Members and visitors must agree with the stated conditional use of this forum as shown at the bottom of this page.
Home
The Forum
Documents
Photo Gallery
_
Register
My Profile
Log-in
PT Boat Forum
Moderated by:
Dick
,
Jeff D
The PT Boat Forum
ª
PT Boats of WWII
ª
PT Boats - General
Post a reply to: Not a PT...
Message:
Please type your message in the box to the right.
Click Here to see: Message Tags
How to use colors, images and urls in your message.
Click On -
The "Upload Images" button to upload and include a photo from your computer.
[StartQuote] But you may enjoy this anyway... I've been researching the boats used as tenders for the Pan American Clipper seaplanes. Most were open cabin cruisers, 30-odd feet long, and didn't do much more than go out a few yards and tow the Clippers around the seaplane base. But they're neat boats anyway... see my whole story of discovery at: [url]http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1562505[/url] It actually started with me noticing one of these boats in one of my PT Boat Ads, an ad for Van Blerck marine exhausts. [image]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2885/11427365745_ac36cdd901_z.jpg[/image] My most recent discovery: One boat, "Panair XX-P", a 36 footer made by Petersen in Nyack in '41, was at Pearl Harbor on 12/7/41. I found references to her and a stable mate being used to fight the fires. After asking about this at SteelNavy, someone pointed me to a video clip on Critical Past, where for a few seconds, the camera pans past Hoga and others fighting fires on the West Virginia... and there she is! Panair XX-P is right in there with the best of them, doing whatever she could (the tenders all carried fire monitors). [image]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/11154519674_68c6712ba1_b.jpg[/image] A sister Petersen 36, Panair XVII-P: [image]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2859/11427596733_f8da42c0c2_c.jpg[/image] A different Panair tender, at Treasure Island with a B-314 Clipper, 1939: [image]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3670/11427431554_c57aa730f1_c.jpg[/image] [EndQuote]
Emotion Icons:
Choose an icon to be displayed next to your message or click on the icon to include it in your message:
None
Options:
Check the check boxes to the right for the options you would like to use.
Would you like to include your signature in this message?
Would you like to recieve notification via email when a reply is received to this message?
Would you like to preview this post before posting?
User Name:
Have you registered?
Password:
Have you lost your password?
Click 'Post' to post your message.
Who May Post?
Registered Users
Search
Links
Privacy
Cookies
Moderator