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PT-305, its stern removed during postwar commercial service, returns home to New Orleans in 2007.
PT-305 under renovation inside the John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion.
Thomas Czekanski, the Museum’s senior curator and restorations manager, with PT-305 shortly after her 2007 return to New Orleans.
Hull ribs surround PT-305’s bow and crew’s quarters.
PT-305 in late 2015.
After removing the glass exterior walls of John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion, PT-305 is placed on a crawler and moved outside to begin her journey back to water.
PT-305 is lifted by crane and placed on a barge on the Mississippi River at Erato Street Cruise Terminal.
Obtained by the Museum in 2007, PT-305 was fully restored and offered tours on Lake Pontchartrain from 2017 to 2022.
PT-305 has been fully restored to its wartime condition.
Visitors can observe the Museum’s patrol torpedo boat from the Lester and Beverly Wainer PT-305 Viewing Terrace.
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The National WWII Museum’s fully restored patrol torpedo boat, PT-305, is on display in the John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion. Originally built in New Orleans by Higgins Industries and nicknamed USS Sudden Jerk, the vessel was a critical asset for the US Navy during World War II.
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