{{Short description|Patrol boat built in 1962}} {{Infobox ship |display_title=ital |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=PTF-3 Nasty Class Patrol Boat in Deland, Florida.jpg |image_caption=PTF-3 Nasty Class Patrol Boat in Deland, Florida in 2022 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country= |flag= {{shipboxflag|USA|civil}} |name= |namesake= |owner= * 1962 - 1966 [[United States Navy]] - [[Vietnam]] * 1966 - 1970 [[South Vietnamese Navy]] * 1970 - 1977 US Navy Diver Training Facility at Key West, FL. * 1978 - 2001 Docked in South Florida unused * 2001 - 2003 PTF 3 Restoration Project Inc.- [[Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scout]] * 2003 - current [[DeLand Naval Air Station Museum]] |operator= |builder=[[Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek Verksted|Westermoen Båtbyggeri]], [[Mandal, Norway]] |completed=1962 |in_service= 1962 - 1977 |homeport= |identification= |commissioned=December 1962 |decommissioned= 1977 |motto= |nickname=Fast and Nasty |captured= |fate= |status=[[Museum ship]] at [[DeLand Naval Air Station Museum]], [[DeLand, Florida]] |notes= |badge= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = [[PTF boat|Patrol boat]], [[United States Nasty-class patrol boat|Nasty-class]]<ref name="auto">Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen ''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995'' (1995) Naval Institute Press, Annapolis {{ISBN|1-55750-132-7}}</ref> | displacement = {{convert|80|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} | length = {{convert|80|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|24|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} | draft = {{convert|3|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} | propulsion = *1962 - 1978 2 × [[Napier Deltic]] Turboblown diesel engines, {{convert|6200|bhp|0|abbr=on}} *1978 - current no engines | speed = {{convert|38|kn|lk=in}} | range = | endurance = | complement = 17 men | armament = *1 × [[Bofors 40 mm gun]] *2 × 20 mm gun *1 × "Piggyback" 81 mm mortar *1 x 0.50 machine gun<ref name="Wells">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pcf45.com/misfire/81-50.html|title=Coast Guard Piggyback Weapon|website=www.pcf45.com}}</ref> }} }} '''''PTF-3''''' is [[United States Nasty-class patrol boat]], now a [[museum ship]] at the [[DeLand Naval Air Station Museum]], [[DeLand, Florida]]. ''PTF-3'' is called '''''Fast and Nasty'''''. ''PTF-3'' was built in 1962 by the [[Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek Verksted|Westermoen Båtbyggeri]] in [[Mandal, Norway]]. ''PTF-3'' is small river [[gunboat]] built with an [[aluminium]] hull. The [[United States Navy]] used ''PTF-3'' in the [[Vietnam War]] from 1962 to 1966 in the [[Brown-water navy]]. ''PTF-3'' has a top speed of speed of {{convert|38|kn|lk=in}}. She is a Nasty-class patrol boat [[PTF boat|(PTF-3 to PTF 22)]] at {{convert|80|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} long.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-94000/NH-94491.html|title=NH 94491 USS PTF-3|website=public1.nhhcaws.local}}</ref> PTF Boats replace the wooden World War II [[PT boat]]s. The PTF-3 was armed with two [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]], [[M2 Browning|.50 caliber Browning machine gun]] and [[L16 81mm mortar|81mm mortar]] "Piggyback".<ref name="auto"/>
==History== ''PTF 3'' and ''PTF-4'' were delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1963 at [[Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek|Little Creek, Virginia]]. The two boats were tested at Little Creek. Training on the boat started on May 3, 1963, at [[Naval Base Coronado]]. ''PTF 3'' and ''PTF-4'' departed Coronado on September 17 loaded on [[LSD-31|USS ''Point Defiance'']]) a Landing Ship Dock ship. ''Point Defiance'' took the boats to [[Pearl Harbor, Hawaii]] and then to [[U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay]] in the [[Philippines]]. At Subic Bay the boats were upgraded and then shipped to Ðà Nẵng Vietnam on the [[USS Carter Hall (LSD-3)|USS ''Carter Hall'']]. But PTF-3 suffered major damage to its hull during loading and was repaired at Subic Bay arriving at Ðà Nẵn February, 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mrfa.org/us-navy/south-vietnamese-navy/coastal-raiders-2/|title=Coastal Raiders – The Mobile Riverine Force Association}}</ref> PTF 3 became a ''Spook Boat'', operated by MAC V SOG, Maritime Special Ops. PTF 3 was one of 6 PTF boats that did raids in North Vietnam, attacking shore installations and landing special operations teams. PTF-3 took part in the 1964 [[Tonkin Gulf Incident]] and had mission in Vietnam 9 years. On July 31, 1964 ''PTF-3'' and other boats took part in landing two teams of South Vietnamese [[commando]]s on the [[North Vietnam]]ese held small island of Hon Me, the start of the Tonkin Gulf incident, that lead to the [[Tonkin Gulf Resolution]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ptf3restoration.org/historyofptf3.html|title=New Page 1|website=www.ptf3restoration.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2014/07/31/deland-naval-air-station-museum-to-remember-ptf-3-torpedo-boats-key-battle/30676189007/|title=Remembering torpedo boat's key battle|author=Staff Writer|website=Daytona Beach News-Journal Online}}</ref> In 1966 she was transferred to the [[South Vietnamese Navy]]. In 1970 she was returned to US Navy and had missions in [[Cuba]] and [[Nicaragua]] working with the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] based in Diver Training Facility at [[Key West]] Florida. In 1977 she was remove from the US Navy and sold in 1978. From 1978 to 2001 she was docked in South Florida unused with no engines. In December 2001 she started used as [[Sea Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)|Sea Scout]] ship in [[Orange City, Florida]], purchased in [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]] (without engines) by Bill Norton of General Propulsion who donated the boat to Boy Scout Troop 544 in December 2001. Troop 544 started a non- profit, [[501(c)(3) organization|501c3]] corporation: ''PTF 3 Restoration Project, Inc'', to handle the restoration. In May 2003 ''PTF-3'' was moves to DeLand Naval Air Station Museum for restoration, arriving on 29 July 2003 with honor guard of [[Veteran]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ptf3restoration.org/aboutptf2.html|title=Welcome to PTF 3 Restoration Pro|website=www.ptf3restoration.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.woodenboat.com/register-wooden-boats/ptf-3-fast-and-nasty|title=PTF 3 FAST AND NASTY | WoodenBoat|website=www.woodenboat.com}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> Royal Norwegian Navy motor torpedo boat KNM Nasty at Haakonsvern Naval Base, Norway, 11 May 1960 (NH 93680).jpg|[[Royal Norwegian Navy]] motor torpedo boat in 1960. U.S. Navy PTF boats traveling at high speed during trials off the Virginia Capes (USA), early May 1963 (USN 711288).jpg|U.S. Navy PTF boats traveling at high speed during trials off the [[Virginia Capes]] in May 1963 File:PTFs return from the DMZ, 1971.jpg|PTFs in 1971. File:U.S. Navy fast patrol boat PTF-5 cruises in Chesapeake Bay, in 1973 (USN 1157722).jpg|PTF-3 sister ship PTF-5 in Chesapeake Bay, in 1973 </gallery>
==See also== *[[List of museum ships in North America]]
==References== {{reflist}} {{coord|29|03|59|N|81|17|02|W|type:airport|display=title}}
==External links== *[http://www.ptfnasty.com/ ''The "Nasty Class" Fighting Boat''] (Dan Withers) *[https://www.historynet.com/arsenal-navys-nasty-class-patrol-boats.htm ''The Navy’s Nasty Class Patrol Boats''] (HistoryNet.com, [[World History Group]])
{{Nasty-type patrol boats}} {{PTF boat}}
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