PT 617

Infobox_nrhp | name =PT 617
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = PT 617
location= Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 42
lat_seconds = 14
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 71
long_minutes = 9
long_seconds = 40
long_direction = W
locmapin = Massachusetts
area =
built =1945
architect= Electric Boat Co.
architecture=
designated= December 20, 1989cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2090&ResourceType=Structure
title=PT 617 |accessdate=2008-04-17|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 20, 1989cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=89002465

"PT 617", also known as Torpedo Boat "PT-617", "Big Red Cock" and "Dragon Lady", "is the sole surviving 80' Elco type PT boat and represents [the USA] 's most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II." It is a museum ship at the PT Boat Museum in Fall River, Massachusetts.

The 80 foot Elco type boat was the predominant type and is the type of famous PT-109 commanded by John F. Kennedy; the 78 foot "Higgins" boat is the other type.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/89002465.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Motor Torpedo Boat PT 617 / "Big Red Cock," Dragon Lady] |32 KB|date=June 28, 1989 |last=Delgado |first=James P. |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/89002465.pdf "Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 1945, 1989, and undated"] |32 KB]

ee also

*List of Registered Historic Places in Fall River, Massachusetts
*List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts

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