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Elco Motor Torpedo Boat Company
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Elco_Motor_Torpedo_Boat_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
gptkb:Electric_Launch_Company
gptkbp:ceased_operations
1949
gptkbp:countryOfOperation
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded
1892
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:William_H._Moore
gptkbp:headquartersLocation
gptkb:Bayonne,_New_Jersey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Elco Motor Torpedo Boat Company
gptkbp:industry
shipbuilding
gptkbp:notableEmployee
gptkb:Andrew_Jackson_Higgins
gptkb:Jack_Hargrave
gptkbp:notableEvent
built over 350 PT boats during WWII
introduced first electric-powered launches for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
gptkbp:notableFor
producing PT boats for the U.S. Navy during World War II
gptkbp:notableProduct
gptkb:PT_boats
submarine chasers
lifeboats
electric launches
gptkbp:notableShip
gptkb:PT-109
gptkb:PT-617
gptkb:PT-796
gptkb:PT-41
gptkb:PT-59
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees
over 3,000 (at peak during WWII)
gptkbp:parentCompany
gptkb:Electric_Boat_Company
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Elco_Yachts
gptkbp:website
https://www.elcomotoryachts.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:PT_109
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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