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[StartQuote] That Higgins photo is (I'm pretty sure) the 78' Higgins at Battleship Cove (PT Museum) - you can see the exposed roof. Don Shannon will tell you it is NOT a PT Boat wheel, just the closest he could find at the time (BTW - he is looking for a real wheel if you have a lead on one...) EDIT - yeah, I found my pics. Here's the same wheel...which Don says is not a WWII PT Boat wheel: [IMaGe]http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e362/newsnerd99/0608206.jpg[/IMaGe] I can't say with 100% certainty, but don't PT Boat wheels have one of the arms turned in so it can be used as a crank, allowing the man at the helm to effect a quick turn? It's possible that the wheel came a small 1940's USN craft...and someone just called it a PT Boat, because, afterall - isn't that every small boat that went faster than 20 knots?
Grandson of James J Stanton RON 15 PT 209 and RON 23 PT 243 Check out: www.pistolpackinmama.net [EndQuote]
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