PT Boats - Giant Killers part 3 of 3

[fordson51]

Built and made in the USA.

[MolassesPBongwater]

Great video, THANKS for sharing!

[donski170]

Manufactured in good old Bayonne, NJ

[fernfeyes]

There was a time when every kid in America could do a little welding/carpentry/start a stalled engine/fix a simple electrical problem..etc..etc..these days only one thing comes to mind when they hear the word, "screw".

[MolassesPBongwater]

@fernfeyes

When the kids of today car's break down, they text someone to come rescue them. :(

[gera1690]

Very informative and makes you appreciate all the aspects of them. God bless America!!!!!

[rcplanetim53]

awsome video .. thanks..

[WaywardWind1]

Thank you for posting this. I had an uncle who served on PTs in the Mediterranean. My uncle's squadron was actually gun boats -- they didn't have torpedo tubes. They had been dismounted in favor of guns. It's been too long; I don't remember how many .50 calibers my uncle said they carried along with a couple of 20MM aft, but it was a bunch. One thing I DO remember he told me was how LOUD the boat was at high speep with three Packard Merlins screaming.

[wcc128]

The shot from the bridge is incredible. As the PT speeds into the little bay, you see how big and powerful the PT is. In the great blue ocean they look small. Blowing up the east river at full throttle you see a bad ass boat the PT was...

[Hurridale]

Great vid! Thanks for posting it. It goes to show what Americans are capable of doing TOGETHER when we stop yelling at each other. I hope folks can remember that such working together is what has always made this country great. And I hope it doesn't take another Pearl Harbor for us to get that.

[randomtryz]

I might be crazy but if I got the plans to build just one of these boats I would have some company do so for me. Then of to go blow up some pirates...Hehehe

[hman588]

if only some private owner was selling a well preserved, seaworthy PT boat for li,e 500 or something.

[bobdehn42]

Thanks, great film. I think we could use a few of these off Somalia. Cutters and cruisers are great, but the power of a fast, light gunboat can be awesome.

[chevellejack]

The America that used to be...........

[gnm109]

A great era when Americans all pulled togeher to a common cause. Thanks!

[shuggy1110]

Thank you...I am very fond of PT's and I thouroughly enjoyed the series... what a beauty these boats were. They must have smelled great below deck, when they were brand-spankin' new. I have spoken to a few guy who served on PT's and they said the sound of the engines at full throttle was one of the most beautiful sounds they ever heard. Peace.

[cungvuive]

Thanks for sharing,,

[viewingut]

American made.

[solarpowered2]

Great film, Thanks for posting this.

[boatmdlr]

Great!! Where can I find this movie?

[noreaster08]

super, thanks for posting

[mllaneza]

Check out the hard turn at 9:20.

[mllaneza]

I think the RAF used the lend Lease boats strictly on combat ops. They had a domestic boat of about 55' for air sea rescue.

[jreese46]

Thank you for posting this...I love PTs

[pacificlipper]

I think the RAF used some of these hulls as air sea rescue launches

[LatiTea18]

Thanks from Croatia!! :)