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[StartQuote] The most amazing thing when we see the picture of an Elco, Higgins, or Huckins boat, is that wonderful and powerful wake. Caused by those powerful Packard Marine Engines, the boats look so Beautiful kicking out a ton of Ocean Spray and Foam. This of course was not a good thing when operating in the Ocean at night. Many a time, Jap Float Planes would watch these wakes and drop Daisey Cutters on the boats, which would cause plenty of destruction. Being a Skipper on these boats at night must have been one tough chore. Elco Engineers worked thruout the War, trying to cut down on the wake caused by the Engines, with not much success. Seems to me that a boat that relies on speed, and stealth operating a night could have been made to cut down on the wake. Of course we know that when patrolling at night, the boats are muffled down and were mainly running on the Center screw. Being deeper in the water then the port and starboard screws, this would produce less wake. Do the patrol boats of today have the same problems I wonder, and why could the Engineers at Elco or the other boat builders not fix the problem. I suppose this wake was sacrificed for speed and the boats ability to turn on a dime, features that probably far outweighed the boats wake problems. In any event, I certainly love seeing the powerful wakes the boats produced while running at Flank speed............. [EndQuote]
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