# PTF-26 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/PTF-26 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/PTF-26.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTF-26 > Source revision: 1341915156 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Fast patrol boat built in 1968 PTF-26 at Sewart Seacraft in Berwick, Louisiana in 1968 History Owner 1968 - 1971 United States Navy Vietnam 1971 - 1990 US Navy: Naval Amphibious Base Coronado and Pacific Missile Test Center, Port Hueneme 1997 to 2020 Liberty Maritime Inc. as Sea Scout training ship in Sacramento, California 2020 - Current Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation in Golconda, Illinois (Seaman’s Church Institute). Builder Sewart Seacraft (now Swiftships) in Berwick, Louisiana Completed 1968 Commissioned 1968 Decommissioned 1990 In service 1968–1990 Nickname(s) The Last American PT Boat Status Museum ship at Golconda, Illinois Notes 95PB 684 General characteristics Class & type Osprey-class fast patrol boat Displacement 80 tons (105 tons full)[1] Length 94.5 ft (28.8 m) Beam 24.5 ft (7.5 m) Draft 6.8 ft (2.1 m) Installed power 2 x 3,100 hp (2,300 kW) with Napier Deltic 2 x 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) with Detroit Diesel Propulsion 2 × 18-cylinder Napier Deltic engines[2] Now 2 × 16V71 diesel engine Speed 40 to 51 knots (74 to 94 km/h; 46 to 59 mph) Complement 19 Armament 1 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannon foredeck[3] 2 x .50-caliber Browning machine guns sides 1 x 81 mm mortar foredeck 1 x Bofors 40 mm gun rear ***PTF-26*** is a [PTF boat](/source/PTF_boat), (Swift boat), [museum ship](/source/Museum_ship) at the Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation in [Golconda, Illinois](/source/Golconda%2C_Illinois), a [*Osprey* class](/source/United_States_Osprey-class_patrol_boat). *PTF-26* is referred to as "The Last American PT Boat".[4][5][6] *PTF-26* was built in 1968 by the [Sewart Seacraft](/source/Swiftships) now know as Swiftships in [Berwick, Louisiana](/source/Berwick%2C_Louisiana) . *PTF-26* is small river [gunboat](/source/Gunboat) built with an [aluminium](/source/Aluminium) hull. The [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) used *PTF-26* in the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War) from 1968 to 1971 in the [Brown-water navy](/source/Brown-water_navy). *PTF-26* has a top speed of speed of 40 [knots](/source/Knot_(unit)) (74 km/h; 46 mph) knots. She is an *Osprey*-class PTF boat and is 95 ft (29 m) long. PTF boats replaced the wooden World War II [PT boats](/source/PT_boat). Four new PTF boats were delivered to the Military Assistance Group (MACV) at [Da Nang](/source/Da_Nang), Vietnam in 1968, *PTF-26* was one of the four boats. The four boats were armed with a [40 mm Bofors cannon](/source/Bofors_40_mm_L%2F60_gun) aft, two [Oerlikon 20 mm cannon](/source/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon) forward, two [.50-caliber Browning machine guns](/source/M2_Browning) and on the foredeck, an [81 mm mortar](/source/L16_81mm_mortar). From 1971 to 1990 she was used by the US Navy at [Naval Amphibious Base Coronado](/source/Naval_Amphibious_Base_Coronado) and [Pacific Missile Test Center](/source/Pacific_Missile_Test_Center), [Port Hueneme](/source/Port_Hueneme%2C_California)[7][8][9] From November 1997 to June 2020 she was with Liberty Maritime Inc. as a [Sea Scout](/source/Sea_Scouts_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)) training ship at [Sacramento, California](/source/Sacramento%2C_California).[10][11] On her way to Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation she stopped at [Morro Bay, California](/source/Morro_Bay%2C_California) departing December 14, 2023, then on December 16, the [Maritime Museum of San Diego](/source/Maritime_Museum_of_San_Diego), then the [National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico](/source/National_Maritime_Museum_of_the_Gulf_of_Mexico) and then [Pickwick Lake](/source/Pickwick_Lake) of the [Tennessee Valley Authority](/source/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](/source/Junior_Reserve_Officers'_Training_Corps) Cadets, [Sea cadets](/source/Sea_cadets) and Sea Scouts.[12] ## *Osprey*-class boats The four *Osprey*-class wooden hull [PTF boats](/source/PTF_boat) served in the Vietnam War starting in 1968, after being built at [Sewart Seacraft](/source/Sewart_Seacraft) (now Swiftships) in [Berwick, Louisiana](/source/Berwick%2C_Louisiana):[13] *PTF 26* now a museum ship at Golconda, Illinois, still in PTF configuration.[14] ## See also - [United States *Nasty*-class patrol boat](/source/United_States_Nasty-class_patrol_boat) built just before *PTF 26* - [List of museum ships in North America](/source/List_of_museum_ships_in_North_America) - [*PTF 3*](/source/PTF-3) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [""Osprey" patrol boats (PTF23) (1968)"](https://www.navypedia.org/ships/usa/us_sc_ptf23.htm). *www.navypedia.org*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Gal_ptf23"](https://www.ptfnasty.com/gallery/galPtf23.htm). *www.ptfnasty.com*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-PCFH_3-0)** ["PATROL CRAFT FAST | Homeland Magazine"](https://homelandmagazine.com/patrol-craft-fast/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["PTF-26"](http://www.hnsa.org/hnsa-ships/ptf-26/). *HNSA*. Retrieved 16 April 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Ltd, Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation. ["Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation, Ltd"](https://lastamericanptboat.com/). *Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation, Ltd*. Retrieved 10 May 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [*The Last American PT Boat* video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkqHZt8KKAc) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["PTF 26"](https://museumships.us/ptboat/ptf-26). *museumships.us*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Ptf 26 Liberty | AMERICAN HERITAGE"](https://www.americanheritage.com/content/ptf-26-liberty). *www.americanheritage.com*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Vietnam Warship Docked At South T-pier | Estero Bay News"](https://esterobaynews.com/news/vietnam-warship-docked-at-south-t-pier/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Museum Boats"](https://www.libertymaritime.com/boats). *LIBERTY MARITIME*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Farewell, PTF 26"](https://www.libertymaritime.com/blog/farewellliberty). *LIBERTY MARITIME*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["PTF-26"](https://nmmog.org/ptf-26/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["OspreyManual"](https://www.ptfnasty.com/ptfOspreyManual.html). *www.ptfnasty.com*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["PTF-26"](https://www.ptfnasty.com/ptf26.html). *www.ptfnasty.com*. [37°04′08″N 88°39′19″W / 37.068917°N 88.655333°W / 37.068917; -88.655333](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=PTF-26¶ms=37.068917_N_88.655333_W_) ## External links - Media related to [Fast Patrol Boat (PTF)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fast_Patrol_Boat_(PTF)) at Wikimedia Commons - [PCF-45 story, by Robert Shirley](http://www.pcf45.com) - [HNSA Ship Page: Swift Boats to visit as museums and memorials](https://web.archive.org/web/20101123184016/http://hnsa.org/class.htm#PT) - [Swift Boat Sailors' Association](http://www.swiftboats.org) v t e PTF boat Surviving boats PTF-3 PTF-17 PTF-19 PTF-23 PTF-26 Units Boat Support Unit ONE (BSU-1) US Navy Seals Mobile Riverine Force Naval Amphibious Base Coronado US Marines CIA Builders Båtbyggeri (14) John Trumpy & Sons (7) Sewart Seacraft (4) Bath Iron Works (1) Classes PTF prototype Nasty class Osprey class Notable missions Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident Operation 34A Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen CIA activities in Vietnam Similar Patrol Craft Fast Tjeld-class patrol boat Storm-class patrol boat HNoMS Nasty Jaguar-class fast attack craft Chilean torpedo boat Quidora Media Vikings in Vietnam 2024 book Out Over Blue Water 2022 book Men in Green Faces 1992 book Museum - Restoration DeLand Naval Air Station Museum (PTF-3) Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park (PTF-17) Worton Creek Marina (PTF-19) Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation (PTF-26) Related 20-millimeter (0.79 in) cannon 81 mm mortar M2 Browning Bofors 40 mm gun Napier Deltic Diesel l8C Detroit Diesel 16V71 Osprey class PTF-23 PTF-24 PTF-25 PTF-26 PTF prototype PTF-1 PTF-2 Article Category Preceded by PT boat - Followed by Patrol Craft Fast and US patrol vessels --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [PTF-26](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTF-26) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTF-26?action=history)). 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