The Great Ships; PTBoats Narrative

The Great Ships; PT Boats narrated by Roger Mudd for the History Channel. An in-depth description of the once famous PT, or Patrol Torpedo Boat, ranging from the invention of the PT boat, to the weaponry equipped, to war stories, and to their ultimate demise. Keywords: Boats/devil boats, World War II, John Thornicroft, U.S. Navy, Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, John Bulkeley, Douglas MacArthur, Robert Whitehead, Captain Luigi Rizzo, Elco Company/boat, Higgins Company/boat, Andrew Higgins, George Selman, Packard engines, Congressional Medal of Honor, President Roosevelt, U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Chester, Nemich, Ed Dubois, Germany, Japan, New Orleans, Hal Nugent, John F. Kennedy, Navy and Marine Lifesaving Medal, John Wayne.