This gripping World War II story reveals the untold story of America's secret PT boats that revolutionized naval warfare in the Pacific Theater, as told through the firsthand account of Chief Petty Officer Thomas "Tom" Harrigan, who served aboard PT-164 during the crucial Solomon Islands campaign of 1943. Experience the harrowing night of July 20, 1943, when three small wooden boats armed with Mark 13 torpedoes successfully ambushed a massive Japanese convoy off Vella Lavella, sinking two transp

They were small, fast, and deadly — the PT boats of World War II. Built of wood, powered by roaring Packard V-12 engines, and armed with torpedoes, machine guns, and sheer audacity, these boats became legends across the Pacific. #ww2 #military #navy #vietnam | The War Rooms

Japanese Were Terrified Of America’s PT Boats That Struck At Night Discover the untold story of America's daring PT boat crews who terrorized Japanese naval forces in the Pacific during World War II. This gripping historical documentary reveals how small 77-foot wooden torpedo boats, crewed by young volunteers averaging just 22 years old, challenged the Imperial Japanese Navy's dominance of nighttime waters around Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands. Learn how these "mosquito boats" used speed,