PT boat

Noun

Meaning

a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat

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After the war, American military interviews with captured veterans of the Imperial Japanese Navy, supplemented by the available partial Japanese war records, were unable to verify that all the PT boat sinking claims were valid. Source: Internet

Although not used in any other PT boat design, Huckins licensed the use of his patented Quadraconic hull in his PT boat construction. Source: Internet

By war's end, the PT boat had more "firepower-per-ton" than any other vessel in the U.S. Navy. Source: Internet

Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 527. Further attempts by Tanaka's destroyer forces to deliver provisions on 3 December 7 December, and 11 December, failed to alleviate the crisis, and one of Tanaka's destroyers was sunk by a U.S. PT boat torpedo. Source: Internet

Huckins Yacht Corporation PT-259 underway near Midway circa 1944 Frank P. Huckins and his innovative Quadraconic hull design were latecomers to PT boat design. Source: Internet

In an important note after winning the design competition for the smaller PT boat, George Crouch wrote that Hickman's Sea Sled design would be far superior "in either rough or smooth water to that of the best possible V-bottom or hard chine design". Source: Internet

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