PT 109 US Torpedo Boat Studio Max 3D model

The PT-109 belonged to the PT 103 class, of which hundreds were completed between 1942 and 1945 by the Elco Naval Division of Electric Boat Company at Bayonne, New Jersey. The Elco boats were the largest PT boats operated by the US Navy during World War II. They had strong wooden hulls of 2 inch thick mahogany planks, not plywood. Three 12-cylinder 1,500 hp (,1100 kW) Packard gasoline engines (one per propeller shaft) generated as much horsepower as a B-17 bomber. Their designed top speed was 41 knots. The center engine was the only engine with a rearwards shaft. Because the center propeller was deeper, it left less of a wake, and was preferred by skippers for low-wake loitering. The engines were fitted with mufflers at the tail which resembled large automobile mufflers to direct the exhaust under water, but had to be bypassed for high speed. These were used not only to mask their own noise from the enemy but to be able to hear threatening aircraft which were rarely detected overhead before dropping their bombs.

It could accommodate 3 officers and a crew of 14 sailors, with the typical crew size varying from 12 to 14. At full load, the PT 109 displaced 56 tons. United States Ship PT-109 was a PT boat commanded by Lieutenant (Junior Grade) (LTJG) John F. Kennedy (later United States President) in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Kennedy's actions to save his surviving crew after the sinking of the PT-109 both solidified his war hero status in his political career and may have contributed to his long-term back problems.

Product Features:

The product contains one resolution of the model, which is highly detailed and textured.

This model is a 3DMax model, saved in version 8 as a MAX file, and requires 3DMax. It does not include any other formats to allow it to be opened in any other software. The model is rigged where appropriate, and mapped and textured.