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Patrol boat built in 1962

PTF-3 Nasty Class Patrol Boat in Deland, Florida in 2022 History 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 Scout 2003 - current DeLand Naval Air Station Museum Builder Westermoen Båtbyggeri, Mandal, Norway Completed 1962 Commissioned December 1962 Decommissioned 1977 In service 1962 - 1977 Nickname(s) Fast and Nasty Status Museum ship at DeLand Naval Air Station Museum, DeLand, Florida General characteristics Type Patrol boat, Nasty-class[1] Displacement 80 long tons (81 t) Length 80 ft 4 in (24.49 m) Beam 24 ft 7 in (7.49 m) Draft 3 ft 10 in (1.17 m) Propulsion 1962 - 1978 2 × Napier Deltic Turboblown diesel engines, 6,200 bhp (4,623 kW) 1978 - current no engines Speed 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) Complement 17 men Armament 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun 2 × 20 mm gun 1 × "Piggyback" 81 mm mortar 1 x 0.50 machine gun[2]

***PTF-3*** is [United States Nasty-class patrol boat](/source/United_States_Nasty-class_patrol_boat), now a [museum ship](/source/Museum_ship) at the [DeLand Naval Air Station Museum](/source/DeLand_Naval_Air_Station_Museum), [DeLand, Florida](/source/DeLand%2C_Florida). *PTF-3* is called ***Fast and Nasty***. *PTF-3* was built in 1962 by the [Westermoen Båtbyggeri](/source/Westermoen_B%C3%A5tbyggeri_og_Mek_Verksted) in [Mandal, Norway](/source/Mandal%2C_Norway). *PTF-3* is small river [gunboat](/source/Gunboat) built with an [aluminium](/source/Aluminium) hull. The [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) used *PTF-3* in the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War) from 1962 to 1966 in the [Brown-water navy](/source/Brown-water_navy). *PTF-3* has a top speed of speed of 38 [knots](/source/Knot_(unit)) (70 km/h; 44 mph). She is a Nasty-class patrol boat [(PTF-3 to PTF 22)](/source/PTF_boat) at 80 ft 4 in (24.49 m) long.[3] PTF Boats replace the wooden World War II [PT boats](/source/PT_boat). The PTF-3 was armed with two [Oerlikon 20 mm cannon](/source/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon), [.50 caliber Browning machine gun](/source/M2_Browning) and [81mm mortar](/source/L16_81mm_mortar) "Piggyback".[1]

## History

*PTF 3* and *PTF-4* were delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1963 at [Little Creek, Virginia](/source/Joint_Expeditionary_Base%E2%80%93Little_Creek). The two boats were tested at Little Creek. Training on the boat started on May 3, 1963, at [Naval Base Coronado](/source/Naval_Base_Coronado). *PTF 3* and *PTF-4* departed Coronado on September 17 loaded on [USS *Point Defiance*](/source/LSD-31)) a Landing Ship Dock ship. *Point Defiance* took the boats to [Pearl Harbor, Hawaii](/source/Pearl_Harbor%2C_Hawaii) and then to [U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay](/source/U.S._Naval_Base_Subic_Bay) in the [Philippines](/source/Philippines). At Subic Bay the boats were upgraded and then shipped to Ðà Nẵng Vietnam on the [USS *Carter Hall*](/source/USS_Carter_Hall_(LSD-3)). But PTF-3 suffered major damage to its hull during loading and was repaired at Subic Bay arriving at Ðà Nẵn February, 1964.[4] 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](/source/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 [commandos](/source/Commando) on the [North Vietnamese](/source/North_Vietnam) held small island of Hon Me, the start of the Tonkin Gulf incident, that lead to the [Tonkin Gulf Resolution](/source/Tonkin_Gulf_Resolution).[5][6] In 1966 she was transferred to the [South Vietnamese Navy](/source/South_Vietnamese_Navy). In 1970 she was returned to US Navy and had missions in [Cuba](/source/Cuba) and [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua) working with the [CIA](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency) based in Diver Training Facility at [Key West](/source/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 Scout](/source/Sea_Scouts_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)) ship in [Orange City, Florida](/source/Orange_City%2C_Florida), purchased in [Fort Lauderdale, Florida](/source/Fort_Lauderdale%2C_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, [501c3](/source/501(c)(3)_organization) 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 [Veterans](/source/Veteran).[7][8]

## Gallery

		- [Royal Norwegian Navy](/source/Royal_Norwegian_Navy) motor torpedo boat in 1960.

		- U.S. Navy PTF boats traveling at high speed during trials off the [Virginia Capes](/source/Virginia_Capes) in May 1963

		- PTFs in 1971.

		- PTF-3 sister ship PTF-5 in Chesapeake Bay, in 1973

## See also

- [List of museum ships in North America](/source/List_of_museum_ships_in_North_America)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_1-1) Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen *Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995* (1995) Naval Institute Press, Annapolis [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-55750-132-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-132-7)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Wells_2-0)** ["Coast Guard Piggyback Weapon"](http://www.pcf45.com/misfire/81-50.html). *www.pcf45.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["NH 94491 USS PTF-3"](https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-94000/NH-94491.html). *public1.nhhcaws.local*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Coastal Raiders – The Mobile Riverine Force Association"](https://www.mrfa.org/us-navy/south-vietnamese-navy/coastal-raiders-2/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["New Page 1"](https://www.ptf3restoration.org/historyofptf3.html). *www.ptf3restoration.org*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Staff Writer. ["Remembering torpedo boat's key battle"](https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2014/07/31/deland-naval-air-station-museum-to-remember-ptf-3-torpedo-boats-key-battle/30676189007/). *Daytona Beach News-Journal Online*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Welcome to PTF 3 Restoration Pro"](http://www.ptf3restoration.org/aboutptf2.html). *www.ptf3restoration.org*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["PTF 3 FAST AND NASTY | WoodenBoat"](https://www.woodenboat.com/register-wooden-boats/ptf-3-fast-and-nasty). *www.woodenboat.com*.

[29°03′59″N 81°17′02″W / 29.06639°N 81.28389°W / 29.06639; -81.28389](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=PTF-3&params=29_03_59_N_81_17_02_W_type:airport)

## External links

- [*The "Nasty Class" Fighting Boat*](http://www.ptfnasty.com/) (Dan Withers)

- [*The Navy’s Nasty Class Patrol Boats*](https://www.historynet.com/arsenal-navys-nasty-class-patrol-boats.htm) (HistoryNet.com, [World History Group](/source/World_History_Group))

v t e Nasty-type patrol boat Prototype HNoMS NastyS Classes Tjeld class (Norway) Nasty class (USA) Nasty class (Germany) Tjeld type (Greece) Nasty type (Turkey) S Single ship of class

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

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