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06-11-2019, 08:30 PM | #1 |
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WW II Higgins Pt boat 658 Engine Room Tour
Awesome Iconic Boat... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sx_AxoK7Cc
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06-11-2019, 09:56 PM | #2 |
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Re: WW II Higgins Pt boat 658 Engine Room Tour
That is really cool. Huge triple motors on plywood boats...
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06-12-2019, 07:51 AM | #3 |
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Re: WW II Higgins Pt boat 658 Engine Room Tour
Man I always wanted one of those. That's the first thing I'd get built if I won the lottery.
I was thinking all aluminum with twin 1500hp Cat diesels. "oooo-weee stitch jones"
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06-12-2019, 12:56 PM | #4 |
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Re: WW II Higgins Pt boat 658 Engine Room Tour
Not to mention 15,000+lbs of torpedos, guns, cannons and ammo.
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06-12-2019, 01:02 PM | #5 |
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Re: WW II Higgins Pt boat 658 Engine Room Tour
Pretty cool story on John Duncan Bulkeley who received the Medal of Honor for actions in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He was also the PT boat skipper who evacuated General Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor in the Philippines. - https://navy.togetherweserved.com/us...ewsletter.html
I met him when he inspected my machinery spaces on the USS Kitty Hawk. He stated that looking at these spaces it's hard to believe the age of this ship. I was kind of proud of that.
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