High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat (hull classification symbol "PT", for "Patrol Torpedo"), a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons were nicknamed "the mosquito fleet".The original pre-World War I torpedo boats were designed with "displacement-type" hulls. They displaced up to 300 tons and the top speed was 25 to 27 knots.The PT boats used in World War II were built using the planing-type hull form developed for racing boats. They were much smaller (30-75 tons) and faster (35-40 knots).

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