From PT Boats Inc. Just too cool...
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The shot from PTBoats Inc. was made in 1943 using a
boat that had not yet been turned over to the Navy. The location is
the Bayonne waterfront just up from the Elco facility. When looking at
this shot, remember several things:
1) the boat weighs in at 50 tons
2) there are at least two motor macs in the engine room during this little
maneuver
3) look closely at the starboard after deck (about where the 40mm would be
mounted) and see the guy hanging on for dear life
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PTF-3
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US Naval Historical Center Photos - These are the official captions on the back of
the photos. I don’t think
PTF-3 ever went into the Washington Navy Yard, just to Quantico where the
SecNav and the President’s PT boat buddy Paul B. Fay (now under SecNav),
could see the boat. Originally,
JFK was supposed to make a visit. Supposedly,
scheduling conflicts with the visit from some astronauts cancelled the
visit. I think the navy was
trying to keep the boats somewhat secret and a visit by the PT boat
veteran President to one of the newest PT boats would be a public
relations nightmare if the boat were captured or sunk in Viet Nam.
Funny how stuff like that works out.
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| NH94493 USS
PTF-4 Operating off Norfolk,
VA, C. mid-1963. Courtesy of
Capt. M.L. Mulford, USN 1983. US
Naval Historical Center Photograph |
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NH94496 USS
PTF-3 Under Secretary of the
Navy Paul B. Fay comes aboard USS PTF-3 at Quantico, VA on 16 May 1963.
Note 20mm gun in left background.
Courtesy of Capt. M.L. Mulford, USN 1983.
US Naval Historical Center Photograph |
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PTF-3 SecNav Fred Korth (in
hat) and Under SecNav Paul B. Fay, with her C/O, LTjg John Graham (rt),
and X/O, LTjg Michael L. Mulford (left), on the occasion of the boat’s
visit to Washington, DC, 15 May 1963.
Note: radar, mast,
windshield, binoculars. Courtesy
of Capt. M.L. Mulford, USN 1983. US
Naval Historical Center Photograph. |
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NH94500 USS
PTF-3 Boat X/O, LTjg Michael
L. Mulford, talking with Under Secretary of the Navy Paul B. Fay, at
Quantico, VA 16 May 1963. Note
sight of a 40mm gun in foreground. Courtesy
of Capt. M.L. Mulford, USN 1983. US
Naval Historical Center Photograph |
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PTF-3 SecNav Fred Korth being
piped ashore after touring USS PTF-3, at Quantico, VA 15 May 1963.
Courtesy of Capt. M.L. Mulford, USN 1983.
US Naval Historical Center Photograph |
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NH94502 USS
PTF-3 An admiral operates one
of the boat’s 40mm guns, at Quantico, VA 16 may 1963.
Note gun’s sight and power controls.
Photo by SSGT. Russ Savatt Jr., USMC. Courtesy of Capt. M.L.
Mulford, USN 1983. US Naval
Historical Center Photograph |
Greek Boats
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NH86887 USS Antelope (PG-86) and H.S. Aiolos (Greek MTB) nested
together inside a cave on the coast of Crete, during bi-lateral operations on 9-15
June 1973. H.S. Kastor is just ahead of Aiolos. The three
ships operated
together in conducting simulated attacks on an "enemy" convoy.
Courtesy of USS Antelope, 1977. US Naval Historical Center Photograph |
Selections from the US Naval Institute in Annapolis
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| PT810 and PT811
running together in echelon somewhere on the Chesapeake Bay |
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Launching of PT811 at
Trumpy and Sons in Annapolis |
| Starboard shot of
PT811 just as she is coming up on step. |
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PTF2 (foreground) and
PTF3 or 4 (behind) on Chesapeake Bay before deployment |
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| PTF26 (at Subic
Bay?) |
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COSRIV 2 Nasty PTF in
Chesapeake Bay |
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| PTF2 at Little Creek
Amphib Base before deployment |
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PTF11 being unloaded
(anyone recognize where?) |
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