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To: sukhoi-30mki
From the side, the profile looks similar to the old WW II PT boats..

Instead of "They were expendable"..we can retitle it.."They were 'complicated' "

12 posted on 11/27/2011 5:31:14 AM PST by ken5050 (Support Admin Mods: Doing the tough, hard, dirty jobs that Americans won't do...)
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To: ken5050
From the side, the profile looks similar to the old WW II PT boats..

They don't look as much like a WWII-era US PT as the earlier Norwegian Tjeld class motor torpedo boats, which not only carried four 21-inch torpedo tubes, but were also eventually purchased by the U.S. Navy [around 20, plus variants] to become the US PTF, generally known as the Nasty boats. Used in Vietnam, particularly during the Desoto *brown water Navy* patrols, there's also a sort-of confirmed rumor that there were also two or four CIA Nasty boats as well.

At 80 feet for the Tjeld/Nasty/PCF versus 80 feet for the Elco PT or the Higgins 78-footer, their sizes. layout and general appearance was similar.

Tjeld Class MTB

PT 658, WWII Higgins PT Boat

30 posted on 11/28/2011 4:42:16 PM PST by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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