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Language: en
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Pages: 114
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05 - Publisher: Nimble Books
The complete history of the building of PT boats for the U.S. Navy at the Elco, Higgins, and Huckins plants. One hundred sixty-two full-page illustrations, sele
Language: en
Pages: 212
Pages: 212
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-17 - Publisher: Nimble Books
An inside look at the massive efforts needed to keep the Navy's PT Boats in fighting trim. From the stories of Repair Training Units, Bases, FEMU barges, and te
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Schiffer Military History
Patrol Torpedo--or PT boats--captured the public's imagination during WWII due to the daring exploits of their crews. Built not of plywood, as many believe, but
Language: en
Pages: 354
Pages: 354
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-01 - Publisher: Nimble Books
This book is the first comprehensive history of an important, but mostly overlooked, element of the World War II Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats: the Motor Torpedo Bo