A PT boat (short for Patrol Torpedo boat) was a torpedo-armed fast attack craft used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants to coastal waters. 🚤 During World War II, PT boats engaged enemy warships, transports, tankers, barges, and sampans. As gunboa
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Japanese Were Terrified Of America’s PT Boats That Struck At Night Discover the untold story of America's daring PT boat crews who terrorized Japanese naval forces in the Pacific during World War II. This gripping historical documentary reveals how small 77-foot wooden torpedo boats, crewed by young volunteers averaging just 22 years old, challenged the Imperial Japanese Navy's dominance of nighttime waters around Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands. Learn how these "mosquito boats" used speed,
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