WASHINGTON (CNN) --The wreckage of a navy vessel found off the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific is probably John F. Kennedy's World War II patrol boat, PT-109, a panel of naval historians said ...

A National Geographic expedition to the South Pacific has found the wreck of PT-109 beneath 1,200 feet of water near the Solomon Islands. PT-109 was under the command of a young John F.

The site, the Navy team concluded, "is likely the wreck of the PT 109," an 80-foot boat whose sinking became a legend of heroism that helped propel Kennedy to national prominence and the White House.

“This information combined with the physical evidence suggests that this is likely the wreck of the PT 109.” The wooden-hulled, 80-foot PT 109 sank Aug. 2, 1943, after being run down at night ...

The site, the Navy team concluded, “is likely the wreck of the PT 109,” an 80-foot boat whose sinking became a legend of heroism that helped propel Kennedy to national prominence and the White ...

A Navy analysis has confirmed that the wreck of PT 109--the World War II boat under John F. Kennedy’s command when it was sunk Aug. 2, 1943, by the Japanese--likely has been found in 1,200 feet ...

Ballard to find the boat’s wreckage in 1,300 feet of water in the ... who commanded PT-105 in the same squadron, why the PT-109 was so quickly forgotten and its crew presumed dead.

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 ...

The healthy men helped the wounded, aided only by a pair of wooden planks salvaged from the wreck. Engineer Patrick McMahon was badly burned in the explosion of PT-109. Kennedy towed McMahon the ...

The healthy men helped the wounded, aided only by a pair of wooden planks salvaged from the wreck. Engineer Patrick McMahon was badly burned in the explosion of PT-109. Kennedy towed McMahon the ...

JFK’s heroic actions earned him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, as well as a Purple Heart. Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's newly-confirmed secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS ...