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...
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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...
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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...
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McHale's Navy (redirect from PT 73)
Quinton McHale (Borgnine) is the commanding officer of the U.S. Navy PT boat PT-73, stationed at the fictional Pacific island base of Taratupa. In the...
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PT Boats Knights of the Sea is a PC computer game by Akella. It is a simulation in which the player operates a PT Boat during World War II. In this game...
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Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 in the Pacific theater of World War II. The film was adapted by Vincent Flaherty and Howard Sheehan from the book PT 109: John F...
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torpedo boat PT-41 was a PT-20-class motor torpedo boat of the United States Navy, built by the Electric Launch Company of Bayonne, New Jersey. The boat was...
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long patrol boat made by local shipyard PT PAL. FPB 38, Indonesian Customs, 38 meter long aluminium patrol boat made by local shipyard PT PAL. FPB 57...
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PT-105 was a PT boat of the United States Navy during World War II. The 80-foot (24 m) motor torpedo boat was built by the Elco Motor Yacht Company of...
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Landmark ships, an 80-foot (24.4 m) Elco boat, PT 617, and a 78-foot (23.8 m) Higgins boat, PT 796. PT Boat Museum, official site 41°42′18.1″N 71°9′47...
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Emirau Island (redirect from Emirau Island PT Boat Base)
withdrawn from the island. USN PT boats were based on Emirau Island. Squadron 11-2 (including PT-177, PT-182, PT-185, and PT-186), under the command of Lieutenant...
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relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a United States PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion...
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S., Soviet Navy G-5 and U.S. PT boats (standing for Patrol Torpedo) were all of this type. A classic fast torpedo boat action was the Channel Dash in...
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of six motor torpedo boats: PT-31, PT-32, PT-33, PT-34, PT-35, and PT-41, the last as the squadron flagship. The other six boats of the squadron remained...
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Naval Base Panama Canal Zone (redirect from PT Boat Base Taboga Island)
9.331515; -79.897015 (Mount Hope tank farm) Naval Base Taboga Island, PT Boat Base, FPO# 40 David Field, Naval Air Land Base, at David, Chiriquí FPO#...
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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...
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This is a list of PT boat bases used by the US Navy during World War II. Melville, Rhode Island – PT Training Center New York, New York – Commissioning...
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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...
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PT-305, also known as USS Sudden Jerk, is a 78 foot Higgins PT-200-class motor torpedo boat that served with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 22, assigned...
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Motor torpedo boat PT-617, also known as Big Red Cock and Dragon Lady, "is the sole surviving 80' Elco type PT boat and represents the United States's...
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torpedo boat PT-34 was a PT-20-class motor torpedo boat of the United States Navy, built by the Electric Launch Company of Bayonne, New Jersey. The boat was...
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Battleship Cove (section PT boats)
Battleship Cove Naval Museum homepage PT-617—Photos of the Elco PT boat PT-617 PT-796—Photos of the Higgins PT boat PT-796 USS Joseph P. Kennedy—Photos on...
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Look up PT, pt, p.t., or pt. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. PT, Pt, or pt may refer to: P.T. (video game), acronym for Playable Teaser, a short video...
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V-12-powered PT boat, whose hull classification symbol "PT" stood for "patrol, torpedo", but which were grouped into motor torpedo boat squadrons. German...
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PT-346 was an 80 ft Electric Launch Company (Elco) motor torpedo boat which suffered the worst PT-boat friendly-fire casualties of World War II, with nine...
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Fergusson Island (redirect from Fergusson Island PT Boat Base)
1873 to 1874. On June 30, 1942, during World War II, a United States Navy PT-Boat base was established on the island. An Alamo Scouts Training Center was...
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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...
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Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines (category PT boats)
Corregidor, where his forces were surrounded by the Japanese. They traveled in PT boats through stormy seas patrolled by Japanese warships and reached Mindanao...
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Boat X-18 / CB X-18. Initially, this class of ships was developed from a tank boat program from a consortium consisting of PT Lundin (North Sea Boats)...
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Lions and Oaks were major facilities while Cubs and Acorns were minor. PT Boats typically would get a Cub and airfields with single runways were Acorns...
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