pt stood for supply barges in pt boats.
pt stood for supply barges in pt boats.
what did pt stand for in pt boats?
supply barges
during world war ii mahogany was used in the construction of small boats from the 21-24 meter (70 to 80 foot) pt boats (motor patrol torpedo) to the small rescue boats that were parachuted from rescue planes; its use for boat construction increased from 1,350 m board feet in 1940 to 21,500 m board feet in 1943. pt boats were often made of diagonally layered mahogany planks with a glue-impregnated layer of canvas in between. as a testament to the strength of this type of construction, several pt boats withstood catastrophic battle damage and still remained afloat. the most notable of those instances involved the "pt-109", commanded by the young john f. kennedy: the forward half of this boat stayed afloat for 12 hours after she was rammed by a japanese destroyer.
swietenia mahagoni
bullet::::- pt-796 photos of the higgins pt boat pt-796 in fall river, ma









































bullet::::- pt-235 photos of life on board a pt boat in the pacific in world war ii by pt boat veteran milt donadt of pt-235









































bullet::::- electric launch corp records









































bullet::::- website dedicated to pt boats









































bullet::::- hnsa ship page: pt boats to visit as museums and memorials









































bullet::::- "with the mosquito fleet", april 1941 one of the earliest large articles on pt boats in the us









































bullet::::- elco 103 class pt boat resource site









































bullet::::- pt-728 touring the east coast









































bullet::::- fleet obsolete historic pt boats
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