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Motor Torpedo Boat Photo Archive

RCAF Bras D'Or (B 119)
ex-RCAF Bras D'Or (M 413)
ex-PT-3

PT-3 served the U.S. Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force

58' Experimental Motor Torpedo Boat:

Laid down 1 August 1939 as PT-3 by the Fisher Boat Works, Detroit, MI

Launched 18 April 1940

Completed 20 June 1940

Placed in service 24 July 1940 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron ONE (MTBRon 1) for evaluations

MTBRon 1, under the command of Lt. Earl S. Caldwell, USN, was the first squadron commissioned and originally was made up of experimental boats

Transferred 19 April 1942 to the Royal Navy and reclassified HM MTB-273

Transfer to the Royal Navy was canceled, transferred instead to the Royal Canadian Air Force and named Bras D'Or (M 413) for use as a High Speed Rescue Launch

Reclassified B-119

Returned to U.S. custody 10 April 1945

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 2 May 1946

Currently (2012) at Flanigan Brothers Boatyard, Fairton, NJ for restoration.

Specifications:

Displacement 25 t.

Length 58'

Beam 18'

Armament: Two torpedoes, two .50 cal. machine guns and two depth charge racks

Propulsion: Two 1,350hp Packard gasoline engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
PT-3
	63k		Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
	99k	From the collection of Robert C. Houston	Bob Houston
	94k	LT Robert C. Houston, USN at the helm From the collection of Robert C. Houston
	115k	At the builders From the collection of Robert C. Houston
	145k	Newspaper article on PT-4 and PT-3 From the collection of Robert C. Houston
	42k	.	.
	115k	PT-3 and PT-9 during test runs	.
	128k	PT-3 and PT-9 during test runs From the collection of Robert C. Houston	Bob Houston
	380k	LT Houston's "Mosquito Boat" plaque From the collection of Robert C. Houston	Bob Houston
	47k	Packard Motors advertisement	Keith Brayer
	564k	.
	74k
	105k
	277k
	119k	PT-3 and PT-4
	232k	15 September 1940 Showing two torpedo racks with their firing mechanism, a muffled engine exhaust, and smoke generators. The gun tubs carry single 0.50 cal. machine guns
	230k	PT-3, PT-12, PT-10 and PT-9 probably in the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
RCAF Bras D'Or (B 119)
	272k	Canadian Forces photo	Terry Leversedge
PT-3
	411k	Has been at Flanigan Brothers Boatyard, Fairton, NJ for over 15 years. The owner has no money to repair her and wants her gone	.
	478k	Sad state of the engineroom	.
	341k	April 2012 Flanigan Brothers Boatyard, Fairton, NJ	Joe Reese
	323k
	405k
	369k
	314k
	327k
	443k	December 2014 Flanigan Brothers Boatyard, Fairton, NJ
	445k
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