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U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boats in World War II, 1939-1945

Author : T. Garth Connelly
Publisher : Nimble Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781608880133
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boats in World War II, 1939-1945 written by T. Garth Connelly and published by Nimble Books LLC. This book was released on 2010 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive illustrated history of PT boats in World War II. The author, a lifelong student of PTs, briefly describes the pre-war experimental boat designs to give the reader a lead in to the war-time boats. He then covers the four classes of PT boats in service with the USN in World War II, describing the differences from boat to boat in detail. Every weapon system used on board US PTs in WWII is described and discussed, from machine guns to rocket launchers. For the first time in any great detail, the author gives a history of the six known all gun gunboats which were converted from PTs (three Elco and three Higgins) and has both drawings and photos of these gunboats (including John F. Kennedy's PT-59). Model-builders will appreciate the drawings that contain actual color chips for the various camouflage systems applied to the boats. There are also many color photos to aide modelers in painting accurate paint schemes. The author also discusses and identifies each of the radars used on PT boats in the later stages of the war. A substantial chapter on operational experience discusses how PT boats were used in every theater of war, from Pearl Harbor to D-Day and beyond. Finally, the author provides the fate of every PT boat that now survives. One hundred forty-eight photographs and drawings, full color interior.

US Patrol Torpedo Boats

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780962088
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book US Patrol Torpedo Boats written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of the Patrol Torpedo or PT boat. The PT boat was designed for attacking larger warships with torpedoes using its 'stealth' ability, high-speed and small size to launch and survive these attacks – although they were employed in a wide variety of other missions, including rescuing General MacArthur and his entourage from the Philippines. This book examines the design and development of these unique craft, very few of which survive today, and goes on to examine their role and combat deployment in World War II.

Beachheads Secured

Author : Harold L. Barbin
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450003648
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Beachheads Secured written by Harold L. Barbin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beachheads Secured Volumes 1 and 2 each tell the detailed history of the 873 PT Boats, after USA construction transferred to the navies of UK, USSR, and the USA; their one hundred thirty bases, nineteen Tenderships, and fiftysix PT Boat Squadrons. This comprehensive work takes the reader to actions and thrilling operations in the North Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Caribbean Sea, South Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Western Pacific, Panama Canal Zone, Australia, Mediterranean Sea, and the English Channel.

Beachheads Secured

Author : Harold L. Barbin
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450003656
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Beachheads Secured written by Harold L. Barbin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beachheads Secured Volumes 1 and 2 each tell the detailed history of the 873 PT Boats, after USA construction transferred to the navies of UK, USSR, and the USA; their one hundred thirty bases, nineteen Tenderships, and fiftysix PT Boat Squadrons. This comprehensive work takes the reader to actions and thrilling operations in the North Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Caribbean Sea, South Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Western Pacific, Panama Canal Zone, Australia, Mediterranean Sea, and the English Channel

Dog Boats at War

Author : Leonard C Reynolds
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752499947
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Dog Boats at War written by Leonard C Reynolds and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Built of plywood and measuring 115 feet long, powered by four supercharged petrol engines and armed to the teeth with heavy weapons, the 'D' Class Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) and Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) were better known as Dog Boats and played havoc with enemy shipping in home and foreign waters. During three years of war they engaged the enemy on more than 350 occasions, sinking and damaging many ships. Dog Boats at War is the authoritative account of operations by the Royal Navy's 'D' Class MGBs and MTBs in the Second World War in Home, Mediterranean and Norwegian waters. As well as drawing on official records - both British and German - the author has contacted several hundred Dog Boat veterans whose eye witness accounts add drama to the unfolding story.

PT Boats

Author : David Doyle
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
ISBN 13 : 9780764356667
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book PT Boats written by David Doyle and published by Schiffer Military History. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 rather of mahogany planks, and powered by a trio of Packard marine engines, these vessels operated in every theater, often facing opponents many times their size. The use of PT boats to evacuate General Douglas MacArthur and his family from the Philippines, a story dramatized in the movie They Were Expendable, put the PT boats and their crews in the public forefront, as did John F. Kennedy's loss of PT-109 and the subsequent rescue of him and his crew. This book looks at all the PT boat configurations used by the US Navy during WWII through rare archival photos, augmented by images of the few remaining vessels of the type. Part of the Legends of Warfare series.

At Close Quarters

Author : Robert Bulkley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781530421343
Total Pages : 618 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book At Close Quarters written by Robert Bulkley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the U.S. Navy, first published in 1962, is the official Navy history of Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats during World War II. The book, in a new, easy-to-read format, opens with a look at PT boat design and construction, naval activities in the Philippines and the evacuation of MacArthur from Corregidor (conducted via PT boat by the book's author, himself a PT skipper), followed by chapters on PT activities in the Pacific (including the Aleutian Island campaign), plus the Mediterranean and English Channel theaters where the PT boats faced Italian and German boats of similar design. The role of PT boats in support of the D-Day landings in Normandy is also discussed. Profusely illustrated and fully indexed, and with a Foreword by John F. Kennedy, At Close Quarters remains the authoritative work on PT boats in the Second World War.

US Patrol Torpedo Boats

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846037735
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book US Patrol Torpedo Boats written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motor torpedo boat development began in the early 1900s, and the vessels first saw service during World War I. However, it was not until the late 1930s that the US Navy commenced the development of the Patrol Torpedo or PT boat. The PT boat was designed for attacking larger warships with torpedoes using its 'stealth' ability, high-speed and small size to launch and survive these attacks – although they were employed in a wide variety of other missions, including rescuing General MacArthur and his entourage from the Philippines. This book examines the design and development of these unique craft, very few of which survive today, and goes on to examine their role and combat deployment in World War II.

At Close Quarters

Author : Robert Johns Bulkley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book At Close Quarters written by Robert Johns Bulkley and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

At Close Quarters

Author : Robert J. Bulkley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781521367254
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book At Close Quarters written by Robert J. Bulkley and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-24 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "PT's met the enemy at closer quarters (and with greater frequency) than any other type of surface craft. The crews of no other vessels experienced so high a degree of personal engagement with the enemy." -- Robert Bulkley Robert Bulkley's definitive history of patrol torpedo boats in World War Two is exceptionally detailed, meticulously researched, and is a must-read for any naval enthusiast. Bulkley joined the PT division of the Navy in 1941, and immediately fell in love with the small and deadly weaponized boat. After V-J Day, 1945, the Navy continued Bulkley's commission and asked him to write the official history of PT boats in WWII -- At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy is the groundbreaking result. In At Close Quarters, Bulkley uses the fastidious records kept by the US Navy to compile a book which serves as not just a record of the role of the PT boat's role in WWII but also as a lesson to future military and naval scholars. Best-known as the boat that future president John F. Kennedy commanded in the Pacific Theater in WWII, popular interest in PT boats has grown substantially since they first emerged as brilliant boats in naval engagements throughout the war. Bulkley provides a detailed account of the origins and history of PT boats, from the part they played in WWI to the improvements and developments made to their design prior to WWII. He analyses the role of PT boats in some of the major sea battles in the Pacific, opening with Pearl Harbor, through to their involvement in the Mediterranean, the D-Day operations in the English Channel as well as the Solomons campaign and the conquest of New Guinea. "The thorough and competent account herein of over-all PT boat operations in World War II, compiled by Captain Robert Bulkley, a distinguished PT boat commander, should therefore prove of wide interest. The widest use of the sea, integrated fully into our national strength, is as important to America in the age of nuclear power and space travel as in those stirring days of the birth of the Republic." -- President John F Kennedy "An invaluable history of WWII PT-Boat operations worldwide." -- Pacific Wrecks "This thorough and objective account of the operations of PT boats in the U.S. Navy in World War II was prepared in the year after V-J Day by an officer who served in them through most of the war in the far reaches of the Pacific. He knew and loved these small, fast craft with hornet sting. They played their part with zest in the far reaching, powerful Navy team. He gave to the research into the records, into the memories of other participants, and to the writing itself the same zest. As a result he produced a shipshape manuscript." -- Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller Robert J. Bulkley, a retired USNR captain now deceased, commanded PT boats in the southwest Pacific, mostly in New Guinea and the Philippines, from June 1942 to the war's end. This work was first published in 1962, three years before Captain Bulkley passed away

American PT Boats in World War II

Author : Victor Chun
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (761 download)

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Download or read book American PT Boats in World War II written by Victor Chun and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

United States PT-boats of World War II in Action

Author : Frank D. Johnson
Publisher : Blandford
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book United States PT-boats of World War II in Action written by Frank D. Johnson and published by Blandford. This book was released on 1980 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the development of American motor-torpedo boats and their important role in naval operations during World War II.

PT Boats at War

Author : Norman Polmar
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9780760304990
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book PT Boats at War written by Norman Polmar and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the development, construction and use, by the United States Navy, of patrol boats as attack vessels and torpedo launchers. It charts their military career from the Second World War, through the Vietnam War up to and including the boats' retirement due to advances in missile technology.

American PT Boats in World War II

Author : Victor Chun
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764302565
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book American PT Boats in World War II written by Victor Chun and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American PT Boats in World War II is an illustrated study of the development, construction, tactics, and combat actions, of U.S. PT Boats.

German E-boats 1939–45

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780966164
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book German E-boats 1939–45 written by Gordon Williamson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-20 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the outbreak of World War II, Germany had done much to replace the Kaiser's High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled following their surrender at the end of World War I. Forced to build anew, the Kriegsmarine possessed some of the most technically advanced warships in existence. Although the heavy units of the fleet were too small in number to pose much of a threat, Germany was particularly well served by her Navy's smaller vessels, in particular the U-Boats and the S-Boats. Known to the allies as the E-Boats ('Enemy'), they performed sterling duties in the Black Sea and English Channel, where they became a particular scourge.

Devil Boats

Author : William B. Breuer
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Devil Boats written by William B. Breuer and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The PT boat was a class of motor torpedo boats used by the United States during the Second World War. Armed with a 40mm antiaircraft gun, two 20mm antiaircraft guns and four torpedo tubes, their agility and speed consistently bested even the most outlandish expectations. Against Japan, they figure prominently in some of the best-known feats of heroism of the entire war. In Devil Boats, the reader is right on board, buffeted by the spray of the crashing Pacific minutes after the Pearl Harbor disaster as a PT boat brings down the first enemy plane. And there again as PT boats, their engines muffled, steal along on an unforgiving ocean to sink a warship, blow up a supply barge, carry a sabotage team past enemy lines, or effect another extraordinary rescue of a downed Allied pilot. In instance upon instance, the PT boats and their crews performed deeds demanding incredible courage and skill, pitting their plywood craft against the force of the angry sea, or the might of ships hundreds of times their own size. Among their legendary exploits - General MacArthur being spirited off besieged Corregidor; Philippine president Quezon's "kidnapping" to Australia; and the unforgettable heroism of a wounded John F. Kennedy and his fearless PT-109.

PT Boat Odyssey

Author : Robert P. Gelzheiser
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476633894
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book PT Boat Odyssey written by Robert P. Gelzheiser and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nicely illustrated with black-and-white historical photos…extraordinary…impressively informative…. Expertly organized and presented…recommended”—Midwest Book Review During the Pacific War between the United States and Imperial Japanese navies, the author's father, Francis Gelzheiser, deployed with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16A, from New Orleans to Panama to Seattle and to Attu Island in the Aleutians. After their return voyage, the PT boats journeyed to New Guinea, then battled Japanese kamikazes for the Philippine Island of Mindoro. Like many World War II veterans, Gelzheiser only shared his recollections of combat later in life. The author chronicles his father's experience, details the roles PT boats played in the war and examines why, despite America's overwhelming wartime manufacturing capacity, the Japanese believed they could still win the war.