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Military Wednesday – PT Boats

PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat (hull classification symbol “PT”, for “Patrol Torpedo”), a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons were nicknamed “the mosquito fleet”. The Japanese called them “Devil Boats.”

PT Boat 659

PTF-17 torpedo boat
PTF-3 Fast Patrol Boat Undergoing Restoration

PTF-26 Osprey Fast Patrol Boat
PT Boat 659