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[StartQuote] Hello again Victor! I think I know the photograph you are referring to. It is posted on Bill Maloneys website, [url]http://www.williammaloney.com/Dad/WWII/MiltWWII/MiltWWIIindex.html[/url] and has a section dedicated to his Dad and his dads freind Milt Donadt. Milt was a crewman on the PT 557 when they took that trip up the Hudson river in Oct 1945 for Navy Day exhibits in Detroit. One of our "Save the PT Boat" founding members Jim Brunnette, MoMM1/c was also along on that trip and you can see him sitting in uniform in the center of the photo talking to the man with the hat on. Anyway, there are two of those "gunsight reflector' devices visible in the foreground of the picture, on the helm of the PT 557 and in my best guess is a reflector type indicator to see the magnetic compass located in the overhead of the 80 foot Elco's Charthouse. The device makes it possible to read the compass either from the helm or the Navigators position. The other one is possibly connected to the Flux Gate Gyrocompass Master Indicator. The torpedo director is not installed in this picture, but you can clearly see the empty mounting bracket for the torpedo director just above the voice tube over to the right of the compass device. I think that Dr Al Ross or Frank Andruss would be able to verify this guess of mine. Jerry [image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT557_JimBrunnetteinDetroit2.jpg[/image] Same subject looking astern [image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT557detroitcharthouse.jpg[/image] Jerry Gilmartin[EndQuote]
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