Packard Marine Engine

Went to Battleship Cove, they have two PT Boats on display. They are pretty rare because most were scrapped and the wooden hulls burned after WW2.
They are almost 80 feet long and rocked 3 Allison style V12 engines rated at 1,500 horsepower each. Same kind of engine as a P-40 or a Lockheed Lightning.
That is pretty bas-ass. I never got into PT boats as my childhood was full of hearing about JFK and what a hero he was for getting his boat cut in half by the japs.


V-12 Engine




Imagine how much gas these burned up at full tilt.