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[StartQuote] While at the Naval War College last month, I found information leading me to believe that the PT 761 Class of Elco's were significantly different from the previous models as far as superstructure goes. The first image is my sketch of what the the day cabin and chart house (with raft)/cockpit configuration probably looked like. Bridge stretched across the boat and the cockpit area protected with aluminum armor. This area was slightly elevated above the boat's deck by about 6 inches. Don't have any info on the forward right .50 call tub other than it was farther aft. Other info mentions that these were going to be equipped with SO-5 radars (second image), most likely mounted on the top of the slope of the day cabin, so significantly higher that the previous mounting. Also, they were going to be equipped with W-100s. You can see a few superstructure similarities with PT809. So, was wondering if anyone out there had any late war Elco plant images showing this final class of boats being built? Seems a shame that so little seems to be known of this final class of PTs.
PT 761 Class Sketch
SO-5 Radar [EndQuote]
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