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Learn about the PT boat, a small, fast, and inexpensive vessel used by the US Navy in World War II. Find out how it was designed, armed, and deployed against enemy ships and craft, and why it was nicknamed the mosquito fleet.
PT-109 was a 80-foot Elco PT boat commanded by John F. Kennedy in the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II. It was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, Amagiri, on August 2, 1943, but Kennedy and his crew survived and were rescued.
Vosper MTB 102 was a private venture motor torpedo boat designed by Peter Du Cane and bought by the Royal Navy in 1937. She was the fastest wartime British naval vessel and served at Dunkirk and Normandy.
Learn about the origins and evolution of torpedo boats, small and fast ships designed to carry torpedoes into battle. Explore the different classes, designs, and roles of torpedo boats from the American Civil War to the modern era.
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 ...
Learn about the evolution of fast attack craft (FACs), also known as missile boats, from 19th century torpedo boats to modern anti-ship missile-armed vessels. Compare the advantages, disadvantages and examples of FACs from different navies and regions.
PT-658 is a World War II-era motor torpedo boat built by Higgins Industries and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. She served as a missile range patrol boat, a high speed transport, and a museum ship in California and Oregon.
PT-41 was a motor torpedo boat that evacuated General Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor in 1942. It was destroyed by the US Army in Mindanao to prevent capture by the Japanese.