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PT-105, an 80' Elco boat, under way. 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 maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants ...
During World War II, Lieutenant Commander 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 late spring of 1942, the Japanese heavily bomb the island, destroying the base.
Armour plate around the bridge. The Vosper 73 foot Motor Torpedo Boat was a mid-twentieth century British motor torpedo boat (MTB) designed by Vosper that served in the Royal Navy Coastal Forces during the Second World War. At 73 ft (22 m) long they were considered small boats compared to longer designs such as the Fairmile D.
Motor torpedo boat. MTB 102, an experimental design, served in World War II. During the Dunkirk evacuation it acted as a temporary flagship. A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century. The motor in the designation originally referred to their use of petrol engines, typically marinised aircraft engines or ...
McHale's Navy is a 1997 American military comedy film directed by Bryan Spicer, and starring Tom Arnold, David Alan Grier, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing and Tim Curry. The screenplay by Peter Crabbe and Andy Rose is based on the 1962–1966 television series of the same title. Ernest Borgnine was the only member of the series' cast to appear in ...
It seems that Harry is causing problems and even sunk PT boat 25 during one of his air-raids. After being restricted to their island by Binghamton, McHale and the guys mock up the damaged PT boat to look like the 73, so that they can sneak a load of building materials to a nearby island village, to help the natives rebuild after an air raid.
A British World War II Vosper 73-ft. motor torpedo boat PT-105, an 80-ft. Elco U.S. Navy PT boat in World War II The 114-ft. diesel-powered German E-boats were considerably larger than most British and American motor torpedo boats. Before World War I steam torpedo boats which were larger and more heavily armed than hitherto were being used.
Following World War II the US Navy had little use for fast attack craft, and most of her PT boats were disposed of shortly after VJ Day.With the involvement in the Vietnam War the Navy saw a renewed need for small combatant craft for "brown water" operations, and they approached the Norwegian Westermoen company, which had built a prototype fast attack boat, the Nasty, and was currently ...