For 18 years, PT boat veterans and volunteers with Save the PT Boat, Inc. , have worked to restore the torpedo motor boat with full armament and three 1,850 horsepower Packard V-12 engines.

After 73 years, a historic World War II boat that survived dozens of operations and a few near-misses on the other side of the Atlantic is finally heading home to the waters where its journey began.

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NEW ORLEANS — Two stories accompany the ongoing restoration of the PT-305 boat at the World War II Museum, project manager Bruce Harris said.

After World War II, PT-305 was cut down to 60 feet and spent decades as a tour boat and a Chesapeake Bay oyster boat. Much of the remaining hull and deck were warped or rotted when the museum ...

For decades, countless motorists and boaters have passed North Cove, a small recess along the Manhattan side of the Harlem River, unaware that a piece of presidential history may well have been emb… ...

Kennedy and his 13 crew members believed it was another PT boat until the black hull of the Japanese destroyer Amagiri emerged into view. John F. Kennedy during his World War II Navy service.

PT-547 also carried four torpedoes, a mortar, a depth charge and smoke to disguise a getaway. Ironically, the torpedoes on the patrol torpedo boat did not serve much purpose, Nelson said. The Navy ...

PT-109 Initial History and Specifications . Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 was built by the Electric Launch Company, now known as Elco Motor Yachts, headquartered in Bayonne, New Jersey.It was laid ...

The last PT boat attack ended at 2:13 a.m. For the loss of three men dead and 20 wounded, the boats had scored no hits, but they accomplished their primary mission — pinpointing and reporting ...

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