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"Patrol Torpedo" boat - used by the United States Navy in the South Pacific in World War II. About 40 feet long, wood hull, inboard engine, two torpedo tubes on each gunwale pointed forward, two .50-cal machine guns (?), crew of four (?)


United States President John F. Kennedy was the captain of a PT boat (PT 109) in World War II.


FIX this needs lots of work.