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[StartQuote] I see someone asked what became of the PT 557 after it was the Flamingo. The boat was purchased by Dave Shinn who had a 63 Ft. ASR boat that he converted to a Party Fishing boat in 1949 named it the Bobby ll and sailed from Belmar, N.J. and Pete Saro who had the Party boat Spray ll in Belmar. They bought the Flamingo for their sons Al and Pete Jr. I do not think they even know what they were going to do with the boat but on April 23, 1955 The Bobby ll was run down in a fog about 15 miles East of Shark River inlet by a freighter and 13 feet of the bow was cut off. That is another story in itself. If you would like to read the entire story and see photos go on Facebook and in the search box type in Party boat Bobby ll. I have the story posted there along with photos. Dave Shinn needed another Party boat so he bought out Pete Saro and within 5 weeks he had the old 65 Ft. Flamingo sailing as the Miss Belmar out of Belmar Marine Basin. Dave had removed the gas engines that were in the boat and installed a pair of 671 Diesels. Over the years there were quite a few changes made to the boat. In 1958 they struck a submirged piling on the way out on a fishing trip and the engine room flooded. Dave took the boat to Johnson Bros Boatyard in Bay Head, N.J and had two brand new Johnson and Towers Detroit turbo charged diesels put in the boat and he also had the pilot house enlarged. J and T told him they expected that the boat would have a cruising speed of 16 knots, opps it did 12 knots at 2100 RPm with a top RPM of 2300 RPM. In the winter of 1960 Dave had a yacht carpenter build a tent over the boat at the dock and had a raised pilot house put on the boat. I ran the boat night Bluefishing 1962 through 1964. Dave Shinn passed away in August 1962 and his son took the business over. The boat operated out of Belmar until 1974 and was sold and renamed the Capt Louie and sailed from Highlands, N. J. for several years and was sold again and I think it went to Mass. The ASR Bobby ll had a new bow put on the boat by Stowman Boat Yard in Dorchester, N.J. I bought the boat in 1965 and it became my second Party boat that I operated out of belmar for 5 years before selling it to purchase a newer boat. Joe Galluccio[EndQuote]
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