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From The National WWII Museum: “See the PT-305 all-volunteer boat restoration at the Kushner Restoration Pavilion at The National WWII Museum in New Orleans. One hundred ninety-nine Patrol Torpedo boats were built by the Higgins plant in New Orleans during World War II. Only five of those boats remain in the U.S. today and only one is operational.”
From NOLA.com, in November 2016, the restored PT-305, named the U.S.S Sudden Jerk, was driven through New Orleans
On March 16, 2017, the U.S.S. Sudden Jerk had a test cruise on Lake Pontchartrain...
… that ended with a bit of history repeating itself when the boat bumped into its berth after the engine got stuck in forward, similar to an incident 74 years earlier that has led to the boat’s crew at the time to dub it the Sudden Jerk. (There were no injuries and the boat was unscathed.)
More information at Ars Technica and The Times-Picayune 1 and 2
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