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31 Μαΐ 2022 · Far from being merely fictional, PT-73 was a real boat and it'... We're looking at the real PT-73 and the other boats from Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirteen.
5 Δεκ 2022 · The PT-73 boat plays a crucial role in the US Navy and McHale’s series as a combat vessel. The boat was equipped with the necessary features such as weapons, a powerful engine, a lightweight hull, and a radar stereo system to make it effective in performing military moves on enemies.
19 Νοε 2010 · The real PT-73 was a 78-foot Higgins boat assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13, which saw service in the Aleutians and in the Southwest Pacific theater. On 15 January, 1945 it ran aground, and was destroyed to prevent it falling into enemy hands.
PT-73. Call sign: Nan - Able - Dog - Dog. Destroyed 15 January 1945. 78' Higgins Motor Torpedo Boat: Laid down 25 December 1941 by Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA. Launched 24 July 1942. Completed 12 August 1942, placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron THIRTEEN (MTBRon 13) under the command of Comdr. James B. Denny, USN.
A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo 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 ...
During World War II, Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale (Borgnine) is the commanding officer of the U.S. Navy PT boat PT-73, stationed at the fictional Pacific island base of Taratupa. In the late spring of 1942, the Japanese heavily bomb the island, destroying the base.
Far from being merely fictional, PT-73 was a real boat and it'... We're looking at the real PT-73 and the other boats from Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirteen.
