On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:37:54 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On 28 Apr 2007 15:19:32 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

Great line: "Rust in Peace"


Could this have been a PT boat if it was rusting? Somehow or another I
thought those PT boats were plywood...am I wrong? (again?) :-)

Nope - they were built of plywood. I know they found the wreck a few
years ago, but I've got to believe it's not all that intact after
sixty plus years in the South Pacific waters.

from:
http://www.military.com/NewContent/0...032805,00.html

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PT boat hulls were composed of double planked 1" mahogany fastened
with monel (brass- aircraft type) screws. Sandwiched between the
layers of mahogany planks was a layer (or ply) of canvas. Every other
wooden feature on the PT boat was traditional plywood. If the hull had
been plywood, as some mistakenly believe, the boat would have
disintegrated from the pounding that the hull underwent while
underway.
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Some of the WW II PT boats were built at the old Ludders shipyard in
Stamford, CT which later turned into the Yacht Haven East Marina, now
known as Brewer's East and is mostly office space. When I started
boating out of Stamford in the early 70s there was still a PT boat
hull on the edge of the parking lot.