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Higgins 81-foot PT boat

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The Higgins 81-foot PT boat was the experimental motor torpedo boat design that Higgins Industries of New Orleans built in 1940 and 1941 as the boats PT-5, PT-6 and a second PT-6. Navypedia describes them as experimental torpedo boats built to a Higgins design and calls them possibly the first really armed American motor torpedo boats. Each had three petrol engines on three shafts and a length of about 24.7 metres, with a full displacement of 34 tonnes. Their armament was two twin 12.7 mm machine guns and two 533 mm torpedo tubes. Top speed was about 31 knots for PT-5 and the first PT-6 and 36 knots for the second PT-6. All three were transferred to the Royal Navy under lend-lease in 1941 and commissioned there as MTB 269, MGB 68 and MTB 270. They were built before the 76-foot PT-70 and the production 78-foot PT boats of Higgins.

Facts
Year
1940 2
Propulsion
Petrol 1
Status
Retired from service 2
Comparison
Body Style
Torpedo boat 1
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Exemplifies

Maritime Transport, Modes
Source PT5 torpedo boats (1940 - 1941) (Navypedia)

Of Make

Higgins Industries, Networks and Operators
Source PT5 torpedo boats (1940 - 1941) (Navypedia)
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Manufactured By

Higgins Industries

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Source PT5 torpedo boats (1940 - 1941) (Navypedia)Ships table, builders
Quote, Ships table, builders
Higgins, New Orleans: PT5, 6(1), 6(2)

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United States

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Source PT5 torpedo boats (1940 - 1941) (Navypedia)Navypedia section heading
Quote, Navypedia section heading
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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1. PT5 torpedo boats (1940 - 1941) (Navypedia)
  • Page title and project history
    Experimental MTBs built by Higgins design, may be first really armed American MTBs.
  • Technical data, machinery
    Machinery 3 petrol engines
  • Ships table, builders
    Higgins, New Orleans: PT5, 6(1), 6(2)
  • Navypedia section heading
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • Of Make: Higgins Industries, Builder table
    Higgins, New Orleans: PT5, 6(1), 6(2)
  • Exemplifies: Maritime Transport, Project history
    Experimental MTBs built by Higgins design, may be first really armed American MTBs.
  • In Group: Patrol, Mine Warfare and Coastal Craft, Project history
    Experimental MTBs built by Higgins design, may be first really armed American MTBs.
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2. NavSource Naval History: HM MGB-68, ex-PT-6 (1)
NavSource Naval History
  • Production history
    Completed 14 August 1940
  • Service history
    Paid off in July 1943
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