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 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-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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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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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 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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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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