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[StartQuote] Dave I am pretty sure that the 103 class boats coming off the assembly line were painted overall, using No #5 Standard Navy Gray, with the deck No. #20 standard deck gray. In answer to your question, PT-103 did carry depth charges during her Time Trials in Newark Bay. It was not uncommon for the boats not to have all of their torpedoes in place while doing trials, but were added later, as sometimes supplies were limited. Elco even used dummy torpedoes to simulate the weights of the real ones while doing trials. Elco, by this time was well aware that the depth charges, used on earlier models did not pass the test for hunting submarines. However, they were used as effective measures against enemy destroyers that were chasing them, and many of the boats had them. If your model is depicting PT-103 as she was doing her first trails, than depth charges port and starboard is the way to go, but at some point the depth charges were removed and the torpedo tubes added. [EndQuote]
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