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Dick
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 Posted on: Mar 7, 2009 - 2:22am
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AL . . . .
This is in two parts . . .
Below are links you can click on and view the drawing and right click to save to your computer, or you can just right click on each link and save to your computer. Beware the files are large, hope you don't have a dial-up modem, god forbid. The bulkhead files are about 1.5MB each (roughly 10"x15" x 300 dpi resolution). The overall files are about 5MB each (30"x16" at 300 dpi resolution). The files are all Jpeg Gray Scales.
Sorry Files have been removed,
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Dick
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Posted on: Mar 7, 2009 - 2:31am
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2nd Part
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Dick
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Posted on: Mar 7, 2009 - 9:40am
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Al . . .
If you note you will see:
WT-19-01 includes the upper deck section, it shows the windscreen parallel to the horizon rather contoured to the chart house. The Search Light and Bell hanging on the exterior side of the charthouse.
WT-19-02 includes the backside of the chart house with the Companionway door in the center of the charthouse (similar, I believe, to the first Higgins Prototypes, PT-5 and PT-6. Duplicate controls on the right side. Inside the Ward Room the desk built on forward wall of the Ward Room bulkhead (instead of the typical Aft Wall.)
WT-26-01 includes a back wall of the super structure (bridge) with an exit (companion way to the aft deck.), The built in desk for the second officer. (not typical on the Higgins.) In the berth area, a watertight hatch into the engine room.
WT-30-01 Includes compartment structures/walls that run the extended length-wise into the aft deck area and stopping at the torpedo tubes (as shown in the early Higgins construction photos on Gene’s PT-King website, I tink PT-71 & PT-72.)
WT-30-02 Includes (like the above section) compartment structures/walls that run the extend length-wise into the aft deck area and stopping at the torpedo tubes (as shown in the early Higgins construction photos on Gene’s PT-King website.) Also includes ventilation and blowers into the engine room and storage opposite. Also the water-tight bulkhead hatch into the second officer’s berth area.
WT-46-02 includes a second crew’s head for the aft storage/crews quarters. Addition vertical structural components in the Aft Head, which supports the Russian Version of the 20mm Gun position. Liquid storage tanks in the port and starboard wings of the haul. One for potable water for the Head the other for fuel for the electrical generator located in the Engine room (opposite this bulkhead.)
WT-51-01 includes four fixed berth location for, I guess, secondary configuration of using the aft storage section. Two water-tight hatches into the aft Fuel Room located in the port and starboard wings of the haul.
On the Set 2 (second set of drawing for Bulkhead Sections,) you will note the charthouse/superstructure is brought more into line with the actual Higgins boats we’re use to seeing. Also notable, the Aft Fuel Tank Section doesn’t show the Aft Crew’s Head. And the Aft Storage Section no longer showing crew bunks, however there are drawings at he UNO Digital Library that do show a modification to the aft storage area to include two chain hung pipe berths and two built-in berths.
I wish I could find more Higgins engineering to dig really deep into the boat and all of its change notices and revisions to find out more detailed information.
Richard J. Washichek . . . .
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Dick
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Posted on: Mar 8, 2009 - 1:43pm
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I will be removing the above image file links tonight (Sunday, March 08, 2009) around 11:00 pm West Coast PDT.
Thanks,
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alross2
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Posted on: Mar 8, 2009 - 4:31pm
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Thanks, Dick. These are very useful drawings. Had hoped the original turret positions had been shown, but I can come up with a reasonable approximation of their locations based on the photos, these bulkhead locations, and known dimensions of the turrets. Will post when I get them done.
Al
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TGConnelly
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Posted on: Mar 11, 2009 - 8:26am
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Hey Newsnerd?
PLEASE contact me offsite ... Thank you.
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