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[StartQuote] Ted, I have some news! On Frank's FB page, Charles Jones posted a picture of a page out of the book, "WWII US Navy Vessels in Private Hands". This is the page for the PT-557:
Note that book states that Otto Stocker actually had ownership of the boat! That does make sense since (again, as I heard it), Otto and George Sinn were business partners. The 557 and 486 were purchased in 1951 and this book states that Otto had an ownership in 1952. The picture of the "Flamingo" is 1953 in Wildwood Crest, NJ. It is rumored that Stocker and Sinn had a parting of ways. The 486 as the Sightseer is no longer being used as a party fishing boat but is being used as a sightseeing boat in 1954. According to the excerpt above, the "Flamingo" was sold in 1954 and moved north and is renamed, "Miss Belmar" in 1955. Former crew member of the Big Blue Sightseer ex-PT 486[EndQuote]
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