What engines were in WW2 PT boats?

What engines were in WW2 PT boats?

Propulsion was via a trio of Packard 4M-2500 and later 5M-2500 supercharged gasoline-fueled, liquid-cooled V-12 marine engines.

How fast could a WW2 PT boat go?

41 knots
Patrol torpedo boat PT-109

How did PT boats launch torpedoes?

WW2 PT boats generally carried four torpedoes when configured for anti-ship duty. A single torpedo sight was used to aim all four torpedoes. The torpedoes were launched when the PT boat had been steered in the direction you wanted the torpedoes to go.

How much horsepower did a PT boat have?

Wooden-hulled, 80 feet long with a 20-foot, 8-inch beam, the Elco PT boats had three 12-cylinder Packard gasoline engines generating a total of 4,500 horsepower for a designed speed of 41 knots.

What was the name of the boat that sank a battleship?

MAS 15 was the only motor torpedo boat in history to sink a battleship, the Austro-Hungarian vessel Szent István in 1918. In the Second World War, Britain fielded a variety of MTBs, which were operated by Coastal Forces.

What was the first boat with a torpedo?

First torpedo boats. The first warship of any kind to carry self-propelled torpedoes was HMS Vesuvius of 1873. The first seagoing vessel designed to fire the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo was HMS Lightning. The boat was built by John Thornycroft at Church Wharf in Chiswick for the Royal Navy.

How many torpedoes did the Russian Navy use in WW2?

During the war the Imperial Russian Navy in addition to their other warships, deployed 86 torpedo boats and launched 27 torpedoes (from all warships) in three major campaigns, scoring 5 hits.

What are some good books on the history of torpedoes?

Campbell, Thomas, R. “Hunters of the Night: Confederate Torpedo Boats in the War Between the States” Burd Street Press, 2001. Jentschura, Hansgeorg. Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945.