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Topic: Photo of PT 493 with siren?? |
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ducati650
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Posted on: Aug 7, 2008 - 6:17pm
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Frank saw this photo in my Ron33 album and asked about the thing with the crank handle. Anybody know what it is? A siren perhaps?
BTW, the men in the photo are the skipper, Dick Brown and his exec, and future brother-in-law Nick.
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Aug 9, 2008 - 4:43am
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I've wondered what that thing was since you first posted the photos of the 493...
It's the only one I've ever seen in pictures of PTs.
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Gary Szot
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Posted on: Aug 12, 2008 - 8:00am
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It looks like a pencil sharpener. Too small to be a siren.
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Drew Cook |
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Posted on: Aug 12, 2008 - 12:45pm
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Gary, that's a classic!
That's just where I'd put one on a PT, too -- outboard, on the port cockpit splinter shield!
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PeterTareBuilder
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Posted on: Aug 12, 2008 - 5:22pm
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Hi there.
I think it might be a small air raid siren. I found an image of another WW2 one that looks just like it.
Caption reads in part: Air Raid Siren, hand-cranked, used by U.S. military on Kodiak Island and Kiska
Cheers from PeterTareBuilder
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Aug 12, 2008 - 8:39pm
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It does look like the one attached to the PT Boat, and would be a useful tool to get the crews attention during GQ. Good call.......
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Will Day
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Posted on: Aug 13, 2008 - 7:44am
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You NEED one of those in your office, Frank.
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Frank J Andruss Sr
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Posted on: Aug 13, 2008 - 8:33am
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I know, everytime I needed the wife, I could crank that thing up to get her attention. Problem is, after a while, I would look funny walking around with a crank handle sticking out of my A--.
Frank
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Dick
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Posted on: Aug 13, 2008 - 8:34am
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Peter here is the enlargement:
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Ray Wilbur
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Posted on: Aug 13, 2008 - 7:36pm
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That photo looks like it was taken at Battleship Cove. Was it?
Ray
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