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TED WALTHER

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I found this photo on The Hull Truth Boating and Fishing Forum, of PT 486 underway off NJ shore in 1969!



This is it's bio:
It was used in the training squadron (MTBRON)4 in Melville, Rhode Island during World War II until it was placed out of service 16 January 1946. Along with PT-557, the vessel was purchased from BFM Industries (Brooklyn, NY) by Capt. George C. Sinn of Wildwood Crest, NJ on 9 October 1951 for $1,015.00. The vessel was sold in 1952 to Otto Stocker who operated the "Sightseer" as an excursion vessel from Otten's Harbor in Wildwood, New Jersey. The business was later sold to Capt. Charles Schumann in the 1980s. He named the vessel Schumann's "Big Blue" and ran the business until 2002. Remarkably, the PT486 was sold to the son of the original owner, Capt. Ronald G. Sinn, who in 2012 sold the boat to "Fleet Obsolete" of Kingston NY. Plans are for restoring the vessel to recreate the World War II appearance.


ENJOY!
Take care,
TED




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Ted, we have been able to determine that picture is the ex-PT-728 sailing as PT-109 sightseeing speedboat ride.

Former crew member of the Big Blue Sightseer ex-PT 486

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