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Will Day
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 Posted on: Apr 27, 2016 - 1:48pm
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Way cool, J.D.
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Will Day
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Posted on: Apr 27, 2016 - 1:56pm
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I think the "Torpedoes Away" shot is the 731 boat just before the Russians tool possession of her.
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TED WALTHER |
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Posted on: Apr 27, 2016 - 6:20pm
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Jeff;
Here is another one;
PT sailors hitting on a Panamanian lady on Toboga Beach. The lady is sitting on a concrete ramp used by the local fisherman to haul their Cayuca's out of the water at the end of the day. The dock in the background shows the 18 foot tidal range that is on the Pacific side, it has a floating section that is tethered to the pilings as this rises and falls with the tide. The 80' ELCO in the background has tubes and a 20mm on the stern so this is 1942-1943.
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Apr 28, 2016 - 4:50am
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Looks like fishing was a very competitive sport there Ted! Or is it that fishing is really good? 
You and Will sure know your PT history.
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TED WALTHER |
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Posted on: Apr 28, 2016 - 10:00am
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Jeff;
Fishing is fantastic there!
So is REAL fishing:0) There are about 1600 living on the island and while they have goats and chickens seafood is of course the main staple food. Here are recent photos.
These are views of the current pier area. basically the same location, rebuilt, with same principles..
Up towards the top of the hill looking down on pier and El Morro Island, where the original PT Boat floating pier was for RON 2 and RON 3(2), in 1942, before main pier was built by Seabees in 1943.
Al Capone's Rum Runner Isla Morada, built in 1912 in Massachusetts for J.P. Morgan. Al used this boat to run whiskey and rum from Cuba and the Dominican Republic to Key West
This is the oldest ship(104yrs and counting) to pass through the canal and since it gives weekly tours, it also holds the record for most times through the Canal. She also goes to Toboga, but not as often anymore. I have gotten underway on her 5 times since 1996. Twice to Toboga.
If you guys ever want to go down there and take a tour:http://www.biography.com/news/al-capone-yacht-isla-morada
Take care,
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Will Day
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Posted on: Apr 28, 2016 - 10:16am
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Great stuff, Ted. Thanks for posting!
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Apr 28, 2016 - 10:57am
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Thanks Ted, it looks beautiful there.
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Jeff D
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Posted on: Apr 30, 2016 - 10:30am
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A few more I missed, and some color insignia
Title: Twin .50 -caliber machine guns
Caption: Are sighted in on a target, during training maneuvers by a motor torpedo boat, off Melville, Rhode Island, during World War II.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-K-13000/80-G-K-13627.html
Title: Higgins-Type Motor Torpedo Boats (PTs)
Caption: Nested together at Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutians, circa 1943-44. Note conference in session on the forecastle of one boat and a motor launch passing by in the distance.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-K-16000/80-G-K-16165.html
Title: 70-FT. Higgins Motor Torpedo boat
Caption: Aerial view of a 70-FT. Higgins Motor Torpedo boat leading a group of 36-FT Higgins "EUREKA" landing craft , near New Orleans about May 1941. This torpedo boat had been built for the British. The landing boats were later developed into the World War II LCPL landing craft.
Description: Photograph sent to ADM Stark by A.J. Higgins, 26, May 1941.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73809.html
Title: Motor Torpedo Boat Tender (AGP) of the LST Type
Caption: Lifts a Pt boat with its "A- Frame" crane, for repairs, circa 1943-45.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-44000/NH-44489.html
Title: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13
Caption: Cruising northward through the inland passage from Seattle to Alaska, spring 1943.
Description: Published in At Close Quarters, page 267
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-44000/NH-44303.html
Title: Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides
Caption: Motor Torpedo Boat Base Number 2 at mouth of Sarakata River, with 80 foot ELCO PTs from Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 37, summer 1945.
Description: Courtesy of Leo Brown
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-93000/NH-93191.html
Title: Melville, Rhode Island
Caption: Interior view of Quonset hut used as barracks at U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Base and Training Center, summer 1942.
Description: Courtesy of Leo Brown
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-93000/NH-93194.html
Title: Melville, Rhode Island
Caption: U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Base and Training Center, summer 1942.
Description: Courtesy of Leo Brown
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-93000/NH-93192.html
Title: Melville, Rhode Island
Caption: Quonset huts at U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons Base and Training Center, summer 1942.
Description: Courtesy of Leo Brown
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-93000/NH-93193.html
Color Insignia
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boats (PTs)
Caption: Shoulder patch (2 3/4" diameter) of World War II vintage.
Description: Courtesy of the Fort Sam Houston Military Museum, 1980
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-91000/NH-91448-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Mobile Field Unit.
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73314-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Repair Training Unit, Melville, Rhode Island
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73313-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirteen
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73306-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Sixteen
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73304-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Seventeen
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73305-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Eighteen
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73301-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Twenty
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73308-KN.html
21? Possible typo
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty-Two
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73300-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Twenty-Two
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73309-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Twenty-Three
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73310-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73298-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty-One
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73302-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty-Four
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73294-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty-Five
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73295-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty-Six
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73296-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty-Seven
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73303-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty-Nine
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73297-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Forty-One
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73307-KN.html
Per Ted, should be 42
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Thirty-One
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-73000/NH-73299-KN.html
Title: Insignia: Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 43
Caption: World War II emblem.
http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-84000/NH-84304-KN.html
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Will Day
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Posted on: Apr 30, 2016 - 10:20pm
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good stuff...
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TED WALTHER
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Posted on: May 1, 2016 - 5:41am
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Jeff;
They mislabeled NH 73299-KN.
Take care,
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