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Post by Avenger on Oct 11, 2010 2:15:33 GMT -5
I don't remember if this was posted across the hall or not but there was some discussion on the fishing site about PTs being the forerunner of the modern, fast sportfisherman. I don't know if it was or not, but we found this video from Elco that I thought was really interesting. It's in three parts on Youboob since it's about a 1/2 hr total. I particularly like the third part where they sea-trial them up on Long Island Sound.
Enjoy!
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Post by captddis on Oct 11, 2010 6:45:59 GMT -5
I stayed up till 2 AM watching the three part series once. Very cool. I agree the sea trials were the best. Growing up in Norwalk CT I remember going to Yachthaven Marina in Stamford, and there was a unfinished PT boat there for years. I think it was eventually donated, hope it was restored. Now there are condo's and offices there.
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Post by Avenger on Oct 11, 2010 7:25:12 GMT -5
The prop shop I use here on L.I. was the supplier to Elco. They still have one of the wooden plugs they used to make the castings hanging on the front of the building.
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Post by badhattitude on Oct 11, 2010 8:51:26 GMT -5
Here's some nice footage of the boats running
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Post by Avenger on Oct 11, 2010 9:02:56 GMT -5
Good one!
McHale's Navy used Vosper designed boats. My understanding was that the Navy torched most of the PTs in the Pacific after the war rather than shipping them home, which is why the TV show had to use the Vospers.
There is definitely something cool about the way those things ride though.
I had a chance to talk to a PT boat vet up in Fall River at the U.S.S. Massachusetts PT boat display. He said they'd do around 50 kts in the corner. But he also said once the Japanese got RADAR-guided guns the PTs were forced out to too great a distance to be accurate, so they were basically obsolete by the end of the war.
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