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 …

2022年11月28日 · During WW2, the US suddenly had the need for a fleet of small attack vessels, the PT-Boats, which gained fame in the Pacific. They were mostly wooden-built, by Elco, …

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 …

2013年5月1日 · During World War II the Elco Naval Division of the Electric Boat Co., in Bayonne, N.J., built nearly 400 patrol torpedo, or PT, boats for the U.S. Navy. Of those, 326 were 80 feet …

2014年6月3日 · The Elco boats were the largest in size of the three types of PT boats built for U.S. use during World War II. Wooden-hulled, 80 feet long with a 20-foot, 8-inch beam, the …

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 …

All US Navy Motor Torpedo Boats (PT Boats) of World War II; listed by class, with descriptions and links to pages for individual boats. Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 PT -- Motor …

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 …

The forerunner of the U.S. Navy’s World War II “sentries” was a flimsy torpedo boat commanded by 21-year-old Union Lieutenant William B. Cushing, who sank the Confederate ironclad …

2015年11月16日 · Known popularly as PT boats, World War II–era patrol-torpedo boats were the American equivalent of German E boats and British motor torpedo boats. They were small, …