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[StartQuote] A note to mention; the Sinn family buys, sells and trades boats quite a bit. For example, we know that there were 3 different vessels used for the PT-109 sightseeing/speed ride. Sometime in the early sixties, the Sinn's acquired the PT-728. I am not sure what she was being used for prior to acquisition. The picture (above) and others show the 728 in service as the 109. It is likely that somewhere around 1954-55, the Sinn's acquired an WWII Air Sea Rescue boat P-444. Their first use of the P-444 was great! All they did was add a canopy over the top, added seats and painted her bright pink to become the first, "Big Flamingo". It would appear from history that the exPT-557 was converted to the original sightseeing boat, "Flamingo".
(It is such a hard thing knowing these old wartime vessels ended up going pink and precaution blue with seahorses and King Neptune on top!) Former crew member of the Big Blue Sightseer ex-PT 486[EndQuote]
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