This gripping World War II story reveals the untold story of America's secret PT boats that revolutionized naval warfare in the Pacific Theater, as told through the firsthand account of Chief Petty Officer Thomas "Tom" Harrigan, who served aboard PT-164 during the crucial Solomon Islands campaign of 1943. Experience the harrowing night of July 20, 1943, when three small wooden boats armed with Mark 13 torpedoes successfully ambushed a massive Japanese convoy off Vella Lavella, sinking two transp
This gripping World War II story reveals the untold story of America's secret PT boats that revolutionized naval warfare in the Pacific Theater, as told through the firsthand account of Chief Petty Officer Thomas "Tom" Harrigan, who served aboard PT-164 during the crucial Solomon Islands campaign of 1943. Experience the harrowing night of July 20, 1943, when three small wooden boats armed with Mark 13 torpedoes successfully ambushed a massive Japanese convoy off Vella Lavella, sinking two transp
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They were small, fast, and deadly — the PT boats of World War II. Built of wood, powered by roaring Packard V-12 engines, and armed with torpedoes, machine guns, and sheer audacity, these boats became legends across the Pacific. #ww2 #military #navy #vietnam | The War Rooms
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They were small, fast, and deadly — the PT boats of World War II. Built of wood, powered by roaring Packard V-12 engines, and armed with torpedoes, machine guns, and sheer audacity, these boats became legends across the Pacific. #ww2 #military #navy #vietnam | The War Rooms
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The PT-109 patrol torpedo boat is one of the most famous naval craft of World War II. Powered by three roaring Packard engines, PT-boats were designed for high-speed night attacks, racing close to enemy ships to launch torpedoes at point-blank range. Commissioned in 1942, PT-109 operated in the Solomon Islands during some of the most intense Pacific naval battles. It became legendary after being commanded by John F. Kennedy, who later became President of the United States. The boat was rammed an
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The PT-109 patrol torpedo boat is one of the most famous naval craft of World War II. Powered by three roaring Packard engines, PT-boats were designed for high-speed night attacks, racing close to enemy ships to launch torpedoes at point-blank range. Commissioned in 1942, PT-109 operated in the Solomon Islands during some of the most intense Pacific naval battles. It became legendary after being commanded by John F. Kennedy, who later became President of the United States. The boat was rammed an
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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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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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