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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 ...
Schematic illustration of Point Pleasant Canal. Point Pleasant is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, in northern Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [20] As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 18,941, [10] [11] an increase of 549 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 18,392, [21] [22] which in turn reflected a decline of 914 (−4.7%) from the 19,306 ...
PT-59. 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 boat was laid down as Motor Boat Submarine Chaser PTC-27, and was reclassified as BPT-11 when assigned to transfer to Britain under Lend-Lease. However, this was cancelled, and she was ...
Croix de Guerre (France) Distinguished Conduct Star (Philippines) John Duncan Bulkeley (19 August 1911 – 6 April 1996) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy and was one of its most decorated naval officers. Bulkeley received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was also the PT boat skipper who ...
August 3, 2024 at 4:46 AM Grab the bathing suits and sunscreen! U.S. News & World Report has named the 25 Best Beaches on the East Coast for 2024 — and the list includes three from the Garden State.
The company handled their legitimate garbage hauling routes across New Jersey, including an illegal medical waste dumping site in Dayton, New Jersey, an asbestos removal project in Corning, New York, a weigh station in Dayton, New Jersey and a landfill in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey.
JUMP TO: LIVE TRAFFIC MAPl WHAT WE KNOW. "As of 10:47 a.m., there's a Tractor trailer fire on NJ 3 in both directions Grove St in Clifton. All lanes closed," according to 511nj.org. As of Monday ...
Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 3. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three (MTBRon 3) was a United States Navy squadron based at Cavite, Philippines, from September 1941 to mid-April 1942. It was commanded by Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley and made up of six motor torpedo boats: PT-31, PT-32, PT-33, PT-34, PT-35, and PT-41, the last as the squadron flagship.