A pt boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) in september 1914, hickman completed plans for a 50-foot (15 m) sea sled torpedo boat and submitted these to the navy in hopes of obtaining a contract. while favorably received, pt-617 photos of the elco pt boat pt-617 in fall river, ma;. Pt boats stands for patrol torpedo boats – why the us navy didn't adhere to the internationally recognized term "motor torpedo boat" is a mystery. they are, after all, functionality the same thing. an example of the 80ft elco pt boats.. A number of plans, kits, and fittings are available for various classes of torpedo boats. by far the most popular is the elco 80 footer of the pt-103 class, so famously associated with lt. john f. kennedy and his pt-109..
By the time ww2 broke out, elco was an established manufacturer of motor pleasure boats, and especially motor cabin cruisers. over the course of the war, elco designed and built three types of patrol torpedo boats for the us navy, of 70, 77 and 80ft length respectively.. Higgins pt boat (patrol torpedo) (cont'd) patrol boat / motor torpedo boat however, it was in the pacific that the higgins and elco pt boats made their legacies - particularly in the engagements making up the solomon and philippine islands campaigns.. During world war ii the elco naval division of the electric boat co., in bayonne, n.j., built nearly 400 patrol torpedo, or pt, boats for the u.s. navy. of those, 326 were 80 feet long—the largest in their class..
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