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Patrol torpedo boat PT-109 - Wikipedia PT-109 was an 80-foot (24 m) Elco PT boat (patrol torpedo boat) last commanded by Lieutenant (junior grade) John F Kennedy, future United States president, in the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific theater during World War II
JFKs PT-109: The Truth About Its Collision With a Japanese Destroyer Patrol Torpedo boat 109 was idling in Blackett Strait in the Solomon Islands The 80-foot craft had orders to attack enemy ships on a resupply mission With virtually no warning, a Japanese destroyer emerged from the black night and smashed into PT-109, slicing it in two and igniting its fuel tanks
John F. Kennedy and PT-109 - JFK Library On August 2, 1943, PT 109 was struck by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and the entire crew was thrown into the Pacific After fifteen hours at sea, eleven survivors made it to a nearby island with Kennedy towing one injured crew member to land
PT 109 (1963) - IMDb PT 109: Directed by Leslie H Martinson With Cliff Robertson, Ty Hardin, James Gregory, Robert Culp President John F Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109
JFK PT 109 – History of Sorts JFK PT 109 On the night of August 1-2, 1943, during World War II, Lieutenant John F Kennedy, future President of the United States, experienced a defining moment in his military career when his patrol torpedo boat, PT-109, was destroyed in the Solomon Islands
Sixty Years Later, the Story of PT-109 Still Captivates In this profound darkness, PT-109 stood at her station in Blackett Strait, south of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands, one of the remnants of an operation born into futility, the heir to bad planning and worse communication
PT-109 - NHHC PT-109 was a plywood boat measuring 80 feel in length and had a maximum beam [width] of 20 feet Her maximum draft was six feet and she was powered by three 12-cylinder Packard engines, each of
The Epic Story of PT 109 and its Crew in World War II Electric Launch Company (Elco) built PT 109 in its Bayonne, New Jersey yard in the spring, 1942 The boat was fitted out at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and delivered to the Navy in Norfolk From there it was carried by a Liberty ship to the Pacific, arriving at New Caledonia in late summer
JFKs PT-109 Found, U. S. Navy Confirms | National Geographic Experts from the U S Navy recently confirmed the May 2002 find is most likely the World War II patrol boat PT-109 sank in the Solomon Islands when a Japanese destroyer sliced through it,