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Launched: June 23, 1945
At: Higgins Industries, New Orleans, LA
Completed: October 26, 1945
Length: 78 feet, 9 inches
Beam: 20 feet, 1 inch
Draft: 5 feet, 3 inches
Displacement: 48 tons
Armament: Two 22.4-inch diameter Mk13 torpedoes on roll-off racks; two twin .50 cal. machine guns; one 40 mm gun; one 37 mm gun; one 20 mm gun; smoke generator; two Mark 50 5-inch rocket launchers.
Information:
PT Boats Headquarters and Archives
P.O. Box 38070
Germantown, TN 38183
Phone: (901) 755-8440
Email: ptboats@pop.net
http://www.ptboats.orgPT Boats, Inc.
Physical Address:
Battleship Cove
5 Water Street, P.O. Box 111
Fall River, MA 02722-0111
(508) 678-1100
Fax: (508) 674-5597
Email: battleship@battleshipcove.org
http://www.battleshipcove.orgPT 796, nicknamed "Tail Ender," patrolled the Caribbean and East Coast waters and was temporarily part of Post War Squadron 1. She initially carried full armament; however, her assignment changed and armament was removed. Assignments included the Navy Operational Development Force and Naval Ship Research Development Laboratory in Panama City, Florida, where she performed high-speed towing work to develop specialized equipment for use in Vietnam riverine warfare operations. In 1961, she joined her present berthmate Destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. in Washington, DC, where each participated in President Kennedy's inaugural celebration. Although she is a Higgins boat, PT 796 was painted with the hull number "109" and towed as a float in the President's inaugural parade. She was actively used until she was decommissioned on July 7, 1970, and signed over to J.M. "Boats" Newberry, founder of PT Boats, Inc. After resting in a cradle in Memphis, Tennessee for several years, PT 796 was restored by PT Boats, Inc. and brought to Battleship Cove on August 14, 1975.
PT 796, PT 617, and the National PT Museum on board Battleship Massachusetts represent the world's largest collection of PT artifacts and memorabilia. The world's only restored pair of PT Boats, PT 617 and PT 796 are two of five National Historic Landmarks on exhibit at Battleship Cove, the world's largest collection of historic naval ships.
PT 796 is owned by PT Boats, Inc., headquartered in Germantown, Tennessee.
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