Wooden boats of World War II
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Splinter fleet or Splinter navy was a nickname given to the United States wooden boats used in World War II. The boats served in many different roles during the war. These boats were built in small bo
USN wooden subchaser SC-497, first of its class of subchaser that served in World War II
85-foot wooden crash boat P-520 on the Willamette River in Portland in 2007
PT-105 underway
63-foot crash boat
Motor torpedo boat
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A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century. The motor in the designation originally referred to their use of petrol engines, typically marinised aircraft engines o
Wooden boats of World War II
…trials. PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats are well known as these small boats were heavily armed, pound for pound the deadliest boats of the war, also called motor torpedo boats. The main anti-ship weapon was four 21-inch Mark 8 torpedoes, each with a 466-pound (211 kg) TNT warhead. These had a range of 16,000 yards (15,000 m…
Israeli MTB formation, c. 1967
MTBs in the Mediterranean, February 1945
British Power Boat 72 ft MTB 476 tied up at the Coastal Forces base st Haslar on 15 August 1944
MTB-460 of the Royal Canadian Navy