Two U.S. Navy PT boat captains awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II were both cases in point: Lt. Cmdr. John Bulkeley ...

(Navy History and Heritage Command/National Archives) The motor torpedo boat (MTB), also known as the patrol torpedo (PT) boat, has acquired its own special swashbuckling aura since the American ...

The event opens May 1 at the Lido Marina Village. Organizers expect as many as 20,000 attendees during the four-day show.

John F. Kennedy, with cane in the Pacific, 1943, would later downplay his PT-109 role: "It was involuntary," he quipped. "They sank my boat." Ted Robinson John F. Kennedy—elected 50 years ago ...

Well, in 2017, I received an invitation to ride on the 78'x20'8"x5'3" SS Sudden Jerk, the museum’s restored WWII patrol torpedo boat, before public rides were offered that spring. Did I want to ride ...