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ť Topic: Recent Photos of PT658 at Rose Festival
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Hi Message board folks, here are a few pics showing the current status of the USS PT658 at the Portland Rose Festival Fleet Week. We still have the boat out of the water on the cradle and have completed about 90% of the out of water repairs to the boat. We still wanted to attend the Fleet Week festivities, and as an added bonus we were highly visible to the general public who was able to come aboard for a guided tour of the boat, as it sat moored to the downtown sea wall on the barge. We had about 2500 visitors come aboard over the dates of June 5-10, 2008. A few of the photos show the new woodwork on the stern of the boat which had suffered from dry rot in the 4 years she has been sitting in the water since 2004. Enjoy the photos. Jerry

Here is the new mahogany planks on the stern:
[image] http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/PT658newtransom.jpg[/image]

The aft stbd chine was also replaced with new mahogany planks:
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/PT658stbdaftHull.jpg[/image]

We had to replace the transom ribs with new mahogany planks
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/PT658transom.jpg [/image]

Being pushed by tugboat on the barge to downtown Portland
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/PTandBargeunderSteelBridge.jpg [/image]

Another view of the PT658 Stbd side being pushed to the Rose Festival
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/PTonbargeStbdside.jpg [/image]

Newly arrived at the downtown seawall
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/PTboatnewlyarrivedatwaterfront.jpg [/image]

City of Portland supplied our fancy stairs and gangway at the waterfront
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/Gangwayonwaterfrontinplace.jpg [/image]

The 40mm Bofors on PT658 overlooks Downtown Portland waterfront
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/40mm.jpg [/image]

Bob Alton giving public tour during Rose Festival 2008
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/Bobgivingtours.jpg [/image]

Checking out the new Thompson SMG's obtained for the PT658's small arms rack inside the wardroom
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/CheckingoutthenewTommyGuns.jpg [/image]

WW2 PT Boat (PT238) veteran Maury Hooper explains the operation of the Mark 13 Torpedo to interested onlookers on board PT658 during Portland Rose Festival 2008
[image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/PT658/MauryexplainsMark13torpedo.jpg [/image]

Jerry Gilmartin

Posted By: Jerry Gilmartin | Posted on: Jun 24, 2008 - 8:22am
Total Posts: 1473 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 11:16pm

Looks sharp Jerry! Everytime I see photos I get the itch to go visit my uncle near Portland...

Grandson of James J Stanton
RON 15 PT 209 and RON 23 PT 243
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Posted By: newsnerd99 | Posted on: Jun 24, 2008 - 8:30am
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Thanks, Jerry!

Will

Posted By: Will Day | Posted on: Jun 24, 2008 - 11:34am
Total Posts: 1955 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 4:19pm

Beautiful Job Jerry.

The boat is coming along wonderfully and she looks sharp ( Not as sharp as the ELCO) Opps, here comes the trouble. You guys are doing such an awesome job. I need a STM Jerry for the Exhibit, did you get a good deal on the ones you purchased..........

Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: Jun 24, 2008 - 11:42am
Total Posts: 3497 | Joined: Oct 9, 2006 - 6:09am

Jerry -

Looks beautiful as ever, nice job you guys are doing.

Oh those gray skies, occasionally miss my Eugene / Triangle Lake days growing up . . . .

All the best,
Dick . . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jun 24, 2008 - 4:39pm
Total Posts: 1417 | Joined: Aug 27, 2006 - 6:36pm

Hello Jerry,

Save the PT does excellent work. This craft looks better every year. Thank you for sharing these photos.

Wayne Traxel

Posted By: Wayne Traxel | Posted on: Jun 26, 2008 - 7:09am
Total Posts: 248 | Joined: Oct 11, 2006 - 5:40am