PT-796 is a 78-foot PT boat built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans in 1945. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 as one of a very few surviving World War II PT boats. A "Higgins" boat, she is part of the collection of the PT Boat Museum, which itself is part of the Battleship Cove museum in Fall River, Massachusetts. [1]

Motor torpedo boat PT-796, was laid down on 3 May 1945, launched on 23 June, and completed after the end of the war on 26 October as a 78-foot PT boat built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans, LA. The last of her type to be constructed, she was nicknamed Tail Ender.

PT (Patrol, Torpedo) Boat 796 is a Higgins-type torpedo boat built for service in World War II. She was built by the Higgins Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, launched in mid-1945, and commissioned as a unit of PT Squadron 43 in July of that year.

PT-796, last PT still in operation churns up the Wolf River at Memphis Tuesday [14 July], following a trip up the Mississippi from New Orleans. Donated by the Navy, the boat will become part of a PT boat museum in Memphis.

Apr 8, 2025 · The two PT boats at Battleship Cove are the Higgins-built PT 796 and the Elco-built PT 617. Both boats have the distinction of having won recognition by the United States government as National Historical Landmarks.

PT-796 is a 78-foot PT boat built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans in 1945. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986 as one of a very few surviving PT boats, which were built in large numbers during World War II.

PT-796 is a Higgins class PT Boat. PT-796's specifications are: You can see the Higgins PT Boat PT-796 at the Battleship Cove Naval Museum in Fall River, Massachusetts. PT-796 was the last PT (Patrol Torpedo) in operation by the US Navy, seeing active service until the early 1960s.

The PT 796 is a 78-foot Higgins boat from New Orleans. Her hull bears a painted shark’s mouth and beady eyes. Unlike the Elco boat, PT 796, in the process of virtually being rebuilt, is somewhat bare above deck. Only her bow 20-mm and stem 40-mm guns along with two Mk XIII torpedos have been mounted.

Since 1976, the 796 has been housed in an authentic World War II Quonset hut on the grounds. In 1985, she was joined by the PT-617, an 80-foot Elco that had been located in the Caribbean. Both boats are open to the public for viewing and may be …

Commissioned into the U.S. Navy (USN) as PT-796. Postwar On November 16, 1945 reclassified as a small boat. Assigned to Squadron 1 and used in the Key West, Miami and Caribbean area. Nicknamed "Tail Ender".