| 词条 | Motor Torpedo Boat PT 617 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PT 617, also known as Torpedo Boat PT-617, Big Red Cock and Dragon Lady, "is the sole surviving 80' Elco type PT boat and represents the United States's most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II."[1] She is a museum ship at the PT Boat Museum in Fall River, Massachusetts. The {{convert|80|ft|adj=on}} Elco type boat was the predominant type and is the same type as the famous {{ship|Motor Torpedo Boat|PT-109||2}} commanded by John F. Kennedy; the {{convert|78|ft|adj=on}} "Higgins" boat is the other type. PT-617 was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[1][3]DesignPT-617 is a PT-103-class ELCO motor torpedo boat. The hull was constructed of two layers of mahogany planking laid diagonally over laminated spruce, white oak, and mahogany frames, reinforced with longitudinal battens, secondary transverse frames, and clamps. A layer of fabric, impregnated with marine glue, was laid between the two layers of planking.[3]The boat had a displacement of {{Convert|55|LT|t|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} (fully loaded) and was {{convert|80|ft|abbr=on}} in length, with a beam of {{convert|20|ft|abbr=on}}, and a draft of {{convert|5|ft|6|in|abbr=on}}. Her three liquid-cooled, supercharged, 12-cylinder {{convert|1350|shp|0|abbr=on}} Packard 4M-2500 engines each drove a single shaft, giving the boat a top speed of {{convert|40|kn|lk=in}}. With a full load of 3,000 gallons (9 tons) of high octane aviation fuel she had a maximum cruising radius of {{convert|500|nmi|lk=in}}.[3] PT-617 was very heavily armed for her size with four {{convert|22.5|in|mm|-1|abbr=on}} Mark 13 torpedoes, a {{convert|37|mm|abbr=on}} and two {{convert|20|mm|abbr=on}} guns in the bows, a Bofors 40 mm gun at the stern, and two twin .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns in mounts each side of the cockpit. There were also two depth charges mounted on racks on the stern, along with a smoke generator. Two Mark 50 rocket launchers and a {{convert|60|mm|abbr=on}} mortar were also installed. In addition the crew were issued with small arms, each man carrying a M1911.45 caliber pistol, and the boat carried a .30 caliber Browning Automatic Rifle, M1903 Springfield .30-06 bolt-action rifles, .45 caliber Thompson submachine guns, 3-inch rockets, and Mk 2 grenades.[3]Ship historyPT-617 was built by the Electric Launch Company of Bayonne, New Jersey. Laid down on 29 March 1945, and launched on 28 July, she was not completed until 21 September, after the end of the war. The boat was assigned to MTB Squadron 42 and slated for service with the Pacific Fleet, but this was later cancelled. The boat was placed out of service on 28 January 1946, and finally sold on 23 October 1947.[4]In private hands the boat served as a yacht, and as a salvage{{clarify |reason=As a salvage what? |date=September 2012}} and as a diving platform. She was bought by PT Boats, Inc. in 1979, and after restoration to her World War II configuration officially went on display on 1 September 1985.[5] See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |url = http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2090&ResourceType=Structure |title = PT 617 |accessdate = 2008-04-17 |work = National Historic Landmark summary listing |publisher = National Park Service |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120930064720/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2090&ResourceType=Structure |archivedate = 2012-09-30 |df = }} 2. ^{{NRISref|2007a}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=89002465}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Motor Torpedo Boat PT 617 / "Big Red Cock," Dragon Lady|format=pdf|date=28 June 1989|authorlink=James P. Delgado|last=Delgado|first=James P.|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2012-09-11}} and {{cite web|url={{NHLS url|id=89002465|photos=y}}|title=Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 1945, 1989, and undated|format=pdf|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2012-09-11}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05617.htm |title=PT-617 |first=Joseph M. |last=Radigan |publisher=navsource.org |accessdate=2012-06-09}} 5. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.hnsa.org/ships/pt617.htm |title=PT-617 |publisher=Historic Naval Ships Association |accessdate=2012-06-09}} External links
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