NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National World War II Museum has nearly finished restoration of a patrol torpedo boat that sank two armored German supply barges and carried U.S. commandos to French ...

The wooden boat that will dock Monday at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge is no ordinary vessel. It’s , the last remaining operable PT boat from World War II. For 18 years, PT boat veterans ...

Struggling with a calamitous downturn in tourist traffic caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the National World War II Museum suspended cruises on its restored 78-year-old PT boat in April 2020 ...

The renovated PT-305 boat, USS Sudden Jerk, photographed at the National World War II Museum's STEM Innovation Gallery in New Orleans, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.

William F. Liebenow, who was buried Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery, never liked to brag about rescuing John F. Kennedy when the future president and his PT-109 crew were stranded on a ...