The wooden PT boats of WW2 had three Packard gasoline engines. Packard went out of business in about 1959.
The US Navy's "Riverine Force" in the Vietnam War. The riverine force operated Monitors, Alpha boats, PBRs, and Swift Boats.
They were boats. used by the Athenian navy.
Yes. Nowadays, Mexico has a Navy staffed with 56,000 people, and includes several frigates, destroyers, corvettes and patrol boats. Most ships were bought from the U.S., Spain and Israel with some patrol boats built in Mexico.
MoMM2 has 4 parts. The first "Mo" means Propulsive Machinery, maintenance and operation (includes generators less than 58 hp). The next M means Machinist. The last M means Main Engines. the 2 means 2nd class. a 3 would be 3rd class. Therefore a MoMM2 is a Motor Machinist 2nd class.
The Royal Australian Navy had the Fifth largest navy in the world at the begginning of World War 2.
Germany had a very powerful Navy during World War One, because their U-Boats (Submarines) were the most efficient and they were the first to make them. And so they had lots of U-Boats which gave them an advantage. Arguably Germany had the strongest Navy in both World Wars. (1 and 2)
Does the US Navy still hasve PT Boats
The North Vietnamese Navy had Patrol Torpedo Boats; the South Vietnamese Navy countered with (US) Swift Boats.
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The US Navy's "Riverine Force" in the Vietnam War. The riverine force operated Monitors, Alpha boats, PBRs, and Swift Boats.
They were boats. used by the Athenian navy.
They were the submarines of the German Navy. U-boat is short for undertseeboote (undersea boat).
The Canadian Maritime Forces (MARCOM) currently operates 4 Victoria-class Diesel-Electric submarines. However, noting (like every other major power has already) the limitations and expense of maintaining diesel boats, it has undergone a new program of developing nuclear powered boats. It's estimated the first will be ready within the next 2 or 3 years.
Russell E. Schuster has written: 'Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 34 history' -- subject(s): American Naval operations, Campaigns, History, Torpedo-boats, United States, United States. Navy. Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 34, World War, 1939-1945
The US Navy's Riverine Forces were part of the US Navy's Brown Water Navy; only the second time it was created. The first time was the US Civil War (1861-1865). The Brown Water Navy (Riverine Forces) used: Swift Boats (PCF-Patrol Craft Fast, all aluminum 50' foot long boats); PBR's (Patrol Boat River-fiberglass 32 foot long boats); Alpha boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats, all steel contructed boats); and Monitors (River Battleships).
11 ships and battleships ,21 destroyers and 57 submarines (the infamous U-boats) at the start.
Yes, that was just about the only navy they had.