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unusual facts about PT boats



Hugh B. Cave

In 1943, drawing on his experience as a war reporter, he authored one of his most highly regarded works, Long Were the Nights, telling of the first PT boats at Guadalcanal.


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British Power Boat Company

In 1939, due to the difficulties in obtaining British engines, Scott-Paine took PT-9 to the US to enable Elco to mass-produce PT boats using Packard motors.

Motor Torpedo Boat PT-59

PT-59 remained in the Solomons until August 1944, when she and five other 77-ft Elco PT Boats were transported back to the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Training Center at Melville, Rhode Island.