It was a run-in with the enemy that was too close for comfort, and more than 70 years later, the details remain vivid in the mind of a Navy veteran who served aboard a legendary ship. U.S. Navy ...

NEW ORLEANS — Two stories accompany the ongoing restoration of the PT-305 boat at the World War II Museum, project manager Bruce Harris said. First, there’s the patrol torpedo boat’s bold and daring ...

A World War II torpedo boat that sank three enemy ships and took part in two invasions has returned to its home port. Volunteers at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans spent more than a decade ...

Just after 7 a.m. Saturday, a 78-foot-long wooden patrol torpedo boat from World War II rolled through the Warehouse District, starting at the National World War II Museum. After it passed around and ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National World War II Museum has nearly finished restoration of a patrol torpedo boat that sank two armored German supply barges and carried U.S. commandos to French shores.

NEW ORLEANS -- For two years, PT 305 has been hidden in a warehouse as a team of volunteers worked to completely rebuild the boat. But when they rolled it out, everyone was shocked. It was huge, ...

World War II patrol boat restoration in New Orleans Visit the National World War II Museum, where volunteers are restoring PT305, a huge wooden patrol boat made in New Orleans in 1943. A small team, ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Put into service in late 1943, PT-486 never saw service in World War II. Now it will be restored by an operation called Fleet Obsolete, which owns and is restoring torpedo boats on ...

A U.S. Navy World War II PT boat, which was recently restored and rebuilt by volunteers at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, has been equipped with modern state-of-the-art battery chargers from ...

A banner notes that PT 48 is an Elco boat. Elco was based at Bayonne, New Jersey back then. A later incarnation of the company also existed at Athens for a time.

NEW ORLEANS – The National World War II Museum has nearly finished restoring a patrol torpedo boat that sank two armored German supply barges and carried U.S. commandos to the south of France.

Like a lot of guys, I like things that go fast. I’ve owned numerous hot rods and motorcycles over the years, and currently enjoy my 1970 Mach 1 Mustang, my 1971 Triumph Bonneville, and am in the ...