PT Boat 658

[1919_4_ME]

Restoring PT Boat 658. Awesome story on how this one is brought back to life. Those old timers have given us a lot and its great to see this boat being passed on to the younger generation. :saluteflag:


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[AZ_Gun_Nut]

Awesome! I've always loved the PT boats. I did a report on JFK and PT 109 back in junior high. Those little boats were so under estimated at the very beginning of their deployment.

[1919_4_ME]

Heres another cool one.

Restored Torpedo Boat T56.
This one's got 3x1750hp each W18 turbocharged diesels (5000+hp).:cool:





Starting up the beast.:payback:
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Torpedo Boat T-56 @50 knots
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[freakinrikan]

Great story.
what a way to leave your mark.

[AZ_Gun_Nut]

OK... what's the difference between a PT boat and T boat? The country of origin perhaps?

[AZ_Gun_Nut]

Recent pic of the 658 boat taken in May of 2011.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/PT658_stbd_view_closeup.JPG/800px-PT658_stbd_view_closeup.JPG

[1919_4_ME]

Recent pic of the 658 boat taken in May of 2011.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/PT658_stbd_view_closeup.JPG/800px-PT658_stbd_view_closeup.JPG



That's a beautiful pic of it.:beer:
On the Torpedo boat yea its a different country of origin (Sweden). Heres a little info on it. Built in 1957 and is 77ft long, 45 tons.
http://www.hnsa.org/ships/t56.htm



Torpedo Boat T-56, T-46, T-26 running together.
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T-56
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From the vid:
This was our first visit in "Gota Canal" Sweden and probably the last one. In this scene we are passing through a narrow passage. As you can see there isn't much free space. This is usually a very calm canal and the flooding water you see is created by too big engines and props. Something to remember though! It was a bit scary as we got closer to the canal floor thanks due the props are spinning 800rpm idle.