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Wooden warships that stole the night in World War II
During World War II in 1943, small American PT boats challenged Japan’s deadly control of night warfare in the Pacific.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The motor torpedo boat (MTB), also known as the patrol torpedo (PT) boat, has acquired its own special swashbuckling aura since ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - She is 78 feet long, 40 tons, and could travel up to 40 knots, or 46 miles per hour, in her prime. “Usually, there were 13 or 14 U.S. Navy crewmen aboard a PT boat like this,” ...
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The improvised weapon that saved American PT boats in World War II
American PT boats in the Pacific were failing against Japanese supply barges during the Guadalcanal campaign. This story ...
Hundreds of PT boats were deployed during World War II. President John F. Kennedy famously served on PT-109, and another rescued Gen. Douglas MacArthur from capture in the Philippines — a raid ...
Though it was shot out from under him, John Clagett of Middlebury still has fond memories of the small boat on which he served in World War II. So fond, in fact, that as he looked over a large marble ...
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