It was a run-in with the enemy that was too close for comfort, and more than 70 years later, the details remain vivid in the mind of a Navy veteran who served aboard a legendary ship. U.S. Navy ...

NEW ORLEANS — Two stories accompany the ongoing restoration of the PT-305 boat at the World War II Museum, project manager Bruce Harris said. First, there’s the patrol torpedo boat’s bold and daring ...

A World War II torpedo boat that sank three enemy ships and took part in two invasions has returned to its home port. Volunteers at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans spent more than a decade ...

Architect J. Clifford Grout III has spent hundreds of hours volunteering with others on a project that’s dear to his heart: working on the restoration of a historic New Orleans-built wooden PT boat ...

A historic World War II boat that survived dozens of operations -- and a few near-misses -- on the other side of the Atlantic is finally heading home to the waters where its journey began more than 70 ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Put into service in late 1943, PT-486 never saw service in World War II. Now it will be restored by an operation called Fleet Obsolete, which owns and is restoring torpedo boats on ...

Just after 7 a.m. Saturday, a 78-foot-long wooden patrol torpedo boat from World War II rolled through the Warehouse District, starting at the National World War II Museum. After it passed around and ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Over the past dozen years, a group of Vancouver enthusiasts had voiced high hopes for motor torpedo boat 659. A glorious restoration. A waterfront display. A captivating lesson for ...

Like a lot of guys, I like things that go fast. I’ve owned numerous hot rods and motorcycles over the years, and currently enjoy my 1970 Mach 1 Mustang, my 1971 Triumph Bonneville, and am in the ...