Talk:PT boat
From Academic Kids
I'm not sure if this is worth preserving, but when I found it, the page originally contained:
- "Patrol Torpedo" boat - used by the United States Navy in the South Pacific in World War II. About 40 feet long, wood hull, inboard engine, two torpedo tubes on each gunwale pointed forward, two .50-cal machine guns (?), crew of four (?)
- United States President John F. Kennedy was the captain of a PT boat (PT 109) in World War II.
- FIX this needs lots of work.
If there was ever a PT boat that only had a crew of four, I can't find it -- I assume the original author was simply guessing. If I'm wrong, please correct me! --The Epopt
Yeah, I think this can lose it's "Stub" tag now... nice work :) - MMGB
I was the original author - thank you for doing a proper job with this page. RAE
I'm pretty sure torpedo boats existed before WWII, in fact, IIRC, the destroyer class ship was created initially to counter small fast torpedo boats in WWI. Does someone have references? -- ansible
Yes, the destroyer (Originally "Torpedo boat destroyer" in german) was created to deal with the torpedo boats. All this information looks very good, but I think a good deal of it should be moved to Torpedo Boat as that is the ship class. PT boat is simply a name for a serie of american ships. It is like listing information about battleships under Bismarck... For a reference I would recommend "The development of fighting ships", if you can get your hands on it. Otherwise "Destroyers" gives a rather good overview. Also there is a short overview at global security: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/destroyers.htm P.S. 13:47, 26 May 2004 (UTC)
