WWII US Navy ELCO Patrol Torpedo Boat PT-109 Wood Model President Kennedy c. 1959
Rare wood reproduction of the Patrol Torpedo boat PT-109, originally designed by Hubert Scott-Paine and. Last commanded by Lieutenant John F. PT-109 last saw action during the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific theater during World War II. Kennedy’s actions in saving his surviving crew after PT-109 was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer… (read more)