AGAWAM, Mass. — The old film clips spliced with the veterans' narratives offer a glimpse of the down time aboard the 80-foot-long patrol torpedo boats used during World War II.Bare-chested men — ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...