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[StartQuote] Hello ! I wonder if this finding has any relevancy in the PT 5 & PT 6 matter. The bids for expeimental 81 ft motor torpedo boats were opened on May 5, 1939 and the contract C 67021 with Higgins Industries made (obviously) on June 10, 1939. In that contract PT 5 and PT 6 were specified as "3 engine" boats. However, a correction was made and "3" heavily and deliberately typed over with "2" making PT 5 seem like two engined boat. According to the terms of the contract the government was to supply the main engines, contractor the hulls, their fittings, auxiliary equipment and to install main engines. The cost of both hulls was 51 450 dollars. The engine installation (including exhaust/cooling/wiring systems etc) was 7 150 dollars for PT 5 and 9 650 dollars for PT 6, totalling 58 650 and 61 100 dollars. The cost of installation is so much lower (2 500 dollars) for PT 5 that it is hardly attributable to different engine type. Moreover, PT 6 was to be delivered within 230 days whereas PT within just 175 days.If there was no typing error and costs and schedules were correct, is it possible that the centre engine was to be installed at a later date or the installation left uncompleted for trials of some other type of engine ? Greetings Olli-Pekka Haukiala Helsinki, Finland [EndQuote]
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