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On Mon, 12 May 2014 20:19:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

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.

I sailed with a guy who was a disbursing Lt. at war's end on
the West coast. Served in the islands, don't' remember which ones.
Said he made some money buying PT's just for the engines, because his
position allowed him dibs.
I take it with a grain of salt, but he seemed an honest guy.
Wish I kept a journal of his stories.
He had many.

On Tue, 13 May 2014 07:35:59 -0500, Boating All Out wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Mon, 12 May 2014 20:19:15 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

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.

I sailed with a guy who was a disbursing Lt. at war's end on
the West coast. Served in the islands, don't' remember which ones.
Said he made some money buying PT's just for the engines, because his
position allowed him dibs.
I take it with a grain of salt, but he seemed an honest guy.
Wish I kept a journal of his stories.
He had many.


Tell us about sailing around Cape Horn. That's always a good story.