A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) is a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. These vessels were small, fast, and inexpensive to build, and were valued for …

The "wooden marvels" were known by many names during WW2, but the official and generic "PT-Boat", meaning "Patrol, Torpedo (Boat)". They were an unknown type for the USN in WW1, as …

Every day, memories of World War II—its sights and sounds, its terrors and triumphs—disappear.

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 …

Nov 16, 2015 · During World War II, the United States deployed in the Pacific 350 PT boats, mostly of the Elco and Higgins types, along with 42 in the Mediterranean and 33 in the English …

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 …

May 3, 2025 · Armed with torpedoes and machine guns, the small vessels were meant to harass an enemy, not engage in a slug match. The boats were employed in both the Pacific and …

During WWII, 11 boatyards built 808 Torpedo Boats (PT). There were three major designs: the 80-foot Elco, of which 358 were built, the 78-foot Higgins, of which 221 were built, and the 70 …

This is a list of torpedo boats of the Second World War, not to be confused with smaller motor torpedo boats. [1][2][3][4] The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military …

Jun 3, 2014 · Although the Huckins Yacht Company of Jacksonville, Florida, built a few 78 foot boats of the PT 95 class, the 80-foot Elco boats and the 78-foot Higgins boats became the …