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Motor Torpedo Boat PT 796

About Motor Torpedo Boat PT 796

PT-796 is a 78-foot PT boat built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans in 1945. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 as one of a very few surviving World War II PT boats. A "Higgins" boat, she is part of the collection of the PT Boat Museum, which itself is part of the Battleship Cove museum in Fall River, Massachusetts.

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  1. Motor Torpedo Boat PT 796, Fall River01Fall RiverMarcbela · Public domain
  2. PT Boat Museum at Battleship Cove, Fall River MA02PT Boat Museum at Battleship Cove, Fall River MAJohn Phelan · CC BY 3.0
  3. Pt @battleship cove03Pt @battleship coveJimmat · CC BY-SA 3.0
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