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	Torpedo boat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first recorded launch of torpedoes from a torpedo boat (which itself was launched from a tender) in an actual battle was by Russian admiral Stepan Makarov on January 16, 1877, who used self-propelled Whitehead's torpedoes against a Turkish armed ship "Intibah" during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
		The introduction of the torpedo boat resulted in a flurry of activity in the fleets around the world, as smaller and faster guns were added to existing ships to ward off the new threat.
		The result was a small torpedo boat, perhaps 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 m) in length with high speed 30 to 50 knots (56 to 93 km/h), carrying 2 to 4 torpedoes, fired from simple fixed launchers, and several machine guns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Torpedo_boat (954 words)

	Offshore Patrol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Offshore Patrol (Mosquito Fleet) was a rudimentary navy, intended for inshore defenses only, called for by the Philippine National Assembly in its National Defense Act of 1935.
		This act called for the creation, by 1946, of a force of 36 torpedo boats (PT) which were to be built and designed by British shipbuilders.
		The PT-boats of the Offshore Patrol were to be 65 ft long, with a 13 ft beam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Offshore_Patrol (213 words)

	torpedo boat on Encyclopedia.com
		The first modern torpedo boat was the Lightning, built for the British navy in 1877 by the shipyards of Sir John Isaac Thornycroft.
		Torpedo boats were adopted by most of the world's major navies, but as they increased in size the destroyer was developed as an effective defense against them.
		At that time torpedo boats, often referred to as PT boats, were commonly used in attacking enemy coastal shipping and light naval forces under cover of darkness and bad weather.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/t1/torpedob.asp (571 words)

	Plywood Battleships
		Torpedo boats and their nemesis torpedo boat destroyers (yes, that's how these predators who later chased undersea quarry were born) began to share the oceans with traditional vessels.
		The boats were (despite the abominable condition of the boats and engines), still very fast and maneuverable; crews coveted their speed and worked miracles to keep the engines in shape.
		PT boats were stealthy; despite their 80-foot length and 40-ton displacement (both varying from boat to boat), they could close their mufflers and ease on the quarry -- the throaty roar of the powerful engines reduced to a whimper as long as they maintained a speed of no more than ten-knots.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,Wilson_032805,00.html (1837 words)

	PT boat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A PT boat was a motor torpedo boat (hull classification symbol "PT"), a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships.
		The most famous of these torpedo boats, PT-109, commanded by future United States President John F. Kennedy, was one of the hundreds of members of the PT-103 class completed between 1942 and 1945 by Elco Naval Division of Electric Boat Company at Bayonne, New Jersey.
		The story of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three in the retreat from the Philippines early in World War II was documented in the book They Were Expendable by W.L. White, ISBN 1557509484, originally published in 1942 soon after the events depicted.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/PT-boat.htm (870 words)

	PT Boat Info - PT Boat History
		This boat was subsequently shipped to the United States and numbered PT 9 by the Navy.
		It was recommended that the overall length be increased to accommodate the standard U.S. torpedo and the hull structure be re-engineered to strengthen it for heavier seas.
		ELCO received the lion share (385 boats by the end of the war), Higgins was second (199 boats by the end of the war) and Huckins with the smallest contract (18 boats by the end of the war).
	www.ptboats.org /20-01-05-ptboat-001.html (773 words)

	PT-309 - Whats a PT?
		Just as these boats were beginning to make their appearance on the Naval scene, the Pacific Fleet was devastated by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats, the famed "Wooden Wonders" of World War II were considered "Expendable" warships.
		It is on one of these PT boats that John F. Kennedy became famous, as the skipper of the PT-109.
	www.pt-309.org /PtInfoWhatsaPT.cfm (737 words)

	PT boat model launched (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Roberts was the third captain of the PT Boat 103, part of a fleet of 12 boats that were in the South Pacific during World War II.
		In it's day the PT Boat was considered to be a formidable threat to the enemies of the United States and it allies during World War II.
		They stood in their patrol boat, while people lined the shore, watching the mighty piece of history come alive, and remind them all about the freedom that PT Boats helped to maintain.
	www.mtdemocrat.com /news/ptboat.shtml (992 words)

	Motor Torpedo Boats (PT)
		PT 109 was one of the hundreds of motor torpedo boats (PT) of the PT 103 class completed between 1942 and 1945 by Elco Naval Division of Electric Boat Company at Bayonne, New Jersey.
		Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron THREE rescued General MacArthur (and later the Filipino President) from the Philippines after the Japanese invasion and then participated in guerrilla actions until American resistance ended with the fall of Corregidor.
		PT Boats were used in the European Theater beginning in April 1944 to support the OSS in the insertions of espionage and French Resistance personnel and for amphibious landing deception.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/pt.htm (752 words)

	Merrill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Before the mission began every Patrol Torpedo boat had received a detailed aerial photograph that displayed what was in the harbor and where these places were.
		On this particular mission, Merrill was the head of his Patrol Torpedo boat, and he had complete responsibility for each one of the men on the boat.
		Before the sun had even risen, the American Patrol Torpedo boats were being attacked by mortar fire several miles from the harbor entrance.
	www.svsu.edu /WWIIVets/navy/merrill.htm (1096 words)

	Searching for JFK's...boat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The PT-109 was one of hundreds of motor torpedo boats built between 1942 and 1945 for U.S. use during the Second World War.
		The 24 metre-long wood-hulled boats were powered by three 12-cylinder Packard gasoline engines that generated a total of 4,500 horsepower.
		The boats were originally designed as antiship weapons, but during the campaign in the Solomon Islands they were used at night against Japanese barge traffic.
	www.orwelltoday.com /jfkboat.shtml (972 words)

	PT Boats in Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		His boat cut in half by a Japanese destroyer, Lt. Kennedy went on to save the lives of some of his crew and was eventually rescued.
		Of the other two, the Higgins boats were only used in the Atlantic and Med while the ELCO PT boats (the most successful of the three) were primarily used in the Pacific though some were used in the Atlantic as well.
		The PT boat was constantly undergoing modifications and improvements as the war progressed.
	m2reviews.cnsi.net /scotts/books/ptbook.htm (726 words)

	Reference Books on PT Boats
		The PT boat was a class of motor torpedo boats used by the United States during the Second World War.
		In Devil Boats, the reader is right on board, buffeted by the spray of the crashing Pacific minutes after the Pearl Harbor disaster as a PT boat brings down the first enemy plane.
		Motor Torpedo Boat development had its beginning in the early 1900s culminating with actual combat use in World War I. It was the British, French and Italian navies who led the way in development and deployment of this specialised craft.
	www.pt-boat.com /books/books.html (4751 words)

	Historic California Posts: Forts Under the Sea: Submarine Mine Defense of San Francisco Bay
		Today the term, "torpedo" means to the average American a self-propelled underwater missile which can be fired from a submarine or launched into the water from the deck of a cruiser, destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, or other vessel, to destroy enemy ships.
		It was in June 1883 that the first shipment of "buoyant torpedoes" to San Francisco was made, and they temporarily were stored in the pier casemate at Alcatraz, until a concrete torpedo storehouse, completed about 1889, could be planned and built on the northern end of Yerba Buena Island.
		Electrically fired "torpedoes" or mines required a control room from which cables ran out into the water and from which an operator sent the electrical impulse to fire the mine.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Mines.html (1161 words)

	Patrol Torpedo Boat 109 biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		PT-109 was a PT boat commanded by future United States President John F. Kennedy in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
		Kennedy's idling boat was rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri on August 2, 1943 in the Blackett Strait between Kolombangara and Arundel in the Solomon Islands, cutting it in half and killing two of his men, Kennedy led the survivors, clinging to the wreckage of the boat, to safety on the deserted Plum Pudding Island.
		Though Kennedy emerged a hero (awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for bravery) many in the military including Douglas MacArthur thought he should have faced a court-martial for losing his boat in such a manner.
	www.biography.ms /PT-109.html (250 words)

	The Story of PT-518
		PT518 was one of the 12 boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 35.
		During day light hours the boats would be dispatched from the line to do a variety of chores including the sinking of floating mines and ferrying personnel from ship to ship.
		PT boats were called upon to do other duties such as carring mail and dispatches to the ships in the invasion area and to ferry VIPs about the vessels in the invasion beach area.
	members.cox.net /ptboat518 (1250 words)

	PT 59 Model in 1/20 scale
		This ELCO 77 foot Patrol Torpedo Boat was rearmed at its forward base in the Solomon's.
		For example, to fill the need for increased firepower to accompany the torpedo boats on their forays up the slot, three of Ron 3's boats (PT- 59, 60, 61) were converted into fast gunboats.
		These boats could wreak havoc among the Japanese barge traffic that was trying to re-supply their island garrisons at night all along the Solomon's chain as well as attacking shore installations and enemy patrol boats.
	www.geocities.com /mosquitoboat/pt59.html (336 words)

	Chapter 12: The PT Boat
		I had always believed that torpedo boats came upon their prey with engines wide open at top speed, coming close to the target, dropping the torpedo and veering off and away from the exploding ship.
		I stayed clear of the torpedo, and not wanting to be in the way of the operation I moved to the far edge of the port side of the boat.
		The torpedo should have been in the water by now and on its way to the enemy, but, no, the torpedo was still secured to the rack with its propeller going full speed.
	www.larkspring.com /Kid/Book3/3-12.html (5107 words)

	NPR : The Hunt for PT-109, Radio Expeditions
		PT-109 was the Navy torpedo patrol boat captained by the dashing young John Kennedy, years before he became President Kennedy.
		In the dark of the night, it may not have seen the small boat, which was less than 90 feet long.
		No other PT boats were downed anywhere in the vicinity, and after examining footage of the site, the crew was confident enough in its find to pass the information on to scholars at the Naval Historical Center for confirmation.
	www.npr.org /programs/re/archivesdate/2002/jul (907 words)

	PTF 06 - Le Ba Thong
		He concentrated on the distance between the torpedo boat of the Officer-in-Tactical Command (OTC) and his Patrol Torpedo-Fast boat, PTF 06.
		The bow of his PT boat raised up; the boat was almost flying out of the water, with only the stern still touching its surface.
		The boats were about to get to the Purple area, and it was fairly safe now because enemy airplanes rarely ventured this far from their bases.
	members.tripod.com /haiquan9/hqhtml/ptf06.html (3028 words)

	A Moment in Time: PT Boats - Mighty Mites of WWII - I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Content: The patrol torpedo boat or as it was known simply, the PT boat, was the happy confluence of various streams in the evolution of speed boating.
		The Brits and their German antagonists saw the value of a light, fast torpedo boat in the narrow waters of the English Channel and Baltic Sea.
		Motorized twin 50-caliber units in the rear with four torpedo launchers all zipping along at forty knots gave PT boats quite a punch.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/amit/display.cfm?amit_id=1990 (356 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
		The idea of the PT boat was that of the small, fast--and ultimately, expendable--interdiction ship, armed with torpedoes and machine guns for cutting enemy supply lines, for harassing enemy forces, and for short-range oceanic scouting.
		American PT boats served during World War II in the Philippines and the Southwestern Pacific areas, in the English Channel, off Normandy, and in the Mediterranean Sea.
		PT 796 is also the PT Boat that was used in President Kennedy's Inaugural Parade in January 1961, painted with the numerals "109".
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/pt796.htm (484 words)

	BSU1
		Special Boat Squadron ONE was originally established by CNO on 01 February 1964 as Boat Support Unit ONE, a component command of Naval Operations Support Groups, Pacific.
		Its mission was to administer the newly reinstated PTF (Patrol Torpedo Fast) Boat program and to operate high speed craft in support of Naval Special Warfare Operations, this primarily in conjunction with UDT and SEAL units.
		Special Boat Squadron ONE was originally established by CNO on 1 February 1964 as Boat Support Unit ONE, a component command of Naval Operations Support Groups, Pacific.
	www.ptfnasty.com /ptfHistBsu1.html (865 words)

	HarborModels.com
		This small work boat is used in the Baltic and North Seas for shrimping and fishing.
		This high-speed, twin-screw boat of the 60s was used extensively by the Coast Guard for rescue and towing
		The kit of this all-purpose boat is 31" long and features die-cut all-wood construction and a highly detailed 32-piece deck hardware kit.
	www.harbormodels.com /Harbormain/Templates/m5-dumas.htm (503 words)

	physics - Torpedo boat
		The first recorded launch of torpedoes from a torpedo boat (which itself was launched from a battleship) in an actual battle was by Russian admiral Stepan Makarov on January 16, 1877, who used self-propelled Whitehead's torpedoes against a Turkish battleship during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.
		Such torpedo boats remained useful until World War II, in particular the Royal Navy (RN) Motor torpedo boats (MTBs), Kriegsmarine 'S-Booten' (Schnell-boot or fast-boat: British termed them E-boats) and US PT boats (standing for Patrol Torpedo) served their users well.
		They are still used by many navies and cost guards to police their territorial waters against smugglers, particularly those smuggling narcotics and weapons to insurgents.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/Torpedo_boat (941 words)

	PT658 - Save The PT Boat
		A piece of history - a World War II patrol torpedo boat - drew people from all over the Northwest to Cathlamet's Bald Eagle Festival and Wooden Boat Show this weekend.
		One year after transferring PT 658 from the barge to the water, the PT veterans drove the boat up the Willamette River for its dedication ceremony.
		The PT 658 was launched into the waters of the Willamette River at Swan Island on June 7, 2004.
	www.savetheptboatinc.com /news.htm (383 words)

	Search targets Kennedy boat
		Robert Ballard plans to use remote cameras to look for the 80-foot, wooden-hulled patrol torpedo boat that was commanded by Kennedy.
		PT boats were used to attack ships, lay mines and smoke screens, rescue downed aviators and carry out intelligence operations.
		Divers have been able to bring up artifacts from other sunken PT boats, said Donald Shannon, curator of the PT Boat exhibit at the Battleship Cove museum in Fall River, Mass.
	www.showmenews.com /2002/May/20020504News012.asp (442 words)

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