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06-04-2022, 05:59 PM | #1 |
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The Remains Of PT-109 Believed To Be Found!!
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06-04-2022, 10:24 PM | #2 |
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Published July 11, 2002 !!! Don't give up your day job, Eric...
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06-05-2022, 10:19 AM | #3 |
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It's still a great find !
I always wondered if the torpedoes survived or exploded. |
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I'm somewhat surprised that anything survived...~50 years [2002] on the bottom, plywood boat, cut in half, mostly metal fittings, nothing very large except the two 12 cyl Allisons, salt water corrosian... Just perusing the specs here; the 103-class PT's had three Packard V-12's and were the biggest PT's; 56 tons!!! Quote:
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06-05-2022, 04:44 PM | #5 |
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Not too much salt water corrosion at 1200ft - lack of oxygen.
I remember years ago when Kennedy was either President or campaigning to be President A comedian said of JFK's war record "How do you get a 70mph PT Boat run over by a 40mph Destroyer? |
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