AGAWAM, Mass. — The old film clips spliced with the veterans’ narratives offer a glimpse of the downtime aboard the 80-foot-long patrol torpedo boats used during World War II. Bare-chested men ...

The boat should be 78 feet long but is only 63. That's because when she was sold into private hands after the war, the new owners sliced that footage from her rear.

Had the invasion taken place, his role would have been to pilot an 85-foot explosive-laden boat into a Japanese river channel, then abandon the vessel.

PT stands for patrol torpedo – these were boats, as one of the display panels in the Sudden Jerk’s 100-foot-long boathouse notes, designed for “patrolling enemy-held coastlines at night ...

With its laminated mahogany hull, a PT boat was the fastest ship in the U.S. Navy. Article continues below this ad The 80-foot, 50-ton craft could travel at speeds up to 63 mph.

The National World War II Museum said the 78-foot (24-meter) patrol torpedo boat PT-305 is the only fully restored and operational PT boat in the U.S. that took direct part in the conflict.

Pierce, who brought along a 4-foot-long model he built of the boat, said it was too bad the ambitious restoration plans were never realized. He’d read about PT 659 several years ago and was ...

NEW ORLEANS – After all these years, she still hasn’t lost a step. Senior Captain George Benedetto pushes the throttle forward, and PT-305 – the only combat-hardened World War II boat of its ...

At age 24, he was the skipper of a PT boat – an 80-foot-long wooden speedboat loaded with torpedoes. "I don't think I had any business being there," he said.

The boat, which had three Packard 1500-horsepower engines and carried 3,000 gallons of gasoline, was built for speed and maneuverability. The 78-foot boats had a top speed of 50 mph.

The last operational, military-configured PT boat afloat in U.S. waters was put up for sale Saturday on eBay Motors, an online auction.