Elco Motor Torpedo Boat Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Elco_Motor_Torpedo_Boat_Company
GPTKB entity
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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 6