PT 728
1945 PT Boat PT 728
PT 728 Tentative Tour Schedule:
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Length: 70’
Draft: 6’
Passengers: 49
PT 728 is the only surviving US-built Vosper designed hull. This boat is moored in Kingston NY and is the only US Coast Guard inspected PT boat licensed to take passengers for hire. PT 728 was built in the Annapolis Yacht Yard under license from the British company Vosper. The keel was laid on August 10, 1945, launched on September 25th and completed with combat configuration on October 20th. PT 728 was slated to join the Soviet Navy, but with W.W.II at an end, she was decommissioned November 28, 1945. She was sold to a private owner on August 18, 1947.
PT 728 appeared in the television series McCale’s Navy, the Julia Roberts film “Sleeping With the Enemy” (made up to look like a Coast Guard vessel) and a History Channel program “Great Ships - PT Boats” about the role of PT Boats in World War II
PT boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat with hull classification symbol "PT", for "Patrol Torpedo. These small, fast vessels were used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons were nicknamed "the mosquito fleet" because the boats were fast, maneuverable, and difficult for the enemy to defend against.
Constructed with laminated wood frames, and plywood and fabric hulls, and powered by three 1500 hp engines, these boats could cruise at speeds of up to 50 knots. The initial mission of the American PT boats was to battle destroyers. Experience showed that the boats could be used for a variety of missions.
Fleet Obsolete has the largest existing collection of PT boats. This nonprofit educational organization is based in the historic Cornell Steamboat Company shop building in Kingston NY. In addition to PT 728, the collection includes: PT 48, PT 459, PT 615 and tug Gowanus Bay.
For more information on PT 728:
http://www.pt728.com