Pt Boat 796 (torpedo boat)
Torpedo boat of the United States Navy in Fall River, Massachusetts. Added to the National Register in 1986, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
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.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA |
| County | Bristol County |
| Listed | Jan 14, 1986 |
| Reference number | 86000092 |
| Type of place | PT boat, museum ship, preserved watercraft |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
Visiting
| Address | Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA |
| Coordinates | 41.70558, -71.16351 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park · 13 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | West Hill Park 36 mi |
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Nearby in Bristol County
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 86000092. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.