Mosquito Fleet The History Of The Pt Boat In World War Ii
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Mosquito Fleet The History Of The Pt Boat In World War Ii
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Author : BERN KEATING.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Mosquito Fleet The History Of The Pt Boat In World War Ii written by BERN KEATING. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Mosquito Fleet
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Author : Bern Keating
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
The Mosquito Fleet written by Bern Keating and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Torpedo-boats categories.
Beachheads Secured
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Author : Harold L. Barbin
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2010-11-23
Beachheads Secured written by Harold L. Barbin and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-23 with History categories.
Beachheads Secured Volumes 1 and 2 each tell the detailed history of the 873 PT Boats, after USA construction transferred to the navies of UK, USSR, and the USA; their one hundred thirty bases, nineteen Tenderships, and fiftysix PT Boat Squadrons. This comprehensive work takes the reader to actions and thrilling operations in the North Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Caribbean Sea, South Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Western Pacific, Panama Canal Zone, Australia, Mediterranean Sea, and the English Channel.
The Mosquito Fleet
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Author : Bern Keating
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
The Mosquito Fleet written by Bern Keating and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Torpedo-boats categories.
Beachheads Secured
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Author : Harold L. Barbin
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2010-11-23
Beachheads Secured written by Harold L. Barbin and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-23 with History categories.
Beachheads Secured Volumes 1 and 2 each tell the detailed history of the 873 PT Boats, after USA construction transferred to the navies of UK, USSR, and the USA; their one hundred thirty bases, nineteen Tenderships, and fiftysix PT Boat Squadrons. This comprehensive work takes the reader to actions and thrilling operations in the North Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Caribbean Sea, South Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Western Pacific, Panama Canal Zone, Australia, Mediterranean Sea, and the English Channel
Building The Pt Boats
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Author : Frank J Andruss Sr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-05
Building The Pt Boats written by Frank J Andruss Sr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05 with History categories.
Pt Boat Odyssey
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Author : Robert P. Gelzheiser
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2019-09-04
Pt Boat Odyssey written by Robert P. Gelzheiser and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-04 with History categories.
“Nicely illustrated with black-and-white historical photos…extraordinary…impressively informative…. Expertly organized and presented…recommended”—Midwest Book Review During the Pacific War between the United States and Imperial Japanese navies, the author's father, Francis Gelzheiser, deployed with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 16A, from New Orleans to Panama to Seattle and to Attu Island in the Aleutians. After their return voyage, the PT boats journeyed to New Guinea, then battled Japanese kamikazes for the Philippine Island of Mindoro. Like many World War II veterans, Gelzheiser only shared his recollections of combat later in life. The author chronicles his father's experience, details the roles PT boats played in the war and examines why, despite America's overwhelming wartime manufacturing capacity, the Japanese believed they could still win the war.
The Hooligan Navy
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Author : Scott Baron
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-09-16
The Hooligan Navy written by Scott Baron and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-16 with categories.
The Japanese called them "Devil Boats" or "Green Dragons". The Germans called them "Schnellboots". Americans called them "The Mosquito Fleet" or "The Hooligan Navy". But Patrol Torpedo boats, popularly known as "PT boats" or more accurately Motor Torpedo Boats (MTB) were small, fast, and highly maneuverable small craft used by the United States Navy in World War II. Initially hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and their comparatively fragile construction, they performed admirably in the Pacific, Atlantic and the Mediterranean theaters of war and their daring tactics earned a durable place in the public imagination that remains strong into the 21st century. They are the precursor of the Navy's fast attack craft used today. PT boats were primarily designed for high-speed torpedo attacks against much larger ships but would also fulfill a variety of vital roles. PT boats were also used to lay mines and smoke screens, search and rescue operations for downed aviators, and carried out intelligence and raider operations. However, following the Allies gaining air superiority during the daylight hours in various theaters, Japanese supply missions in the Pacific and German and Italian supply missions in the Mediterranean gradually shifted to ones that made use of barges in shallow waters. PT boats were more often deployed against barges rather than warships, which explained why most boats were retrofitted with machine guns and cannons. PT boats were the perfect weapons to counter barge traffic. PT's were in more frequent contact with the enemy, and at closer range, than any other type of surface craft. PT officers and enlisted men garnered two Medals of Honor, 22 Navy Crosses, 3 Distinguished Service Crosses, a Distinguished Service Medal, and numerous Silver Stars. On December 7, 1941, there were only 29 PT's in the fleet but by December 7, 1943, there were more than 29 squadrons Forty-three PT squadrons, each with 12 boats were formed during World War II by the U.S. Navy. PT boat duty was extremely dangerous, and the squadrons suffered an extremely high loss rate in the war. Of the 531 PT Boats in service during the war, a total of 99 were lost, or roughly 18.6%, with 32 lost to accidents or friendly fire, 27 were scuttled to prevent capture, 8 were rammed, 2 were destroyed by Kamikazes, 9 were destroyed by naval mines, 6 were sunk by enemy coastal artillery, 8 were strafed and 7 sunk by enemy naval gunfire. Since the end of WW II, and even before, PT Boats have become part of the popular culture and national imagination. In 1945, with the war still going on, John Ford, a captain in the US Naval Reserve, directed the film "They Were Expendable" starring Robert Montgomery, himself a Navy veteran of D-Day, and John Wayne, loosely based on PT-41 and other PT boats in the Philippines following Wake Island. The 1963 film "PT-109" starred Cliff Robertson as Lt. (jg) John F. Kennedy, a semi-biographical account of the then-president's war service in the Solomon Islands during WW II. In 1959, when a high school student asked Kennedy how he had become a war hero, he answered "It was easy - they sank my boat." . As President John F. Kennedy, who as a scrawny 25-year-old lieutenant had commanded the ill-fated PT-109 in the Solomon Islands in 1943 would later state: "PT boats were an embodiment of John Paul Jones' words: "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way" and often expressed the opinion that PT boats were the 20th Century equivalent of the cavalry.
Pt Boats Behind The Scenes
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Author : Frank J. Andruss
language : en
Publisher: Nimble Books
Release Date : 2021-01-17
Pt Boats Behind The Scenes written by Frank J. Andruss and has been published by Nimble Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-17 with History categories.
An inside look at the massive efforts needed to keep the Navy's PT Boats in fighting trim. From the stories of Repair Training Units, Bases, FEMU barges, and tenders, the reader will get a real understanding of the men who made up these specialized units. Almost two hundred rarely seen photographs selected by Frank J. Andruss Sr, curator of the acclaimed Mosquito Fleet Exhibit. Photographs and ship histories of every PT tender that operated in World War II. Numerous photographs of forward bases in the Solomons, New Guinea, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, the Mediterranean, and England. Detailed accounts of personnel, facilities, and curriculum at the Repair Training Units. An indispensable and unique source for anyone interested in the history of U.S. patrol torpedo boats in World War II.
Pieces Of History
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Author : Frank J Andruss
language : en
Publisher: Nimble Books
Release Date : 2020-12-15
Pieces Of History written by Frank J Andruss and has been published by Nimble Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-15 with categories.
Simply put, there has never been a braver or more dashing collection of US navy sailors, ever. SEALS, naval aviators, submariners, yes, to be sure, they're all very dashing and very brave--but PT boat crews stood in shirtsleeves on the decks of wooden speedboats and sprinted under heavy fire toward enemy warships a hundred times their size. They didn't have Kevlar vests, they didn't have air superiority, and they didn't have stealth technology. They took great risks, in person, at the height of WWII, at the times and in the theaters where the risk of defeat was at its highest. PT Boats fought it out with the enemy under heavy fire, often at night, against warships, planes, barges, and shore installations. For quite a long time, PT boats and PT boat sailors were incredibly famous. Douglas Macarthur was rescued from the Phillippines aboard a PT boat. The most decorated PT boat captain, Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley, was awarded the Medal of Honor. During the war years PT boat images were plastered on every conceivable type of marketing paraphernalia. Arguably the most handsome and charismatic US President ever, John F. Kennedy, was a PT boat captain and hero. His boat, PT 109, and crew were prominently featured in his 1960 election campaign. Had he survived to serve out two terms and live the full life he deserved, we would still be reading about PT 109. Such is the power and fickleness of myth. The artifacts that Frank shares with readers do a wonderful job of conveying the feeling of time and place. Myths can and should rise again. This book includes 239 color images with detailed captions. There is a Foreword by PT boat sailor and World War II veteran Arthur John Frongello, Quartermaster Third Class, who served aboard PT 302 as a member of Squadron 22. Author Frank J. Andruss, Sr. writes in the Preface: My passion for the history of the PT boats began as a very young child, when, in 1967, my Dad suggested that I watch the movie PT 109. This started my life-long journey in which as a young twenty-year-old I had the pleasure of meeting so many PT boat veterans and started to collect some of these treasured artifacts of the PT Navy. Over the years I would begin to create "The Mosquito Fleet Exhibit" in which I would use these artifacts to tell the story and provide the history that so many people did not know about. It is my hope that, through these artifacts that were such a large part of PT history, this book brings new attention to the PT navy during World War II. In this book I hope to tell the stories of the brave sailors that served on the boats. PT boats played important roles from the first days of the war. They were in the Philippines, at Guadalcanal, at New Guinea, in the Med, at Surigao Strait. Their crews deserve to be remembered when World War II history is told. Although the PT boat has long since gone, the bravery of the men who rode on her decks should never be forgotten.