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On Mon, 12 May 2014 20:19:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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PT 658, The last operational WWII PT boat. Descriptions of the armaments and interior.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLxW-Y8xevg

The navy was selling some old PT boats in the early 50s for about $500
in Portsmouth (Va) and my father was pretty serious about buying one
but that was a bunch of money in those days. My grandmother's family
in St George Island offered him a place to work on it and help.
In the end my mother stepped on the idea because she wanted to move
into a bigger house and that was what we did.
My father really thought parting it put was worth more than trying to
restore it but that was not what he said at the time.

My dad converted one to Grey Marine diesels in the 50's for a customer.
They took it out in SF Bay for a run before the engine swap. Dad said you
could actually see the gas gauge move at full speed.