Launch PT-305!
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- WWII patrol-torpedo (PT) boats were a perfect naval expression of the American Spirit at war. Today, just four of these combat-veteran PT boats still exist in the United States. PT-305 is the only one that is fully restored.
Now, after a $3.3 million restoration effort and more than 100,000 hours of work by a dedicated corps of over 200 volunteers, PT-305 is ready to hit the water.
BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP TO FINISH THE JOB!
We need to raise $100,000 by April 7, 2016, to get PT-305 back to her home waters of Lake Pontchartrain. To raise the money, we need all hands on deck to make this a reality.
Join The Crew to help Launch PT-305 today!
Back this project: kck.st/1QA5OtY #Launch305 #kickstarter
Thank you all for doing this, what a great effort in remembrance of those brave men and women of WWII!
The United States of America owes these PT Boat Heroes a debt it cannot repay. Hats off to the restoration crew, Bravo Zulu! As a former Tin Can Sailor, I am in awe of these brave souls who risked everything to destroy much larger steel hulled enemy ships from very close ranges. It saddens me to realize there are so few of America's Greatest Generation surviving today. Fair Winds and Following Seas Shipmates!
Wooden boats Iron MEN.... thank you to the men who crewed these boats and to those who restored her .
My grandfather, Paul James Lecouris, served on the PT-306. Keel laid the after this. Served in the same Ron. I know in my heart that he had to have walked this deck as well. I can hardly wait for the chance to walk in his footsteps. I miss you grandpa.
In mid-2016. my wife and I were extremely fortunate to get a personal
tour of PT305 as it neared the end of its magnificent restoration.
Special thanks to Josh Schick! We were on a cross-country RV trip and
visited the museum. Back in 2000, I had helped the museum acquire an
original WW2 Higgins-built LCP-L landing craft that I had once owned
back in the 1970s. I used it back then as a fishing boat in the SF Bay
Area. It had been sitting for decades in a quiet backwater, a home to
pigeons and struggling to remain afloat. I told the museum about its
existence and helped them purchase the boat. This LCP-L was then trucked
from San Francisco back to New Orleans where it was totally restored
just like this PT boat, launched and operated on the Industrial Canal in
a big celebration. It was then placed on display in the museum where it
remains today. Bravo to the museum team on the PT305...and thanks
again to Josh and the folks who kindly gave us our memorable tour.
Now here this , now here this; Tom, you and all of the wonderful people who are accomplishing this work is
fantastic!! Keep up the good job! 👍👍👍
I believe every generation after should be schooled and educated on the times of war, what the men and women did and sacrificed for our freedom. Not take flags, prayer or anything else from schools, but instill the ultimate sacrifices made for freedom. Loved the video, loved the history behind it. Thank you !!
you men and women have done a fine job restoring the 305 she is beautiful
God bless our many veterans as well as those who were lost during our great wars. These men and women sacrifice everything they hold dear to uphold our nation's beliefs and defend our constitutional rights, they deserve our upmost respect and admiration. PT-305 is a sacred piece of America from a generation of when our entire nation banded together to contribute to the war effort to defeat Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito. We lost so many good men and women on December 7th, 1941 and I pray that our nation's heroes are remembered. God bless America!
Wonderful to see this surviving craft. My Dad was a Merchant Marine that transported some of these over the Pacific during the war and, thanks to the guns aboard them, were able to shoot down attacking Japanese planes during that transport. He would have loved to see these again!
My 'uncle' Bobby Wright was a UDT frogman in the Pacific, where PT boats frequently towed the rafts from which the UDT crews were dropped off and then picked up again during invasion-preparation operations. The PTs also gave cover-fire to the UDT guys while they were in the water, clearing mines and removing booby-traps in order that invasion forces could re-take islands held by the enemy.
It brought a tear to my eye remembering the PT-109 story. I wish not to take anything away from the PT-305 the officers and their crew were true heroes as well. God Bless them all.
What more can one say.. incredible effort by so many volunteers to honor the sacrifice of our greatest generation. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
My Dad was on LST in the South Pacific he loved these boats he said it was a site! to see when they where running in packs!
I even have a Promo Card Brochure with a woman in bathing suit on a diving board looking out over the PT Boats from 1944 that my dad kept! great job to the volunteers! Thank You!
God bless you all! I cannot thank you enough for your efforts restoring this boat, and thanks to the men who served on her who have provided the life we enjoy; thank all the WWII , Korean War and Viet Nam War vets.
Having the opportunity to watch the stages of the rebuild, it was amazing. I was honored to be able to see it up close while it was rebuilt. Thank you to all that donated time, energy and money to bring the Lady back.
My wife and I will be riding on the 305 next month. I have been a fan of PT boat's since watching " They were expendable " as a young child. Also been a boater since July 20, 1969, happened to be the day the US first landed a man on the moon. Will be an adventure in contrast to the ride I took in the B-17 Aluminum Overcast several years ago, can't wait.
What a great story and what a fine bunch of guys. Best wishes from England.
I knew the 305 was being restored, but I thought it was going to be simply a museum exhibit. I'm looking around on UA-cam today, and I see the 305 completed and back in action. She's a beauty and if I'm ever in New Orleans, I'll take a ride, what a thrill that will be.
So much love .there...amen
Beautiful ...crying big tiers...amen
Great boat, great restoration story, thanks for restoring it to it's former glory and sharing it's progress.
Well I guess I should look at when these are posted. I feel a bit silly.
Great, great job. Really excellent work. You all did one hell of a job. I had the pleasure of knowing a good friend of our family, George Cannon, who was a P.T. boat skipper in the Pacific theater. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication.
I can't wait to go out to Ponchartrain and see this beautiful piece of history running flat out on Lake Ponchartrain.
It’s only $300 to ride in her!
Wow... They've got "FiFi", "Doc" and UP #4014 back up and running too from the same era! So, it will be nice to see PT- 305 operational again as well...
Thank you Guy,s for the Rebuild
well done boys from dover uk these boats are remembered here WELL DONE
She's a beauty! Much appreciation to those who worked hard and long to restore her.
Wish my father had lived to see this,,,he served on PT 211 and PT 280,,,Loved those boats,,great vid
Thank you all for bringing such as treasure back to life. I can’t wait to board her. I loved the TV show Mc Hale,s Navy and always wanted to captain such a fine vessel.
Stunning,Scott from coatbridge,just outside Glasgow Scotland,good luck with it guys,she really is a beauty..History is important so the next genarrations don't forget.i love your dedication.Respect.
Laissez le Bon temps rollez! Votre bateau es formidable!
This is awesome! What a great piece of WWII history
+python boats specs aAAaa[
great work it looks beautiful i want to take a cruise on it thank you volunteers for your hard work
I was searching shallow draft hulls when I came across Your Factory - Your Boat - Your Museum & Our History ! -This is very interesting - You all done a very amazing job bringing her back to her service standard looks ! Thanks for sharing your Video
What a wonderful project and what a great team.
You guys are just awesome, what a great piece of history, thank you!!
So glad they restored this ship. My father was on PT’s in the Pacific but he was on Elco’s,not Higgins. He would have loved to see this.
thanks guys.
“Not a cross word” out of any of the guys. I wouldn’t have been able to help because the first words out of my mouth would have been, “Shit, this is a badass boat we’re restoring”, lmao
Makes me proud!
Fantastic job,thanks!
John wayne owned one as a pleasure boat!
Outstanding, Tomas!
Just across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY is the Howard Ship Yard (started in 1830) and they also built PT-boats. The Howard Ship Yard became "JeffBoat" after WWII and they are the largest builders of inland barges, but this company is almost 190-years old now. These originally built steamboats. You can find more data/records about their PT boats at the HOWARD STEAMBOAT MUSEUM which is still across the street from the shipyard.
bye
Brennan Callan
Underwater Archaeologist
McHale's Navy would be proud .
WOW!!! Dad told me about those pt sailors. Tough hombres he said.
Gratitude 🤙🏻
Sadly I believe most all the volunteers who restored Pt-305 thought they were going to put her back in her
natural environment, the sea. Now she sits beached inside a museum . Her engines were restored but will not be run. In time her hull will rot.
Being in water is what kept her hull alive for decades.
Sadly the same thing, falling into dis-repair is happening to the battleship Texas. The last of the Dreadnoughts.
The commentator states this PT-305 is the ONLY one that survived and if you search the web you will find that PT-658 was restored to the original speck's and is in the water in Oregon. [Fully operational]
The P-520 is underway in the Intercostal Waterway on her way for a stop over in Jacksonville Florida. Louisville Naval Museum has her.
I wish more of them could have seen that.
What a beautiful project, cudos !!
that is a tour I want to take!
My father was in a submarine in ww2 and his brother was in a pt ,and hie 2 other brothers inthe army .
Brings back memories of McHales Navy Lol
wow nice.
Someone should check Essex Conn. There was a PT boat at Essex island Marina it belonged to RB Spring. When he died I don't know what happened to the boat
We have a fully restored Elco boat here in Portland ore. So yours isnt the only one.
There's 2 PTs in fall river Massachusetts that are vets.
Is on of them named the Patrick Kennedy. I was out in Boston harbor a few weekends ago and there was what looked to me like a pt hull but topside had been retrofitted with no topside deck but a deck about 3ft down inside the hill with rows of seats.i think for harbor cruise tours .I thought it was an old navy launch restored but it looked too big for that and like I said the hill was unmistakable.anybody familiar with this boat.
Robert Smith Are you referring to the Patrick T. Kennedy? If so, than it is indeed a restored navy launch, originally belonging to the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. Navy launches are actually quite big
I saw a film that shows a row of PTs being burned at the end of the war, maybe in Philippines. Navy didn't need them and too hard to bring home, I suppose.
What crazy person would thumbs down this video? 🤔
Mostly liberals and communist.
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As much as I want to agree with you on the liberals..Ive notice alot of anti US sentimrnt from Russian and their former states, as well as middle easterners (Muslims). Every Russian in the Soviet Union thinks they single-handedly won World War II-
brianjschumer yeah and they did it with American fuel and arms. guess they can't deal with the fact that all the countries who opposed the Nazi's worked together to end their evil.
@Gary Miller Trump tards. Get your doctor's excuse for those bone spurs.
@@pcguysoffgridcabin Trump tards. Get your doctor's excuse for those bone spurs.
Those life vest need to be cleaned!
Great job restoring her! Well done everybody! I just have one grip... why is she not going back on water? This is where she belongs after all! Such a fantastic job, don`t lock her up :(
EDIT: in one part she is supposedly be on display like in museum, in other bit she is going on water... Which one is it then ?
What a beautiful craft. Well done!👴🏻🇦🇺
There are 4 PT Boats in Kingston, NY
Ken G …o09k
Proper IC procedure: three ZERO five!
PT 26-PT 56- PT 142 and one other.
Now that you've built this one basically from scratch, could you build more, of course with non-original motors.
Don't forget PT boats are made in USA but designed in U.K , we have to be fair guys!
Pivie & Dixie The PT boats were designed and built in the USA for the US Navy inspired by the British design !!! UK had nothing to do with the designing !!!! DUUUUUHH!!!!!!! Fukin limeys trying to claim everything !!!!
The only one left!!!!
How short sighted is that, or was that?
This video is incorrect. PT 658 is running and underway with its 3 Packward engines in the Northwest. Also, I just saw a recent video of one running in Lake Erie.
PT 658 never saw combat
Gail Briggs also pt309 but it doesn't run
to David Caruso: the swastikas were the number of German ships that were sunk by this pt boat
I would have understood if they had made a chic yacht out of the beautiful hull, but with the Amys everything has to have something to do with war and the military.
There are Four more in Norway
get over that you think America isnt great and this boat fought for your freedom. It was a war overseas and these boats and crews fought admirably
why they say this is only working pt ww2??? what i pt 658????? it also same model and going !! what the😳
so where is the Launch then,
Not the only PT, what about PT-658?
James Hart And PT-796 restored and on display in Battleship Naval Museum in Baltimore Bay . l had the pleasure of serving as the Engineer back in 1966 & 1967 at the Naval Mine Defense Lab in Panama City , Florida . Also it was the PT in President Kennedy's Inauguration Parade .
I was gonna say the same but was that from WW2?
The Boat at Kennedy's Inauguration Parade was a Replica of 109 the boat he Skippered during WW2
There are 12 known surviving PT-boats. It’s just the only running PT-boat to see combat
Great project but only combat veteran what about pt309?
Doesn't run I believe
Jimmy Grant true but not the only veteran
+Gaming sentry this is only RUNNING all the others are not the only other one wasn't in combat that is running
2:53 what’s up with the swastikas by the windshield???
Nazi Kills
0:35 it seems the germans took over the boat haha
Haha, but, those marks are for how many boats it sunk during the war. So, as you can expect 2 German ships 0 Japanese judging from the marks.
I hope they put it in the water where it belongs
Can you make the torpedo tube
is that... the original Battlefield theme?
They burned them in theatre rather than bring them back to the usa at wars end , what a waste
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Great job ! And it's politically correct too, no replica weapons accept torpedoes.
0:42 yummy
They've lost all their veterans...well it's normal...my grandpa would've been close to 100 if he hadn't died at 69. Boggles the mind how some people can try to twist something mundane into something special. Spoiler alert: just like me everyone who reads this will one day be worm food. Until then you have to keep busy and distract yourself from the fact you won't live forever in good health. Some do it by being melancholic about times when people were murdering each other wholesale while they were still young. Yay!
In you opinion then, the freedom-loving people of the world should just lie down and let the tyrants have their way?
If you have a problem 'murdering' people who want to kill you, maybe you should live peacefully in Syria.
I don't know why this landed on my PC but I personally have no problem taking out anyone who threatens my family, me, or my freedom.
It would be funny how you willfully misunderstand what I am trying to say, if it weren't so tragic.