Motor torpedo boat PT-617, also known as Big Red Cock and Dragon Lady, "is the sole surviving 80' Elco type PT boat and represents the United States's most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II."

Motor torpedo boat PT-617, also known as Dragon Lady, "is the sole surviving 80' Elco type PT boat on display and represents the United States's most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II."

You can visit this Elco PT Boat PT-617 at the Battleship Cove Naval Museum in Fall River, MA. This PT Boat (Patrol Torpedo) had been sent to a professional ship yard for a complete restoration and has been completed to a very high standard. If you have ever seen a PT Boat in a movie or on TV be prepared, it is a lot larger in real life!

PT Boats, Inc., a nonprofit organization of World War II PT boat veterans, bought the boat in 1979 and began restoration work. On September 1, 1985, PT Boat 617 went on display at the private non-profit Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts.

PT 617, also known as Torpedo Boat PT-617, Big Red Cock and Dragon Lady, "is the sole surviving 80' Elco type PT boat and represents the United States's most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II."

May 1, 2013 · At war’s end the Navy stripped, beached and burned most PT boats, but one 80-foot Elco, PT-617, survives at the Battleship Cove Naval Museum in Fall River, Mass. Share This Article by Jon Guttman

On September 1, 1985, PT Boat 617 went on display at the private non-profit Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts. PT-617 was added by the National Park Service’s National Historic Landmarks and the National Register of Historic Places on December 20, 1989.

PT 617 is an Elco Boat, built by the Electric Boat Company in Bayonne, New Jersey. She is 80 feet long, with a sleek, camouflaged wooden hull. Above decks she bristles with weapons, from the 37-mm and 20-mm guns in the bow to the 40-mrn gun in the stern.

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 …

Built by Electric Boat Company (Elco) in Bayonne, NJ. Laid down March 29, 1945 as Motor Torpedo Boat 80' Elco. Launched July 28, 1945. Completed September 21, 1945. Commissioned into the U.S. Navy (USN) as PT-617.