Patrol torpedo boat PT-305

Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

History
United States
Name| PT-305
Builder| Higgins Industries, New Orleans
Laid down| 30 March 1943
Launched| 27 May 1943
Commissioned| 8 December 1943
In service| 22 December 1943
Out of service| 15 November 1945
Stricken| 28 November 1945
Status| Museum ship
General characteristics
Type| PT boat
Displacement| 42 long tons (43 t)
Length| 78 ft (24 m)
Beam| 20.08 ft (6.12 m)
Draft| 5.25 ft (1.60 m)
Speed| 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)
Armament|

* 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
* 4 × .50 caliber machine guns
* Mark 6 anti-submarine depth charges

Patrol Torpedo boats

PT-305, also known as USS Sudden Jerk, is a 78 foot Higgins PT-200-class motor torpedo boat that served with Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 22, assigned to the Mediterranean, based at Bastia, Corsica, and St. Tropez, France, where it participated in Allied invasions.[1][2]

After World War II, the boat operated as a tour boat in New York City and as an oyster boat in the Chesapeake Bay. It was recovered and has been restored to its 1944 condition and is on display at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans.[3]

## Specifications

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source: The National WWII Museum[4]

### Higgins "78" PT boat specifications

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Length  | 78 ft (24 m)

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Beam  | 20.08 ft (6.12 m)
Draft  | 5.25 ft (1.60 m)
Weight  | 43 tons (56 tons when fully armed and loaded)
Engines  | 3 x Packard 1A-2500 V-12s (located mid-ship)
Speed  | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)
Crew  | 2x officers, 11x sailors

## References

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1. ^ NavSource
2. ^ per Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940–1945 compiled from various sources
3. ^ "After restoration, World War II vet reunites with 'his' torpedo boat". CBS News. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
4. ^ "pt-305-fact-sheet.pdf" (PDF). The National WWII Museum. 29 January 2022.

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Surviving boats|

* PT-3
* PT-8
* PT-48
* PT-305
* PT-309
* PT-459
* PT-486
* PT-615
* PT-617
* PT-657 Malihini
* PT-658
* PT-724
* PT-728
* PT-766
* PT-796
* PT-801/ARA Towora II

Notable boats|

* PT-41
* PT-109

Builders|

* Elco Naval Division
* Higgins Industries
* Huckins Yacht
* Harbor Boat Building
* Robert Jacob Shipyard
* Annapolis Yacht Yard
* Herreshoff Manufacturing
* Canadian Power Boats(3)
* Philadelphia NSY (3)
* Miami Shipbuilding (2)
* Fisher Boatworks (2)
* Scott-Paine (1)

Boats of history|

* PT-20
* PT-29
* PT-30
* PT-34
* PT-37
* PT-42
* PT-59
* PT-105
* PT-121
* PT-143
* PT-337
* PT-346
* PT-490
* PT-492

Classes|

* Prototype PT boats
* PT-20 class
* PT-103 class
* MT class
* Vosper 70'
* Scott-Paine
* Type list

PT-MTB Squadron|

* MTB Squadron One
* MTB Squadron Two
* MTB Squadron Three
* MTB Squadron Four
* List of MTB Squadrons

PT training \- PT bases|

* Melville PT Training Center
* Motor Torpedo Boat Repair Training Unit
* Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base
* Salcedo PT Boat Base
* Emirau Island PT Boat Base
* Kana Kopa PT Boat Base
* Kossol Roads PT Boat Base
* PT Boat Base Taboga Island
* Thursday Island PT Boat Base
* Fergusson Island PT Boat Base
* Espiritu Santo Naval Base
* Naval Base Cairns
* Kana Kopa PT Boat Base
* Naval Base Finschhafen
* List of PT boat bases

Notable missions|

* Attack on Pearl Harbor
* Pacific War
* Battle of Midway
* D-Day
* Solomon Islands campaign
* Guadalcanal campaign
* Iron Bottom Sound Midnight Raid
* Aleutian campaign
* Operation Scylla
* Operation Agreement

Similar|

* Motor torpedo boat
* British Power Boat Company
* Type Two 63 ft HSL
* Patrol boat
* Torpedo boat
* Fairmile D motor torpedo boat
* Nasty-type patrol boat
* Submarine chaser
* Crash boat
* Gunboat
* E-boat

Media|

* McHale's Navy
* PT 109
* Torpedo Boat
* They Were Expendable
* Crash Dive
* Girls! Girls! Girls!
* The Glass Bottom Boat

Museum - Restoration|

* PT Boat Museum
* Battleship Cove
* Fleet Obsolete
* National Museum of the Pacific War
* Swan Island Industrial Park
* Liberty Aviation Museum

Related|

* Motor torpedo boat tender
* Wooden boats of World War II
* United States Navy
* Splinter navy
* George Crouch
* Sparkman & Stephens
* Henry B. Nevins
* Packard 4M-2500
* 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
* Mark 8 torpedo
* Mark 13 torpedo
* Mark 6 depth charges
* M2 Browning
* 37-millimeter (1.5 in) cannon
* 20-millimeter (0.79 in) cannon

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