Download or read book PT Boats at War written by Norman Polmar and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the development, construction and use, by the United States Navy, of patrol boats as attack vessels and torpedo launchers. It charts their military career from the Second World War, through the Vietnam War up to and including the boats' retirement due to advances in missile technology.