Torpedo Boat PT-617
Also known as: BIG RED COCK, DRAGON LADYBattleship Cove, Falls River, Massachusetts
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Coordinates:
+41.70542, -71.1635541°42'20" N, 71°09'49" W
Description
Built in 1945, PT 617 is the sole surviving 80' Elco type PT boat and represents the Nation's most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II. Highly effective craft, PT boats were built in large numbers to interdict enemy supply lines and harrass shore installations and landings on various islands and atolls of the South Pacific. During the war, PT bosts were involved in nearly every Pacific campaign, even extending their operations into the Aleutians, the English Channel, and the Mediterranean theaters of war. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, December 20, 1989
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1989
- Reference number
- 89002465
- Areas of significance
- Military; Architecture
- Level of significance
- National
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Structure
- Historic function
- Naval facility
- Current function
- Museum
- Period of significance
- 1925-1949
- Significant year
- 1945