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| Author: | tom d. friedman [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | ww 2 pt boats, how did they get to pacific for there size?? |
being 80 to 100 feet long how did a u.s. navy pt boat make it to an overseas war zone with limited fuel capacity & alot of heavy seas & distance from the u.s.?? certainly the navy didn't escort them with slow vulnerable fuel tankers or oilers!! |
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| Author: | skymstr02 [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ww 2 pt boats, how did they get to pacific for there size?? |
I've seen photos of the PT's on deck cradles on larger cargo ships. They were loaded transversly on the decks. |
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| Author: | tom d. friedman [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ww 2 pt boats, how did they get to pacific for there size?? |
i'd love to see the pics!! perhaps small utility vessels, landing craft were transported in the same manner. |
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| Author: | Jiggersfromsphilly [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ww 2 pt boats, how did they get to pacific for there size?? |
The most famous PT of WW2 was selected by the Navy as a demonstration for loading . Here is a link to the pics of how they moved the boats from the East Coast to the South Pacific. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... CCYQ9QEwBg . |
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