WWII PT Boat Returns (1 Viewer)

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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/10/combat-hardened-wwii-pt-boat-makes-triumphant-return-to-water.html

"PT-305 – the only combat-hardened World War II boat of its kind to be sailing today – rumbles even faster through the waters of Louisiana’s Lake Ponchartrain.

The boat operated in the Mediterranean along the coasts of southern France and Northern Italy during World War II, conducting more than 77 offensive patrols and operations. PT-305 fought in 11 separate actions and sank three German ships during its 14-month deployment."

 

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Andrew Higgins. Father of the PT Boat
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/10/andrew-higgins-maker-pt-boats-hailed-as-man-who-won-war-for-us.html

"Stuck in a bind in May 1941, the Nebraskan behind Higgins Industries – makers of some of the most iconic American ships used during World War II – was under pressure to deliver 10 tank-landing vessels to the Navy in just two weeks. But there was one problem: the only place he could find bronze tubing needed for a propeller shaft was at an oil field depot in Texas, and its owner refused to sell it."

“He sent a truck, some of his men and some wire cutters to Texas, and in the dark of night they cut through the fence and stole the shafting, and brought it back to New Orleans,” Jerry Strahan, author of the book “Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II.”