Motor Torpedo Boats and Anti-Submarine Warfare

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

The U.S navy had Pt boats built by Elco

And Higgins. Don't want to get on McBee's wrong side.

And Huckins. Don't forget Huckins.

The MTB's had the benefit of having the torpedo tubes mounted in the bow instead of the tubes being mounted on the deck as with PT boats.

Vosper MTBs had the tubes on the deck, in the same locations as the US PTs.

PT boats had a high mortality rate when they launched torpedo attacks in highly defended estuaries when the splash made by the torpedo's were heard and shore batteries opened up on them. MTB's torpedo attacks were a bit less difficult since there were no splashes from torpedo's hitting the water.

I've been a fan of fast torpedo boats for a very long time, and I've never heard that. Source, please?