Cinema Stand-ins For PT Boats
The 1963 movie PT-109 used what appears to be five Elco 80-foot (24 m) boats. The engine telegraph shows the Elco name, and the boats resemble Elcos. The boats were converted from Air Force Crash Rescue Boats, due to the unavailability of operational survivors. The 85-foot (26 m) boats were built with only two Packard engines.
The original 1962–66 McHale's Navy TV series used a Vosper boat.
In the 1997 movie McHale's Navy, 63-foot (19 m) Air Sea Rescue boats were used.
Occasionally Vietnam-era PTF boats (Patrol Torpedo Fast) (built at John Trumpy, Annapolis or Nasty class from Norway) are incorrectly identified as World War II PT boats. Several PTF boats can still be found around the country, including PTF-3 in Florida, PTF-19 in Chesapeake Bay and PTF-26 in California. These should not to be confused with PT boats, as they differ in many key features.
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