in Kingston NY of all places. Five WW II PT boats, 2 from the Elco works of my hometown. One is the last left of the breed.
WW II Archaeology
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The one with the teeth was running when blocked, the other 4 not so much, but some nice mahogany under the paint I'd bet. The building to the left is the Cornell Steamboat Company, circa 1827. The one to the right is a restaurant.
A tad closer to home.
http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2...s_river.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured
Some folks are not aware that some of the earliest submarine theories developed on, near and under the Toms River. There is a submarine memorial in a waterside park roughly a half mile from the discovery site.
http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2...s_river.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured
Some folks are not aware that some of the earliest submarine theories developed on, near and under the Toms River. There is a submarine memorial in a waterside park roughly a half mile from the discovery site.
The Big Flamingo was a PT Boat used as a sight seeing boat out of Wildwood, NJ in the 50's and 60's. I remember seeing her off the coast and I think I rode on her.
A nice local maritime site
http://www.mels-place.com/mmm/Party-Boats/Party-Boats-Page-20/slides/1523-buccaneer-1982.html
A nice local maritime site
http://www.mels-place.com/mmm/Party-Boats/Party-Boats-Page-20/slides/1523-buccaneer-1982.html
I remember going for a ride on this with my father in the 1950s. All the seats were taken, we sat on the deck near the stern.
http://www.brucebalderson.com/rbb02.html
http://www.brucebalderson.com/rbb02.html
There were several used as party boats along the coast. I know I was on one from Wildwood as a kid for fluke. My Father was a good friend of the Jack Bogan, both grew up in Bayonne, always fished Bogan's boat's out of Brielle and Pt Pleasant Beach, liked the Shamrock. I have a bunch of fare tickets from way back, old reels and cane poles. Fishing was a lot simpler back then
One gets restored and floats again.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/1...pt-boat-makes-triumphant-return-to-water.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/03/1...pt-boat-makes-triumphant-return-to-water.html
Cool! As a young lad in about 1969, while visiting the Sweetwater Casino, my father introduced me to an older gentlman who was purported to be the PT Boat's designer (although it certainly wasn't W. Hickman) but I cannot recall his name.