"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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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.

Double planked Mahogany according to this site:
http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviati...Boat/index.htm

On Apr 28, 6:01 pm, "JimH" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:e4j7335654ejokqlld3vfbld9iannb70df@4ax .com...

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.

Double planked Mahogany according to this site:http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviati...Boat/index.htm

Yeah, I copied this right from the spec sheet:

"Hull Construction: Double planked Mahogany (NOT plywood) ..."

On 29 Apr 2007 01:36:12 -0700, Tim wrote:

On Apr 28, 6:01 pm, "JimH" wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:e4j7335654ejokqlld3vfbld9iannb70df@4ax .com...

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.

Double planked Mahogany according to this site:http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviati...Boat/index.htm

Yeah, I copied this right from the spec sheet:

"Hull Construction: Double planked Mahogany (NOT plywood) ..."

Interesting - I was always under the impression that the
double-planked mahoganoy was a sandwich construction technique.

Wonder where I got that from?