To: ARGLOCKGUY
I visited the WWII museum and took a tour of that boat while under reconstruction.
Packard V-16 engines, IIRC.
2 posted on
03/11/2017 3:51:53 AM PST by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: ARGLOCKGUY
I thought they were faster than 30 knots.
3 posted on
03/11/2017 4:13:38 AM PST by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: ARGLOCKGUY
A wonderful achievement - just wish they'd found an Elco PT boat instead of a Higgins. The Higgins' were dandy, I guess but fewer in number and mainly the European theater. The Elco was the main combatant in the Pacific and (in my view) far more elegant in its lines.
BTW to the other poster, those were three Packard V-12s, not V-16s.
4 posted on
03/11/2017 4:17:01 AM PST by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: ARGLOCKGUY
I looked it up. They were rated for 37 knots. I guess they are going easy on the old girl.
5 posted on
03/11/2017 4:19:47 AM PST by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
To: ARGLOCKGUY
Har! Har! Har!
Another great boat by Higgins!!
Mind you, a WW2 battleship, all sides, all specs combined, topped out at 34 knots.
To: ARGLOCKGUY
How cool is that? Thats a lot of AVGAS per hour and worth every penny of it.
8 posted on
03/11/2017 4:54:14 AM PST by
HANG THE EXPENSE
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To: ARGLOCKGUY
Just don’t let anyone named Kennedy drive the thing.
16 posted on
03/11/2017 7:07:02 AM PST by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: ARGLOCKGUY
Imagine this: each PT boat was powered by FOUR Packard 4m-2500 turbo charged engines.
2500 cu in v-12 each. 1,500 HP each.
The PT boat would top out at 41 knots. And a hell of a loud rumble of 41 knots.
http://www.pt-boat.com/packard/packard.html
20 posted on
03/11/2017 7:36:12 AM PST by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
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