John F. Kennedy, with cane in the Pacific, 1943, would later downplay his PT-109 role: "It was involuntary," he quipped. "They sank my boat." Ted Robinson John F. Kennedy—elected 50 years ago ...

As a World War II warship, PT-109 was not destined to be much remembered. It was sunk ingloriously in a misbegotten South Pacific mission in which nothing went right and nary a blow was struck at ...

U.S Navy Lt. John F. Kennedy commanded PT-109 in the Solomon Islands during World War II when his boat was struck by a Japanese destroyer on this day in history, Aug. 2, 1943. Kennedy's PT-109 ...

Kennedy’s PT 109. A team of experts from the Department of the Navy’s Naval Historical Center confirmed that the wreck in the South Pacific is most likely that of PT 109, according to the ...

They were beautiful, fast and glamorous -- a rare opportunity for a young reserve officer like John F. Kennedy to earn a coveted command at sea. But should a PT boat ever be caught with idling ...

“PT 109,” an account of Kennedy’s World War II heroism in command of a motor torpedo boat that was rammed by a Japanese destroyer, marked the first time a major studio, in this case Warner Bros ...

Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic, the Bismarck and dozens of other lost ships, announced his latest find Wednesday: PT 109, John F. Kennedy's wartime boat, which a Japanese destroyer ...

Kennedy, at the time a naval lieutenant, commanded one of the PT boats made in Bayonne, PT-109. The story of his heroism and leadership after the boat was sunk by a Japanese destroyer Aug. 1 ...

The wartime ordeal of PT-109, a patrol torpedo boat, added to his reputation as a leader as he vied against Richard Nixon for the White House. “Eighty years ago, President Kennedy swum between ...

Andruss said Tuesday, referring to the famous PT 109 incident that cemented John F. Kennedy's reputation as a war hero and helped propel him to the presidency. Andruss, 59, of Feeding Hills ...

Kennedy in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomon Islands. The remains of the wooden boat, PT-109, were lying on the seabed in the Blanket Strait near Gizo in the New Georgia group of islands ...