{{Short description|Fast patrol boat built in 1968}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=Sewart_Seacraft_now_know_as_Swiftships_in_Berwick,_Louisiana.jpg |image_caption=''PTF-26'' at [[Sewart Seacraft]] in [[Berwick, Louisiana]] in 1968 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country= |flag= {{shipboxflag|USA|civil}} |name= |namesake= |owner= * 1968 - 1971 [[United States Navy]] [[Vietnam]] * 1971 - 1990 US Navy: [[Naval Amphibious Base Coronado]] and [[Pacific Missile Test Center]], [[Port Hueneme, California|Port Hueneme]] * 1997 to 2020 Liberty Maritime Inc. as [[Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scout]] training ship in [[Sacramento, California]] * 2020 - Current Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation in [[Golconda, Illinois]] (Seaman’s Church Institute). |operator= |builder= [[Sewart Seacraft]] (now Swiftships) in [[Berwick, Louisiana]] |completed=1968 |in_service= 1968–1990 |homeport= |identification= |commissioned=1968 | decommissioned=1990 |motto= |nickname=The Last American PT Boat |honors= |captured= |fate= |status=[[Museum ship]] at [[Golconda, Illinois]] |notes= #95PB 684 |badge= }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= [[United States Osprey-class patrol boat|''Osprey'' class]] |header_caption= |class= Osprey-class [[Patrol boat|fast patrol boat]] |tonnage= |displacement= 80 tons (105 tons full)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_sc_ptf23.htm|title="Osprey" patrol boats (PTF23) (1968)|website=www.navypedia.org}}</ref> |length={{convert|94.5|ft|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|24.5|ft|abbr=on}} |height= |draft= {{convert|6.8|ft|abbr=on}} |depth= |power= *2 x {{cvt|3100|hp}} with [[Napier Deltic]] *2 x {{cvt|1600|hp}} with [[Detroit Diesel]] |propulsion= *2 × 18-cylinder Napier Deltic engines<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptfnasty.com/gallery/galPtf23.htm|title=Gal_ptf23|website=www.ptfnasty.com}}</ref> * Now 2 × [[Detroit Diesel Series 71|16V71 diesel engine]] |speed= {{convert|40|to|51|kn}} |complement=19 | armament= *1 x [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]] foredeck<ref name="PCFH">{{cite web | url=https://homelandmagazine.com/patrol-craft-fast/ | title=PATROL CRAFT FAST &#124; Homeland Magazine }}</ref> *2 x [[M2 Browning|.50-caliber Browning machine guns]] sides *1 x [[L16 81mm mortar|81 mm mortar]] foredeck *1 x [[Bofors 40 mm gun]] rear }} }} '''''PTF-26''''' is a [[PTF boat]], (Swift boat), [[museum ship]] at the Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation in [[Golconda, Illinois]], a [[United States Osprey-class patrol boat|''Osprey'' class]]. ''PTF-26'' is referred to as "The Last American PT Boat".<ref>{{cite web|title=PTF-26|url=http://www.hnsa.org/hnsa-ships/ptf-26/|website=HNSA|access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation |title=Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation, Ltd. |url=https://lastamericanptboat.com/ |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation, Ltd. |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkqHZt8KKAc ''The Last American PT Boat'' video]</ref> ''PTF-26'' was built in 1968 by the [[Swiftships|Sewart Seacraft]] now know as Swiftships in [[Berwick, Louisiana]] . ''PTF-26'' is small river [[gunboat]] built with an [[aluminium]] hull. The [[United States Navy]] used ''PTF-26'' in the [[Vietnam War]] from 1968 to 1971 in the [[Brown-water navy]]. ''PTF-26'' has a top speed of speed of {{convert|40|kn|lk=in}} knots. She is an ''Osprey''-class PTF boat and is {{convert|95|ft|abbr=on}} long. PTF boats replaced the wooden World War II [[PT boat]]s. Four new PTF boats were delivered to the Military Assistance Group (MACV) at [[Da Nang]], Vietnam in 1968, ''PTF-26'' was one of the four boats. The four boats were armed with a [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|40 mm Bofors cannon]] aft, two [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]] forward, two [[M2 Browning|.50-caliber Browning machine guns]] and on the foredeck, an [[L16 81mm mortar|81 mm mortar]]. From 1971 to 1990 she was used by the US Navy at [[Naval Amphibious Base Coronado]] and [[Pacific Missile Test Center]], [[Port Hueneme, California|Port Hueneme]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://museumships.us/ptboat/ptf-26|title=PTF 26|website=museumships.us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanheritage.com/content/ptf-26-liberty|title=Ptf 26 Liberty &#124; AMERICAN HERITAGE|website=www.americanheritage.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esterobaynews.com/news/vietnam-warship-docked-at-south-t-pier/|title=Vietnam Warship Docked At South T-pier &#124; Estero Bay News}}</ref> From November 1997 to June 2020 she was with Liberty Maritime Inc. as a [[Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scout]] training ship at [[Sacramento, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libertymaritime.com/boats|title=Museum Boats|website=LIBERTY MARITIME}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libertymaritime.com/blog/farewellliberty|title=Farewell, PTF 26|website=LIBERTY MARITIME}}</ref> On her way to Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation she stopped at [[Morro Bay, California]] departing December 14, 2023, then on December 16, the [[Maritime Museum of San Diego]], then the [[National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico]] and then [[Pickwick Lake]] of the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] in July 2024. She is now at Golconda, Illinois where ''PTF-26'' is the first historic naval ship in southern Illinois. At Golconda she is operated by [[Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] Cadets, [[Sea cadets]] and Sea Scouts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nmmog.org/ptf-26/|title=PTF-26}}</ref>

==''Osprey''-class boats== The four ''Osprey''-class wooden hull [[PTF boat]]s served in the Vietnam War starting in 1968, after being built at [[Sewart Seacraft]] (now Swiftships) in [[Berwick, Louisiana]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptfnasty.com/ptfOspreyManual.html|title=OspreyManual|website=www.ptfnasty.com}}</ref> ''PTF 26'' now a museum ship at Golconda, Illinois, still in PTF configuration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptfnasty.com/ptf26.html|title=PTF-26|website=www.ptfnasty.com}}</ref>

==See also== *[[United States Nasty-class patrol boat|United States ''Nasty''-class patrol boat]] built just before ''PTF 26'' *[[List of museum ships in North America]] *{{ship||PTF 3}}

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== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Fast Patrol Boat (PTF)}} * [http://www.pcf45.com PCF-45 story, by Robert Shirley] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101123184016/http://hnsa.org/class.htm#PT HNSA Ship Page: Swift Boats to visit as museums and memorials] * [http://www.swiftboats.org Swift Boat Sailors' Association]

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