Throughout the Second World War the U.S. Navy deployed a great deal of three forms of engine torpedo ships: the Higgins calculating 78 feet and ELCO measuring 77 and 80 feet. Every model could possibly be distinguished from the other people, besides by length, by configuration, weapons and different other details. The 80 foot ELCOs represented probably the most many course: these were realised in five show, for an overall total around 300 examples Built in mahogany and forced by three 1,350cv Packard 4M-2500 machines (taken up to 1,500 inside latest series), these vessels effortlessly surpassed 40 knots. The apparatus and tools were constantly updated and improved because of experience acquired inside industry plus the modern change of role: with the progress associated with the conflict, in fact, the PT Boats left the original task of attacking and cutting off the traffic, accepting the role of gunships and operating into the proximity of the coastline or in networks. The Italeri model reproduces the PT 596 and an 80-foot ELCO from the last batch produced.
