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Will Day
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 Posted on: Dec 9, 2011 - 2:22pm
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Anyone know the number of the boat in the picture?
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TED WALTHER
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Posted on: Dec 10, 2011 - 5:53pm
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Will;
No unfortunatly, that guy in the photo never moves out of the way in the footage, so we are never able to see the number on the engine cover vent.
take care,
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newsnerd99
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Posted on: Dec 11, 2011 - 8:39am
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Great link Steve - that's a great build there.
Frank - if my memory is correct - I don't think there were any 37mm's in the Med - but that is just from memory, not from a confirmed source. I know the Ron15 boats were a forward 20mm; I haven't looked at tons of Ron 22 and 29 photos but I thought they were mostly bow 20mm's as well.
**Cue the photos of 22 and 29 boats with bow 37mm's** 
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RON 15 PT 209 and RON 23 PT 243
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Dec 11, 2011 - 8:59am
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Good Point Steve
I will need to do some digging into this, although I thought I had a photo of PT-559 with what looks to be a covered up 37MM on the bow. I will need to look though to be sure.................
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Will Day
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Posted on: Dec 11, 2011 - 10:55am
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Boats assigned to Ron 29 at one time did have 37mm mounts, but they may not have been added until after they finished their Med tour.
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Jerry Gilmartin |
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Posted on: Dec 11, 2011 - 1:18pm
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I was looking at this photo from before. I think AL Ross posted it somewhere before. This is RON29 in Bastia with a zoom on PT561 I think. We were discussing the stripe on the front for recognition. I dont see no 37mm's on the bow! Jerry
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Dec 12, 2011 - 1:41am
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I'll buy that one Jerry, and it also looks like one of those boats is carrying a MK-VIII Torpedo as well in a roll off rack. Thanks for the zoom shot. Boy, what a Diorama that would make.
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Steve Sobieralski
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Posted on: Dec 12, 2011 - 6:01am
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There is a series of photos, which I'm sure most of you have seen, of the ex-Ron 29 boats making a post-war trip to Chicago. At that time some of the boats, specifically the 557, have a bow mounted 37mm and rocket launchers, as well as retaining the forward 20mm. There is also a photo somewhere, a bow-on shot at speed I think, of the 559 with the 37mm on the bow. I believe these extra armaments were added after the boats were transferred stateside to a training squadron. There are several photos of the 557 and 559 in the Med with only the forward 20mm.
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Dec 12, 2011 - 6:29am
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Steve
You are correct. I have a few shots of those boats after coming home to the States in which they were mounted with the 37MM Auto Cannon. In viewing several photos of Ron 29 in the Med, none that I could see had the 37MM on their bows. The 559 you made Steve, is in fact correct for the period.................
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