The wooden-hulled, 80-foot PT 109 sank Aug. 2, 1943, after being run down at night by a Japanese destroyer in Blackett Strait near Gizo Island, part of the Solomons/New Georgia Island group.

Kennedy's wartime boat, which a Japanese destroyer rammed and sank in the South Pacific in 1943. The deep-sea explorer said he had found what appeared to be the resting place of PT 109 some 1,300 ...

The boat was PT-109, skippered by a young lieutenant from ... and others were injured or sickened by the fuel that poured from their sinking vessel. Desperate for refuge, they swam for five ...

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 ...

Meanwhile back home the story of the sinking was spreading far and wide. Journalist John Hersey interviewed Kennedy about the incident in 1944 and sold the PT-109 story to The New Yorker.

Kennedy's PT-109, a swift but small patrol torpedo boat, was torn apart in the sudden collision in the South Pacific. It exploded and sank in the early morning darkness. Kennedy responded heroically.

The U.S. Navy surprised the enemy resupply convoy while the crew of PT-109 was marooned on Naru Island and sank three of them without taking a single loss. Whether you're thinking of joining the ...

Kennedy’s PT-109, a swift but small patrol torpedo boat, was torn apart in the sudden collision in the South Pacific. It exploded and sank in the early morning darkness. Kennedy responded ...

At 2:30 on Monday morning, August 2, the Japanese destroyer Amagiri sliced into PT 109, leaving behind a sinking boat and 13 men in the water of Blackett Strait. A second PT boat saw the collision ...