The wreck of a high-speed patrol boat commanded by John F. Kennedy during World War II has been discovered in New York’s Harlem River. Remnants of PT-59 have been dredged up from the Harlem River as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The motor torpedo boat (MTB), also known as the patrol torpedo (PT) boat, has acquired its own special swashbuckling aura since ...

When you think of Naval vessels, you're likely to conjure up gargantuan aircraft carriers and submarines. Chances are you would never think of a PT boat, and that's if you even know what one is. The ...

FALL RIVER — Salvaged pieces of the U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat captained by John F. Kennedy after the loss of PT-109 have started to arrive at Battleship Cove. PT-59, which changed ownership ...

FALL RIVER — Not everyone knows that former president John F. Kennedy commanded not one but two PT boats during World War II. It’s widely known that he was badly injured and personally saved a crew ...

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. US Navy ...

Years ago, it may not have been unusual to see warships at the mouth of the Tchefuncte River, primarily because Madisonville was the site of shipyards that built and repaired vessels of battle used in ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National World War II Museum has nearly finished restoration of a patrol torpedo boat that sank two armored German supply barges and carried U.S. commandos to French shores.

The Australian heavy cruisers Shropshire (left) and Australia (right), with a U.S. heavy cruiser, photographed through a ring gun sight aboard the cruiser Phoenix, off Leyte on Oct. 21, 1944. (Navy ...

FALL RIVER — Salvaged pieces of the U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat captained by John F. Kennedy after the loss of PT-109 have started to arrive at Battleship Cove. PT-59, which changed ownership ...