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A PT boat was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants to coastal waters. In the US Navy they were organized in Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons (MTBRONs).
PT-105, an 80' Elco boat, under way
PT-9 in June 1940
Second place PT-31 crossing the finish line during the "Plywood Derby".
Elco and Higgins PT boats, as published in a 1945 training manual
Electric Launch Company
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The Electric Launch Company, later renamed Elco Motor Yachts ("Elco"), is an American boat building and electric motor company that has operated from 1893 to 1949 and from 1987 to the present.
An Elco Electric Launch on Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks
Plaque in Bayonne commemorates Elco
Lt (jg). Kennedy (right) with crew of PT-109