Editing PT boat (section)

== Surviving boats ==
At the end of the war, almost all surviving U.S. PT boats were disposed of shortly after [[Victory over Japan Day|V-J Day]]. Hundreds of boats were stripped of all useful equipment and then dragged up on the beach and burned. This was done to minimize the amount of upkeep the Navy would have to do, since wooden boats require much continuous maintenance, and they were not considered worth the effort. The boats also used a lot of high octane fuel for their size, making them too expensive to operate for a peacetime Navy. Much of this destruction (121 boats) occurred at PT Base 17 on [[Samar]], Philippines, near Bobon Point.<ref>[http://www.ptboats.org/20-11-05-fate-001.html PT Boat burning – November & December 1945 – Samar, Philippines PT Boats Inc] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106113809/http://ptboats.org/20-11-05-fate-001.html |date=6 January 2019}}. Ptboats.org.</ref>

===Production boats===
A few (one 80' Elco, one 72' Vosper, and three 78' Higgins) were cut up and destroyed between 1998 and 2008, leaving (a known) total of 12 PT boats, and 2 experimental PT boat hulls in various states of repair, surviving today in the U.S.:

;''PT-48''
{{main|Patrol torpedo boat PT-48}}
[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-48|''PT-48'']] is possibly the last surviving {{convert|77|ft|m|adj=on}} Elco PT boat. In July 1942, ''PT-48'' (nicknamed "Prep Tom" and "Deuce") was assigned to MTBRON&nbsp;3(2). This second Squadron 3 was the first to arrive in the Solomons and saw heavy engagement with the "Tokyo Express". ''PT-48'' was one of the first 4 boats to arrive at [[Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo|Tulagi]] on 12 October 1942. On the night of 13/14 October 1942, ''PT-48'' engaged a Japanese destroyer at {{convert|200|yd|m}}. ''PT-48'' is today in need of major restoration, after having been cut down to {{convert|59|ft}} and used as a dinner cruise boat. Because of this boat's extensive combat history, having survived 22 months in the combat zone at Guadalcanal (more time in combat than any other surviving PT boat), a preservation group, "Fleet Obsolete" of [[Kingston, New York]], acquired and transported it to [[Rondout Creek]] in 2009 for eventual repair.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05048.htm|title=PT-48|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=15 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115200650/http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05048.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

;''PT-305''
One of two fully restored and operational PT boats and the only combat veteran of the two, ''PT-305'' ("Half Hitch", "Barfly", "USS Sudden Jerk") is a Higgins {{convert|78|ft|m|adj=on}} boat, assigned during the war to MTBRON-22, and saw action against the Germans in the Mediterranean Sea. Squadron 22 was operating with the British [[Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy|Royal Navy Coastal Forces]], and saw action along the northwest coast of Italy and southern coast of France. In June 1945 the squadron was shipped to the U.S. for refitting and transfer to the Pacific, but the war ended while still in New York. ''PT-305'' was cut down to {{convert|65|ft}} for use as an oyster seed boat in [[Crisfield, Maryland]]. ''PT-305'' was acquired by the Defenders of America Naval Museum (DOANM), and then sold in May 2007 to the [[The National WWII Museum|National World War II Museum]] in [[New Orleans]].  After a lengthy restoration<ref>{{cite web|last=Ganey|first=Terry|title=The Saga of PT 305|url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/perspectives/the-saga-of-pt/article_50b1825b-27ba-5702-83df-6124186c94fe.html|publisher=Columbia Daily Tribune|access-date=23 July 2012|date=8 November 2009|archive-date=4 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404044433/http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/perspectives/the-saga-of-pt/article_50b1825b-27ba-5702-83df-6124186c94fe.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FEATURED ARTIFACT: PT-305 |url=http://www.nationalww2museum.org/exhibitions/the-national-world-war-ii.html |publisher=National WWII Museum |access-date=23 July 2012 |archive-date=15 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215111744/http://www.nationalww2museum.org/exhibitions/the-national-world-war-ii.html |url-status=live}}</ref> ''PT-305'' has been restored to a seaworthy, operational vessel.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The decade-long, $6M effort to put a 74-year-old WWII boat back to water |first=Nathan |last=Mattise |date=1 April 2017 |url=https://arstechnica.com/features/2017/04/the-decade-long-6m-effort-to-put-a-70-year-old-wwii-boat-back-to-water/ |journal=Ars Technica |access-date=3 April 2017 |archive-date=3 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403151430/https://arstechnica.com/features/2017/04/the-decade-long-6m-effort-to-put-a-70-year-old-wwii-boat-back-to-water/ |url-status=live}}</ref> It was relaunched in March 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=PT-305: Ride a piece of history at the National WWII Museum |first=Susan B. |last=Barnes |journal=USA Today |date=31 March 2017}}</ref>

;''PT-309''
A {{convert|78|ft|m|adj=on}} Higgins, ''PT-309'' ("Oh Frankie!") was assigned during the war to MTBRON 22 and saw action against the Germans in the Mediterranean Sea. The squadron was operating under the British Coastal Forces and saw action along the northwest coast of Italy and southern coast of France. In April 1945 the squadron was shipped to the U.S. for refitting and transfer to the Pacific, but the war ended while still in New York. ''PT-309'' was named in honor of [[Frank Sinatra]], who the boat's commanding officer met at a nightclub shortly before MTBRON 22 left New York for the Mediterranean Theatre. ''PT-309'' is located at the [[National Museum of the Pacific War]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/ |title=National Museum of the Pacific War official site |access-date=27 April 2015 |archive-date=12 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212190137/https://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Fredericksburg, Texas]], and was restored by the Defenders of America Naval Museum. ''PT-309'' is restored (but non-operational) in a static diorama display without engines installed. Her external restoration was completed in 2002.

;''PT-459''
''PT-459'' ("Mahogany Menace") a Higgins {{convert|78|ft|m|adj=on}} boat, was assigned to MTBRON 30 on 15 February 1944. MTBRON&nbsp;30 saw action in the English Channel as part of the Invasion of Normandy. In late June 1945 the squadron was shipped to the U.S. for refitting and transfer to the Pacific, but the war ended while still in New York. After the war, she was cut down to {{convert|65|ft|abbr=on}} and highly modified into a sightseeing boat and fishing trawler. She was acquired by Fleet Obsolete in June 2008 and moved to Kingston, New York, for possible restoration.

;''PT-486''
''PT-486'', an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} Elco boat, was placed in service on 2 December 1943.<ref>At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy by Captain Robert J. Bulkley, Jr. USNR (Retired) {{page needed|date=November 2014}}</ref> It was used in the training squadron MTBRON&nbsp;4 in Melville, Rhode Island, during World War II until it was placed out of service 16 January 1946.  In 1952 it was used as an excursion vessel from Otten's Harbor in Wildwood, New Jersey. The boat was renamed "Big Blue" and used until 2002. It is currently owned by Fleet Obsolete, with plans for possible restoration.

;''PT-615''
''PT-615'', an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} Elco originally assigned to MTBRON 42, was commissioned after the war ended. ''PT-615'' was returned to Elco after being sold and was heavily modified into a yacht, which was leased to actor [[Clark Gable]]. He named the boat ''Tarbaby VI'' and used her through the 1950s. The boat was serviced and stored by Elco. She was sold several times, and moved to Kingston, New York for possible restoration.

;''PT-617''
''[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-617|PT-617]]'' is an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} Elco boat located at the [[Battleship Cove]] Naval Museum in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]]. She was obtained from the backwaters of Florida and moved to its current location by PT Boats Inc. Full restoration was completed in 1989. She is available for public viewing and has portions of her hull cut away to display the cramped interior of the crew's quarters.

;''PT-657''
''PT-657'', a Higgins {{convert|78|ft|m|adj=on}} boat, has been converted into a charter fishing boat. She is located in San Diego and is now named ''Malihini''.

[[File:PT658 stbd view closeup.JPG|right|thumb|[[Motor Torpedo Boat PT-658|''PT-658'']], a 78' [[Higgins Industries|Higgins]] boat, in Measure 31-20L Camouflage, Portland, Oregon]]

;''PT-658''
''[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-658|PT-658]]'' is a {{convert|78|ft|m|adj=on}} Higgins boat, and along with ''PT-305'', is one of two authentically restored and operational U.S. Navy PT boats afloat today. Relaunched after hull restoration in 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.savetheptboatinc.com/ |title=PT-658 Save the PT Boat website |access-date=21 February 2006 |archive-date=14 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114132923/http://www.savetheptboatinc.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref> it is located at Pier 308, Vigor Shipyard in [[Portland, Oregon]]'s Swan Island Lagoon. Maintained by an all volunteer group, it is powered by the three Packard V12 5M-2500 gas engines<ref>[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7693407296698216570&ei=8bLaSbL9OaryqAPa2OiHCw&q=pt+658&hl=en PT-658 under way video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629103716/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7693407296698216570&ei=8bLaSbL9OaryqAPa2OiHCw&q=pt+658&hl=en |date=29 June 2011}} PT 658 under way video</ref> and includes all weapons, electronics, equipment and accessories restored to appear as they did when she went into service. ''PT-658'' was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2012.<ref name="oreg-2012sep">{{cite news |last=Parks |first=Casey |title=PT-658, last remaining operable PT boat from World War II, named to National Register of Historic Places |newspaper=[[The Oregonian]] |location=Portland, Oregon |date=7 September 2012 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/09/pt-658_last_remaining_operable.html |access-date=11 September 2012 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911022301/http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2012/09/pt-658_last_remaining_operable.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

;''PT-724''
''PT-724'', a surviving Vosper built at the Annapolis Boat yard in Maryland, has been used as a yacht and has since been acquired by the [[Liberty Aviation Museum]] to be restored back to its original Vosper configuration.

;''PT-728''
''PT-728'', a surviving Vosper boat built under license at the Annapolis Boat Yard in Maryland, was restored in [[Key West, Florida]]. Her deck house was reconfigured to partially resemble an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} Elco instead of its original Vosper 70&nbsp;ft configuration. ''PT-728'' was acquired by Fleet Obsolete and moved to Kingston. There ''PT-728'' allows up to 49 tourists the chance to ride on a "PT boat". This boat is the only U.S. Coast Guard regulation-approved PT boat licensed to take passengers for hire, and the only surviving U.S.-built Vosper design. In spring of 2012, ''PT-728'' was acquired by the Liberty Aircraft Museum of Port Clinton, Ohio, for further restoration.

;''PT-766''
''PT-766'' is an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} Elco boat that is a private yacht ("Finished Business") located in Washington D.C. She represents the final class of Elco's with significant updates to the superstructure and radar and was intended for MTBRON 44 but was cancelled due to the end of the war.

;''PT-796''
''[[Patrol torpedo boat PT-796|PT-796]]'' ("Tail Ender") is a {{convert|78|ft|m|adj=on}} Higgins.<ref>[http://www.ptboats.org/07-0-05-museum.html PT Boats, Inc.- Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127101547/http://ptboats.org/07-0-05-museum.html |date=27 November 2010}}. Ptboats.org.</ref> After the war ended PT-796 was used in the Key West/Miami area for experimental purposes. She was retired from service in the late 1950s. Shortly after her retirement from service, the ''PT-796'' was used as a float during President John F. Kennedy's inaugural parade to represent ''PT-109'', with the ''PT-109'' hull number painted on the bow, and several of ''PT-109'''s surviving crew members manning the boat. Today, ''PT-796'' is located at the Battleship Cove Naval Museum in Fall River, Massachusetts, in a [[Quonset hut]]-style building, protected from the weather and up on blocks. The boat is owned by PT Boats, Inc., a World War II PT veterans organization headquartered in [[Germantown, Tennessee]].

===Experimental boats===
;{{anchor|PT-3}}''PT-3''
Two experimental PT boats survive, ''PT-3'' (built by Fisher Boat Works) in New Jersey and ''PT-8''. ''PT-3'' was designed by George Crouch and employed lightweight planing hull construction methods. A {{convert|59|ft|m|adj=on}} barrel-back (which provided increased strength to the sides and deck), a unique double longitudinal planked (mahogany outer planking and Port Orford cedar inner planking) lightweight hull on bent laminated oak framing, she was the "featherweight" of transportable PT boat design, but was later rejected by the Navy during trials in 1941 after being deemed too short to carry 4 torpedoes, as well as being able to only launch torpedoes stern first, which was a procedure considered too dangerous by BuOrd.<ref>[http://www.ptboatworld.com/PT_Boat_Info/PreWar.htm PT-3 and PT-8 Status] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301052502/http://ptboatworld.com/PT_Boat_Info/PreWar.htm |date=1 March 2009}}. Ptboatworld.com.</ref> PT-3 and PT-8 were both part of [[Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 1]] (MTBRON 1) during the testing period. After testing was completed, PT-3 was transferred to Canada in April 1941 under lend-lease. PT-3 served with the RCAF Fleet as the RCAF Bras d'Or M413 (B119) based at Eastern Air Command in Halifax. She was transferred back to the United States in April 1945.

;''PT-8''
''PT-8'' (built at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard) in Louisiana was built entirely from aluminum but did not pass the speed acceptance criteria for use as a PT boat for the U.S. Navy because of its weight. She was reclassified as a harbor patrol boat (''YP 110'') for the duration of the war. ''PT-8'' was stored in a yard for several decades in Baytown, Texas, but has since moved.

;UK Vosper
The two Vosper boats in England were built by Vosper, and the first is in fairly good condition at [[Portsmouth, England|Portsmouth]]. The second UK built boat is in private hands, floating on a canal north of London and being used as a private residence, though it is remarkably intact in its World War II configuration.

===Exported PT boats===
[[File:ARA Alakush.jpg|thumb|ARA ''Alakush'', [[Ushuaia]], Argentina (1962)]]

Ten Higgins boats were delivered in 1948 for use by the [[Argentine Navy]] during the late 1940s up until the late 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/Buques1900a1970/LanchasRapidas.htm |title=Flota de Mar – Lanchas Rapidas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017041818/http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/Buques1900a1970/LanchasRapidas.htm |archive-date=17 October 2013 |website= Histarmar.com.ar}}</ref> All of these boats are now retired from naval use, with two still in civil use today as sightseeing boats on [[Mar del Plata]]: the ''Leonardo da Vinci'' and the ''Mar de la Plata''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histarmar.com.ar/HYAMNEWS/HyamNews2004/HY23-04LanchasHiggins.htm |title=Lanchas Higgins | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525163148/http://www.histarmar.com.ar/HYAMNEWS/HyamNews2004/HY23-04LanchasHiggins.htm |archive-date=25 May 2011|publisher= Histarmar}}.</ref> The other six boats, including the ''Alakush'' and ''Ara Towwora'', are in various states of disrepair, sunk or scrapped. The ''Ara Towwora'', is in state of disrepair at Ushuaia Harbor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alamy.com/a-wooden-pt-boat-formerly-of-the-argentinian-navy-the-ara-towwora-sits-on-the-shore-of-ushuaia-harbor-as-a-naval-monument-image622403849.html|title=A wooden PT boat, formerly of the Argentinian Navy, the Ara Towwora, sits on the shore of Ushuaia Harbor as a naval monument Stock Photo - Alamy|website=www.alamy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://museomaritimo.com/en/recovery-towora|title=Recovery of the Towora|website=MUSEO MARÍTIMO DE USHUAIA}}</ref>