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PT815 Requisition Joe returns to the forum .
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Hi everyone ,
it's some years that I posted here ,but I have time now to finish the boat.
But first a question about the dinghy.
was it onboard during actions and if so where was it stored?
cheers,
Tom
Posted By: Tom dK | Posted on: Dec 17, 2022 - 9:27am
Total Posts: 48 | Joined: Dec 27, 2018 - 7:09am
Is that one of the canceled end war 78' Higgins, meant for Russia?
The closest I could find was a pic of 791 with a very small, maybe 8', dinghy tied upside down on the port side, just forward of the bridge. 792-796 didn't seem to have any dingy pics, if any pics at all, and then there were some one offs, some cancellations, etc. The Higgins 78s picked back up at 813 but all listed as canceled, according to navsource.
https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05791.htm
Posted By: Joe Reese | Posted on: Dec 17, 2022 - 11:00am
Total Posts: 85 | Joined: Aug 2, 2022 - 11:02am
Hi ,
the 815 is an Elco 80' did service in the channel during D-Day and some weeks there after , at the southern end .
It was send to russia at some point .
Posted By: Tom dK | Posted on: Dec 17, 2022 - 11:47am
Total Posts: 48 | Joined: Dec 27, 2018 - 7:09am
Tom;
You mean PT 518 RON 35.
Take care,
TED
http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05518.htm
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Dec 17, 2022 - 7:39pm
Total Posts: 3059 | Joined: Oct 16, 2006 - 7:42am
Hi all,
I looked at PTs 510-521 on Navsource, and there is only one boat I saw a dinghy on. This pic of the 515 has what appears to be a small dinghy on the bow, next to what might be a park bench(?)
https://www.navsource.org/archives/12/120551502.jpg
Posted By: Joe Reese | Posted on: Dec 17, 2022 - 9:12pm
Total Posts: 85 | Joined: Aug 2, 2022 - 11:02am
Hi,
I think the park bench is a device to hoist wounded sailors out of the water.
cheers,
Tom
Posted By: Tom dK | Posted on: Dec 18, 2022 - 8:05am
Total Posts: 48 | Joined: Dec 27, 2018 - 7:09am
I don't know if this will be helpful or not, as it's not a part of the same squadron, but I just stumbled over this pic on pinterest and thought it may offer another dinghy storage option.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/876935358671339838/
Posted By: Joe Reese | Posted on: Dec 18, 2022 - 10:46am
Total Posts: 85 | Joined: Aug 2, 2022 - 11:02am
Sister boat, PT-515 showing a dingy on her bow.
Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: Dec 18, 2022 - 1:37pm
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The dinghy was not a part of RON 34 and RON 35 boat equipment. They didn’t carry them. They were made part of the boat equipment on later series boats. The dinghy on 515 in Franks photo, was probably “liberated/borrowed “ from the Portsmouth Base.
Take care,
TED
Posted By: TED WALTHER | Posted on: Dec 19, 2022 - 8:54am
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thanks guy's ,I'll leave the dinghy of.
got a other one for you ,is there a better drawing for the dimensions of the torpedo aiming device ?
i made this but I think it's to big ,the square of the green background is 10mm .
the evergreen square is about 5mm.
cheers,
Tom
Posted By: Tom dK | Posted on: Jan 3, 2023 - 7:08am
Total Posts: 48 | Joined: Dec 27, 2018 - 7:09am
Here's a post by Jeff D, from a few years ago. Not sure if the drawings will do much for scale, but there are a couple of pics where it's visible against the control panel, maybe can give you a better idea.
https://www.ptboatforum.com/cgi-bin/MB2/netboardr.cgi?fid=102&cid=101&tid=4352&pg=20&sc=20&x=0
Posted By: Joe Reese | Posted on: Jan 3, 2023 - 12:35pm
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*** Please disregard this. I see where I went wrong. It looks like Battleship Cove and PT-305 have originals of the Mk31, and 658 has made brass replicas, but I can't spot anything against any kind of reliable measuring background as of yet.
I have what might be a dumb question. Looking at the pic of the model component, I went off to google and found what I believe is a Mk 7 (?) and I haven't had any luck with dimensions for that, but if the 518 went into service in early '44, could it have possibly had the Mk 8? If so, hnsa has some info on it with pics and a blueprint.
https://archive.hnsa.org/doc/banjo/index.htm
I found a war diary, detailing MTB RON 22's test of the Mk 9, in July of 1944, which led me to wondering if the 518 may have had the 8 or the 7 in Feb of 1944.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/78595858?objectPage=3
I could be way off base here, but I don't know enough to be able to tell.
Posted By: Joe Reese | Posted on: Jan 3, 2023 - 1:09pm
Total Posts: 85 | Joined: Aug 2, 2022 - 11:02am