NEW ORLEANS — Two stories accompany the ongoing restoration of the PT-305 boat at the World War II Museum, project manager Bruce Harris said. First, there’s the patrol torpedo boat’s bold and daring ...

It was a run-in with the enemy that was too close for comfort, and more than 70 years later, the details remain vivid in the mind of a Navy veteran who served aboard a legendary ship. U.S. Navy ...

World War II patrol boat restoration in New Orleans Visit the National World War II Museum, where volunteers are restoring PT305, a huge wooden patrol boat made in New Orleans in 1943. A small team, ...

Brian Keen credits his uncle for getting him into boats. He owned five or six, and as Keen entered college, his uncle’s interest grew—and so did Keen’s. That interest, mixed with Keen’s love of old ...