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Specifications: History of the PT-109 The Elco boats were the largest PT boats operated by the US Navy during World War II. At 80 feet and 40 tons, they were longer than the 65.5 foot long deck, and not short of the total 88 feet length of the Godspeed of 1607 which founded Jamestown. They had strong wooden hulls of 2 inch thick mahogany planks, not plywood. Three 12-cylinder 1,500 hp (,1100 kW) Packard gasoline engines (one per propeller shaft) generated as much horsepower as a B-17 bomber. Their designed top speed was 41 knots. The center engine was the only engine with a rearwards shaft. Because the center propeller was deeper, it left less of a wake, and was preferred by skippers for low-wake loitering. The engines were fitted with mufflers at the tail which resembled large automobile mufflers to direct the exhaust under water, but had to be bypassed for high speed. These were used not only to mask their own noise from the enemy but to be able to hear threatening aircraft which were rarely detected overhead before dropping their bombs. It could accommodate 3 officers and a crew of 14 sailors, with the typical crew size varying from 12 to 14, but the PT 109 picked up several dozen men from a sinking landing craft. At full load, the PT 109 displaced 56 tons. |