller appears responsible, as judged when reviewing his/her feedback.
RTR and ARR RC PT Boats
ARR stands for Almost-Ready-To-Run. For ARR models, the model is assembled, but you typically need to provide radio, ESC (electronic speed controller), battery, charger and miscellaneous items.
RTR stands for Ready-To-Run. You would think that everything you need is included and installed. Not so. Generally you need to provide the battery pack and associated charger. You will also need a solder iron and CA glue.
In both cases it seems there is always at least a few hours up to a couple of nights’ worth of assembly and tweaking.
Converting Plastic Kits to RC PT Boats
Lindberg PT-109 Elco 80-foot PT boat
This kit is discontinued, but every once in a while a new “limited edition” seems to seep out. This kit is crude by today’s standards for a plastic kit. As an RC PT boat it still works in my opinion – if you can muster the ever-increasing cost – they currently run around $100 plus shipping on Amazon.com.
Recently I was looking for RC PT boats and started mapping out the market to see what my options were. Having fond memories from the old Lindberg PT 109 as a teenager, I was excited to see what’s happened in the last 25 years. Here is a run-down of what I found.
The nice thing about the kit is the deck access hatch is already there, with 1/4-turn fasteners and all. Up close you can see the hatch, but typically not when the boat is in the water.
I’m not sure, but it seems that the kit has been issued with different motor options. The kit I built and converted in the 80s had a puny motor and plastic gears to drive two props.
The gears and motors were grossly undersized and the boat wouldn’t plane. The running hardware was also more or less useless. It was a sad sight on the water, almost like watching a wounded animal.
I’ve heard of another version with a dual-motor setup. From what I understand, this is a much more satisfying setup.
As I recall, I had issues with keeping the weight down due to the plastic – it’s pretty heavy, and not a whole lot you can do about it aside from using a brushless electric motor.
Italeri PT 596
This kit came out just a few years ago and the plastic kit builders rave about the detail and quality. As we’ve grown used to with kits these days, it comes with photo-etched brass parts.
The scale is 1:35 – possibly the most popular scale among military model builders. Keep in mind, this hull is somewhat smaller than the Lindberg, so extra attention to weight may be necessary. Could this be a contender for brushless electric motors maybe?
For many RC boat builders the additional detail over the Lindberg kit may not be as appreciated as if built as a static model or diorama. I find it frustrating sometimes when running the boats, having those precious details fall off.
Hull access also needs to be worked out. I have not built the model myself, but it appears you need to improvise in this regard.
This kit can be purchased for about $150 plus shipping. As noted earlier, no motors, hardware or controls included.
Wood/ABS kit
Dumas PT-212 – Higgins 78-foot PT boat
This is the only Higgins RC PT boat kit that I know of. In a way it’s a refreshing break from all the Elco PT-109s out there.
This kit is 1:30 scale, which puts it at 775mm (about 30 1/2 inches). This is a brand new kit from Dumas as of May 2010. The kit comes with a vacuum formed hull and laser-cut and die-cut parts. Why they still insist on the latter is to me a mystery.
This kit doesn’t come with running hardware, motors, controls etc.
The price for the kit is $190 (not including tax and shipping). Add to that another $51.00 for running hardware and motor. Before you’re done you still need a radio, esc, battery and charger plus glue, paint and any tools you don’t have.
I estimate all total to be in the $350 to $400 range, just to give you an idea.
Wooden kit RC PT Boats
Dumas PT 109 – Elco 80-foot PT boat
This kit is 1:30 scale, so should come out the same size as the Graupner. It is a traditional die-cut wooden kit. Die-cut wooden kits were popular when dinosaurs walked the earth and have been replaced by laser-cutting for the last 20 years or so.
The issue with die-cut kits is that precision suffers, so more tweaking and fiddling to get parts to fit is necessary. Lately Dumas have improved the quality of the deck details, which is a plus.
The kit does not include any running hardware, motors or controls. Don’t forget to consider this for a side-by-side price comparison.
The selling price for the kit is around $175.00 not including tax and shipping.
Pt boats ww2
Today, just four combat-veteran PT boats ww2 still exist in the United States; of those, only PT-305 is fully restored and operational, complete with original-model engines. An operational PT-305 promises to become one of The National WWII Museum’s most exciting artifacts and teaching tools.
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Pt boats of ww2
Patrol torpedo boats, popularly known as “PT boats”, were small, light, and fast motor torpedo boats used by the United States Navy. They were first developed in the early 1900s as a way to deliver torpedoes against larger surface vessels without risking losing ships of heavier displacement.
The WW2-era torpedo boat design originated in the late 1930s to the early 1940s when the US Navy requested a competitive bid for several different concepts of torpedo boats.
Out of the companies that built prototypes for review, the Electric Launch Corporation (“Elco”, a division of the Electric Boat Company), Higgins Industries, and Huckins Yacht Company won contracts, with Elco receiving the largest share of the overall contract.
The Elco boats were the largest in size of the three types of PT boats built immediately before and during WW2, totaling 385 boats. Made of two-inch thick planks of mahogany, these boats were 80 feet long, 20 feet 8 inches wide, and displaced 56 tons of water.
They were powered by three fuel-guzzling 12-cylinder liquid-cooled gasoline engines built by Packard, rated at 1,200 brake horsepower each. They accommodated 3 officers and 14 sailors, though a typical complement was between 12 and 14.
The typical ELCO PT BOATS carried one 20-mm Oerlikon cannon at the stern and two twin M2 12.7-mm or 7.6-mm Lewis machine guns mounted on rotating turrets, but the main armament was two or four 21-inch torpedo tubes launching Mark 8 torpedoes that weighed about 1-ton each.
One of the most famous Elco boats was Lieutenant (jg) John F. Kennedy’s PT-109, which was of an unique configuration; the PT Boat the future President of the United States commanded carried a 37-mm single shot anti-tank gun on the fore deck, making his PT boat more so a gunboat than a torpedo boat.
Custom armament configurations, though, was not altogether strange nor unexpected for PT boats of all makes. Some of them carried atypical weapons and equipment such as aircraft automatic cannon, radar, or rocket launchers.
Higgins built 199 Pt Boats For The Us Navy immediately before and during WW2. They were 78 feet long and had entirely different layouts than the Elco boats, including larger forepeak which offered larger storage spaces; their width, displacement, accommodation space, and typical armament were similar to the Elco Boats, however.
Higgins PT Boats were sent to Russia and Britain at the start of WW2 before the United States became directly involved. Huckins was but a small manufacturer, and built only 18 examples for use in rear areas only, such as the Panama Canal Zone.
Before the war, at the Philippine Islands, General Douglas MacArthur was an advocate of PT Boats. He said: A relatively small fleet of such vessels, manned by crews thoroughly familiar with every foot of the coast line and surrounding waters, and carrying, in the torpedo, a definite threat against large ships, will have distinct effect in compelling any hostile force to approach cautiously and by small detachments.
However, his counterparts at Washington, DC, United States did not agree. With no support from Washington, MacArthur attempted to purchase British-built torpedo boats to suit his needs, but the start of the European War made that purchase impossible.
Thus, his theory of using Pt Boats for the defense of the Philippine Islands was never tested. Nevertheless, the first PT boats Used in the Pacific War were directly related to MacArthur as they evacuated personnel out of the Philippine Islands, including MacArthur and his family.
Elco boat PT-41, commanded by Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, took them off of the island bastion of Corregidor. The waters were rough that night (a member of the PT-41 crew remembered the night’s sail was “a combination of bucking bronco and wallowing tub”), which significantly slowed the boats.
Through the Mindoro Strait, with a brief stop at Cuyo Islands west of Panay, and a near run-in with a Japanese cruiser west of Negros, PT-41 and accompanying PT BOATS delivered MacArthur and his family to Cagayan, Mindanao, Philippine Islands.
Upon landfall, MacArthur promised to recommend every man of the Torpedo Squadron Three Silver Star awards; Bulkeley eventually had a greater award, a Medal of Honor, for successfully completing the mission through Japanese waters.
After the fall of the Philippine Islands, they continued to play important roles in the Pacific War, and were the centerpieces of a propaganda campaign. They were publicly hailed as the destroyers of several Japanese warships, though the credits were erroneously given.
During the Solomon Islands Campaign, “Green Dragons” and “Devil Boats”, as nicknamed by the Japanese, were deployed against larger warships, but performance was not impressive largely due to faulty American torpedoes and modern destroyers’ capability to fight small incoming craft.
The Japanese were initially cautious when operating in waters with known PT boat presence, which disrupted Japanese supply runs to key contested battlefields such as Guadalcanal, but as soon as they realized that American torpedoes were often defective, PT Boats lost their effectiveness as a weapon, but they acted as effective deterrents nevertheless.
Bulkeley’s words, the PT Boats were made “to roar in, let fly a Sunday punch, and then get the hell out, zigging to dodge the shells.” This description was much in line with the typical image of the PT Boat in combat, but it was largely over romanticized.
The popular belief was that a small number of boats would blaze in with high speed, launch their torpedoes to destroy enemy capital ship with all guns pumping, and make their escape against the backdrop of the enemy cruiser in an fiery inferno.
In reality that type of attacks might had been deployed, but those types of attacks would be rare as high speed attacks would attract too much attention, and even a single near-miss from a destroyer shell would often seriously threaten the integrity of hulls.
Direct hit would often disintegrate entire boats. Instead, these unarmored boats typically approached enemy ships in relative quietness to conceal their approaches, launch torpedoes while hoping the torpedo wakes would not be detected, and escape in high speed only if the targets were hit and the resulting flames illuminated their position.
If the first round of torpedoes missed and the boat was not detected, the commanding officer of the boat might order his crew to maneuver stealthily and make a second attempt.
With that said, however, PT Boats in WW2 were more often deployed against barges rather than warships, which explained why most boats were retrofitted with machine guns and cannons.
With the Allies gaining air superiority during the daylight hours in various theaters, Japanese supply missions in the Pacific and German and Italian supply missions in the Mediterranean gradually shifted to ones that made use of barges in shallow waters.
PT Boats were the perfect weapons to act in the role of barge busters. One captured Japanese soldier’s diary described their fear of PT Boats by describing them as “the monster that roars, flaps it wings, and shoots torpedoes in all directions”.
PT Boat crews were significantly different than crews of steel warships of the US Navy. Their officers and men mixing more frequently than those of the “steel navy”, and they were known as excellent scavengers and thieves who were capable of taking whatever they could find to bolster their supplies and armament.
PT Boats crews were also known to be rather informal or even at times “undisciplined”, but their ferocity in the face of danger was much respected despite their frequent lack of seriousness.
Though PT Boats‘ primary missions continued to be seen as to attack surface vessels, they were also used to lay mines and smoke screens, to rescue downed aviators, and to carry out intelligence or raider operations.
At the end of WW2, of the 531 patrol torpedo boats built, only 69 were lost, including losses to enemy fire, storms, accidents, friendly fire, or simply being worn out. Percentage-wise, this made a high loss ratio, but with the US Navy’s attitude that Pt Boats were expendable, the loss ratio could said to be low.
After the war, most of them were decommissioned and destroyed. Much of this destruction took place at PT Base 17 at Samar, Philippine Islands, near Bobon Point. Only nine PT Boat hulls survive today, some on display in museums such as the PT Boat Museum at Battle Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.
Sources: American Caesar, United States Navy Naval Historical Center, US Patrol Torpedo Boats, Wikipedia.
This list of torpedo boats of the United States Navy includes all ships with the hull classification symbol TB. It does not include the Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats of World War II.
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Were pt boats effective – How effective were pt boats in ww2
The boat stayed afloat for 12 hours after the incident. Arguably, PT Boats were most effective at striking barges that Japanese and German forces wanted to use for resupplying their troops.
What were pt boats made of
PT boats – built of wood – held inherently potent firepower and were, by and large, much cheaper to produce than her larger steel sisters. Prior to the American involvement in World War 2, the USN did not field a PT boat squadron.
Movies about pt boats
- 1. ways of evil (1965)
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A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second chance to prove himself against the Japanese.
- 2. Raid (1945)
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A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
Pt boats: knights of the sea
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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 to coastal waters. In the USN they were organized in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons (MTBRONs)
American pt boats in world war ii a pictorial history
American pt boats in world war ii a pictorial history.
2007 SAFE 31 Patrol Boat
$335,000 FOR SALE
Miami, FL
| Price | $335,000 |
| City | Miami |
| ZIP | 33131 |
| State | Florida |
| Make | SAFE |
| Model | 31 Patrol Boat |
| Year | 2007 |
| Condition | Used |
| Length | 31′ |
| Category | Commercial Boats |
| Posted Date | Over 1 Month |
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ALL US Navy Patrol and PT Boat Classes Are Available:
| Eagle Class Patrol Craft (PE) | Patrol Craft Sweeper (PCS) |
| Elco PT Boats | Patrol Frigate (PF) |
| Gunboat (PG) | Patrol Missile Hydrofoil (PHM) |
| Higgins PT Boats | Patrol Torpedo Boat (PT) |
| Huckins PT Boats | Patrol Yacht (PY) |
| Motor Gunboat (PGM/PG) | PCE-842 Class Patrol Craft Escort |
| Patrol Combatant-Missile PHM | River Gunboat (PR) |
| Patrol Craft Coastal (PC) | Rvier Patrol Boats (PBR) Mark 1 and II |
| Patrol Craft Escort (PCE) | Submarine Chasers (SC) |
| Patrol Craft Rescue Escort (PCER) |
Usn pt boats
Nicknamed “the mosquito fleet” and “devil boats” by the Japanese, the PT boat squadrons were hailed for their daring and earned a durable place in the public imagination that remains strong into the 21st century. Their role was replaced in the U.S. Navy by fast attack craft.
How many pt boats were built
Two basic and distinctly different types of PT Boats were built for combat with the predominant PT, the 80-foot long “Elco” boat, and the slightly smaller 78-foot long “Higgins” boat. By the end of World War II, 399 Elco PTs had been built.
Modern day pt boats
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Nasty class pt boats
The Nasty-class fast patrol boats were a set of 20 ships built to a Norwegian design for the United States Navy and purchased for covert operations during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. After the conflict they remained in service until the early 1980s.
How many ships did pt boats sink
By the last patrol on the night of April 28, 1945, American PT boats had been fighting in the coastal waters of North Africa, Italy, and France for two years. During that period, they fired 354 torpedoes, claiming 38 vessels totaling 23,700 tons sunk.
How many pt boats are left
Today, just four combat-veteran PT boats still exist in the United States; of those, only PT-305 is fully restored and operational, complete with original-model engines. An operational PT-305 promises to become one of The National WWII Museum’s most exciting artifacts and teaching tools.
Japanese pt boats ww2
Did the Japanese have PT boats in WWII?
The Ōtori-class torpedo boat (鴻型水雷艇, Ōtori-gata suiraitei) were a class of eight fast torpedo boats of the Imperial Japanese Navy built before and operated during World War II.
History of pt boats
PT Ship, Patrol Torpedo Boat or Patrol Torpedo Ship are motorized torpedo ships. II. They are small and fast torpedo ships used by the United States Navy to attack smaller surface ships during World War II. The nickname of the fleet of PT boats was “mosquito fleet”.
How many pt boats were lost in ww2
At the end of WW2, of the 531 patrol torpedo boats built, only 69 were lost, including losses to enemy fire, storms, accidents, friendly fire, or simply being worn out.
How long were pt boats
Two basic and distinctly different types of PT Boats were built for combat with the predominant PT, the 80-foot long “Elco” boat, and the slightly smaller 78-foot long “Higgins” boat.
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Vietnam pt boats for sale
This is one of the PBR-2s as made famous by the 1979 Blockbuster Movie ( APOCALYPSE NOW ) starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall, Made in 1979 and was a testimonial to the insanity of the Vietnam War.
Patrol Boat, River or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until the end of 1971. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, and were used to stop and search river traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta, the Rung Sat Special Zone, the Saigon River and in I Corps, in the area assigned to Task Force Clearwater, in an attempt to disrupt weapons shipments. In this role they frequently became involved in firefights with enemy soldiers on boats and on the shore, were used to insert and extract Navy SEAL teams, and were employed by the United States Army’s 458th Transportation Company, known as the 458th Seatigers.
The PBR ‘s were specifically designed to operate in as little as 2 inches of Water on the Macon Delta. They were propelled by two diesel motors driving Jet Pumps and were very successful. It is 31 Ft. long and 10 1/2 Ft. Wide. This is a Hull only but could be built into a nice speed boat or an inexpensive cosmetically complete static display for a Vietnam Era Museum.
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Elco vs higgins pt boats
Two basic and distinctly different types of PT Boats were built for combat with the predominant PT, the 80-foot long “Elco” boat, and the slightly smaller 78-foot long “Higgins” boat. By the end of World War II, 399 Elco PTs had been built. Higgins built 199 or 205 PTs, depending on which figures are used.
Famous pt boats
Motor torpedo boat PT-617, also known as Dragon Lady, “is the sole surviving 80′ Elco type PT boat on display and represents the United States’s most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II.” PT-617 is a PT-103-class Elco motor torpedo boat of the same type as the famous PT-109 commanded by future President, John F. Kennedy.
Did pt boats ever sink a ship?
Though few PTs sank major Japanese ships, they enjoyed more success in other operations, including reconnaissance and search and rescue. The boats often harassed and broke up Japanese barge traffic, earning the nickname “devil boats” among the enemy.
What does the pt stand for in pt boats?
PT (Patrol, Torpedo) boats were small, fast, and expendable vessels for short-range oceanic scouting, armed with torpedoes and machine guns for cutting enemy supply lines and harassing enemy forces. Forty-three PT squadrons, each with 12 boats were formed during World War II by the U.S. Navy.
Women who built ww2 pt boats
Built-in New Orleans by Higgins Industries, the patrol-torpedo (PT) boat PT-305 was a critical asset for the US Navy during World War II, serving in European waters from 1944 to the end of the war.
Do any Russian pt boats still exist
Do any Russian pt boats still exist? There is currently no clear information on this subject.
Are there any pt boats with 6 torpedoes on them?
Are there any pt boats with 6 torpedoes on them? Yes. Torpedoes were the primary armament of Patrol-Torpedo (PT) boats.
How Did Pt Boats Get Across The Atlantic
PT Boats were transported to their stations by other ships on deck. Some were put aboard PT tenders like USS Hilo but those ships had limited deck space so others came aboard larger Navy cargo vessels.
During Wwii Who Made The Pt Boats
Built in New Orleans by Higgins Industries, the patrol-torpedo (PT) boat PT-305 was a critical asset for the US Navy during World War II, serving in European waters from 1944 to the end of the war.
Museum Pt Boats
PT Boat Museum is located in Fall River, Massachusetts as part of Battleship Cove. It is a museum that exhibits two National Historic Landmark ships, an 80-foot (24.4 m) Elco boat, PT 617, and a 78-foot (23.8 m) Higgins boat, PT 796.
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How Many Ships Were Sunk By Pt Boats in Ww2
By the last patrol on the night of April 28, 1945, American PT boats had been fighting in the coastal waters of North Africa, Italy, and France for two years. During that period, they fired 354 torpedoes, claiming 38 vessels totaling 23,700 tons sunk.
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How Many Pt Boats Were Made
Two basic and distinctly different types of PT Boats were built for combat with the predominant PT, the 80-foot long “Elco” boat, and the slightly smaller 78-foot long “Higgins” boat. By the end of World War II, 399 Elco PTs had been built.
Today, just four combat-veteran PT boats still exist in the United States; of those, only PT-305 is fully restored and operational, complete with original-model engines. An operational PT-305 promises to become one of The National WWII Museum’s most exciting artifacts and teaching tools.
Kelly Pt Boats
Robert B. Kelly, a retired Navy captain whose combat experience as a PT boat commander in the Pacific in World War II became the basis for the best-selling book and movie “They Were Expendable,” has died of pneumonia. He was 75.
Kelly was the executive officer of the famed Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. He won a Navy Cross, the Navy’s highest decoration after the Medal of Honor, for sinking a Japanese light cruiser off the island of Luzon in the Philippines on the night of April 8, 1942.
He was commander of the lead boat in the four-craft PT boat squadron that evacuated Gen. Douglas MacArthur, his family and staff by night from the island of Corregidor, where the U.S. forces were trapped by the Japanese army, on March 11, 1942. He was awarded a Silver Star for that effort.
Later in the war, Kelly was commander of a PT boat squadron in the Solomon Islands, where he won a second Silver Star for action in combat against the Japanese. One of the men serving under him was Lt. John F. Kennedy, whose boat, PT 109, sank after it was rammed by a Japanese destroyer on the night of Aug. 2, 1943.
Kelly was a native of New York City and a 1935 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
Author William L. White based “They Were Expendable” on the experience of Squadron 3 in the Philippines, and actor John Wayne played the part of Kelly in the 1945 movie.
After the war, Kelly taught marine engineering at the Naval Academy and served at the Naval War College. He retired from the Navy in 1961 after having served as deputy chief of staff of the Navy’s Caribbean command.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Lee Benedict Kelly of Columbia, and three children.
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They Were Expendable is a 1945 war film directed by John Ford. Filmed just weeks after the end of the war, it tells a fictionalized version of the story of US Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3 in the Philippines in the early months of World War II. The movie stars Robert Montgomery as the Squadron’s commander, Lieutenant John “Brick” Brickley, John Wayne as his executive officer, Lieutenant JG Rusty Ryan, and Ward Bond as Chief Bosun’s Mate “Boats” Mulcahey.
The story begins at Cavite Naval Station late on the evening of December 7th, 1941 (across the International Date Line from Hawaii and the continental United States). MTBron-3 is throwing a retirement party for Doc, the squadron’s Chief Pharmacist’s Mate, when the attack on Pearl Harbor is announced shortly after midnight.
The following morning, the PT Boat squadron is awaiting orders to sortie when Japanese bombers hit Cavite. Despite Brickley’s protests, the Asiatic Fleet only wants to use the PTs as courier speedboats around Manila Bay.
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The German torpedo boats of World War II were armed principally, if not exclusively, with torpedoes and varied widely in size. They were not small schnellboote (known to the Allies as E-boats) but small seagoing vessels, the larger of which were comparable to destroyers. During World War II, German torpedo boats were administratively grouped into several torpedo-boat flotillas.
Certain old torpedo boats from WW I were still on active service during WW II after modernization in 1920s and 1930s. While most were converted to various auxiliary duties at the beginning of the war, several were still used in their original torpedo boat role. Examples included T107, T108, T110, T111 and T196. Several others, including T151, T153, T155, T156, T157, T158 and T190 were rearmed after the outbreak of war and used first in the invasions of Poland and Norway, and then in the latter stage of the war participated in Operation Hannibal, the German evacuation from the east. Surviving units were transferred to Allied navies after the war.
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Are There Any Ww2 PT Boats Still Around?
Today, just four combat-veteran PT boats still exist in the United States; of those, only PT-305 is fully restored and operational, complete with original-model engines. An operational PT-305 promise to become one of The National WWII Museum’s most exciting artifacts and teaching tools.
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Three Packard Marine gasoline engines powered the boats to a top speed of 45 knots. At the end of World War II, the expense of returning PT boats to the United States from overseas was considered prohibitive, so most boat were stripped of useful materials and burned.
How Many PT Boats Still Exist?
Today, just four combat-veteran PT boats still exist in the United States; of those, only PT-305 is fully restored and operational, complete with original-model engines. An operational PT-305 promise to become one of The National WWII Museum’s most exciting artifacts and teaching tools.
Were PT Boats Used in Vietnam?
PTF-26 is the final PTF and the last U.S. PT boat ever built. Following its service in Vietnam, PTF-26 returned to the United States in 1971.
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CALVIN KENNY SULLENS, 82, of Zanesville, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 12:20 am at Bluffton Regional Medical Center. He was a 20-year U.S. Navy veteran who served on PT Boats in the South Pacific during World War II. The destroyer served in the U.S.S. during the Korean War and is also a abbot. He retired as a Petty Officer in 1962. After retiring from his military service, he worked for General Electric on Broadway in Fort Wayne for seven years. He attended Zanesville United Brethren Church and became a member of the Wells County Scatter 8’s Square Dance Club.
He was born on June 11, 1923 in Kan, Nashville. He was the son of Edgar W. and Virginia Collins Sullens. He married Ruth A. Middleton on July 29, 1950 in Yuma, Arizona; he survives. Also, her three surviving daughters are Mrs. Norm (Donna) Reidt of Bluffon, Mrs. James (Karen) Schmalzried of Bippus and Mrs. Kevin (Janet) Smith of Zanesville; one brother, E. Perry Sullens of Sacramento, California; three sisters, Earline Harris of Oklahoma City, Okla., Miss Ralph (Lela Mae) Randolph and Bixby of Kingwood, Tenn., Darline Calvert of Okla; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
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PT-617
PT-617 (fully Motor Torpedo Boat PT 617, also Big Red Cock or Dragon Lady ) is the name of a United States Navy PT speedboat. Built-in 1945 by Electric Boat, the boat now sits out of the water as a museum ship in a purpose-built hangar within Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts. PT-617 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark in December 1989.
How many surviving PT boats are there?
After the war, most of them were decommissioned and destroyed. Much of this destruction took place at PT Base 17 at Samar, Philippine Islands, near Bobon Point. Only nine PT boat hulls survive today, some on display in museums such as the PT Boat Museum at Battle Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.
What happened to PT boats after the war?
After the war, most of the remaining PT boats were destroyed by the US Navy because they were too expensive for a peacetime Navy. Each boat had three Packard 3A-2500, V-12 aircraft engines with as much as 1,850 hp each, which consumed vast quantities of high-octane gasoline.
What is the modern equivalent of a PT boat?
“We’re basically a flying PT boat.” This is a perfect analogy—the MH-60S is a modern incarnation of the famed patrol torpedo (PT) boat, and the Navy will be better for using it as such.
What does the P in PT boat stand for?
Introduction. PT (Patrol, Torpedo) boats were small, fast, and expendable vessels for short-range oceanic scouting, armed with torpedoes and machine guns for cutting enemy supply lines and harassing enemy forces. Forty-three PT squadrons, each with 12 boats were formed during World War II by the U.S. Navy.
How many PT boats were lost in Vietnam?
This toll came at a heavy price, however; the Navy lost 69 boats, with 331 PT boaters killed in action.
Are PT boats made of wood?
One of the most notable types of wooden crafts was the PT or Motor Torpedo Boat.
When was the last PT boat decommissioned?
Completed July 30, 1945, Commissioned 1945, Decommissioned 1958
Where were ww2 PT boats built?
Built in New Orleans by Higgins Industries, the patrol-torpedo (PT) boat PT-305 was a critical asset for the US Navy during World War II, serving in European waters from 1944 to the end of the war.
Are there any ww2 PT boats left?
Motor torpedo boat PT-617, also known as Dragon Lady, “is the sole surviving 80′ Elco type PT boat on display and represents the United States’s most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II.” PT-617 is a PT-103-class Elco motor torpedo boat of the same type as the famous PT-109
How many PT boats are left in the world?
Today there are just two fully restored and operational Patrol Torpedo boats, or PT boats, left in the world, and only one of them saw service in World War II
Can you still buy a pt boat?
PT boats for sale on Moda102 are listed for a variety of prices from $40,000 on the relatively more affordable end, with costs all the way up to $140,000 for the more lavish yachts on the market today.
How fast could a ww2 PT boat go
Three Packard Marine gasoline engines powered the boats to a top speed of 45 knots.
Did PT boats have toilets and bathrooms?
Getting back to the PT boat lack a formal bathroom, a crewman needs water in his pail. The only safe place to collect a bucket of seawater for your trip to the PT bathroom when you are moving through the sea at 45 miles per hour, is at the stern of the boat.
Are there any remaining PT boats?
The PT-305 (a Higgins “78”) is another fully operational PT boat, restored by the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, LA, near where its keel was laid down in 1943.
How far could a PT boat travel?
Maximum speed was 40 knots. Highly maneuverable, a standard PT boat had a cruising range of about 500 miles and was armed with four. 50-caliber machine guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
Did a PT boat ever sink a ship?
US PT boats sank two Japanese destroyers in the Solomons.
How much fuel did a PT boat use?
However, using the older 4M-2500 engines, increases in the weight of the boats due to more weaponry offset the potential increase in top speed. Fuel consumption of these engines was phenomenal; a PT boat carried 3,000 gallons (11,360 liters) of 100 octane avgas.
What does the P stand for in PT boat?
Introduction. PT (Patrol, Torpedo) boats were small, fast, and expendable vessels for short-range oceanic scouting, armed with torpedoes and machine guns for cutting enemy supply lines and harassing enemy forces. Forty-three PT squadrons, each with 12 boats were formed during World War II by the U.S. Navy.
How deep could WW2 boats dive?
Since World War I, nautical technology has evolved at a rapid rate, but in 1914 U-boats were considered quite advanced. These vessels could reach maximum depths of 50 meters or 165 feet, achieve speeds of 16 knots at the surface and eight knots underwater, and have a range of up to 25,000 miles.
How much is a PT boat worth?
PT boats for sale on YachtWorld are listed for a variety of prices from $39,000 on the relatively more affordable end, with costs all the way up to $139,000 for the more lavish yachts on the market today.
What was the fastest boat in ww2?
This April, travelers and history buffs alike will be able to enjoy public rides on the fastest torpedo boat from World War II. The Patrol-torpedo PT-305 was first tested prior to the war in Lake Pontchartrain of New Orleans.
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