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Ex Swedish Coast Guard vessel rebuilt to survey vessel. Has been used for crew transport in Germany (with German certificates). Danish certificates for up to 100 nm from the coast. 4 cabins. Philippi tankmonitor.
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Ex Swedish Coast Guard vessel rebuilt to survey vessel. Has been used for crew transport in Germany (with German certificates). Danish certificates for up to 100 nm from the coast. 4 cabins. Philippi tankmonitor.
REDUCED PRICE. Combat 90N built for the Norwegian Armed Forces in 1998 by Dockstavarvet and have operated as ambulance vessel. Tonnage certificate below 20 GT and few running hours. 40 knots with 2 Scania FF410 w. [links]
Combat boat 90 H built by Dockstavarvet, Sweden. 15.9 x 3.8 metres. 2 x Scania DSI 14 engines and KaMeWa water jets. Last drydock in November 2018-2019 and was high pressure blasted, painted, new anodes, new bat. [links]
Initially, only a few boats were issued primitive radar sets. Later in the war, as more PTs were fitted with dependable radar, they developed superior night-fighting tactics and used them to locate and destroy many enemy targets. [12] During the Guadalcanal and Solomon Island campaigns in 1942–1943, the PT boats of Squadron (RON) 2, 3, 5 and 6 would lie in wait to ambush a target from torpedo range (generally about 1,000 yards (910 m)). [12] During some of these nighttime attacks, the PT boats' position may have been given away by a flash of light caused by grease inside the black-powder-actuated Mark XIII torpedo tubes catching fire during the launching sequence. In order to avoid return fire by the enemy ships, the PT boat could deploy a smoke screen using stern-mounted generators as they escaped and evaded the enemy ships. The enemy forces would use searchlights or seaplane-dropped flares to locate the fleeing PT boat, illuminating them for destruction by their heavy-caliber guns.
The two Vosper boats in England were built by Vosper itself, and the first is in fairly good condition at Portsmouth. The second UK built boat is in private hands, floating on a canal north of London and being used as a private residence, though it is remarkably intact in its World War II configuration. here
The original pre–World War I torpedo boats were designed with "displacement" hulls. They displaced up to 300 tons and the top speed was 25 to 27 kn (29 to 31 mph; 46 to 50 km/h). The PT boats used in World War II were built using the planing-type hull form developed for torpedoes, using relatively high speed to get close, and small size to avoid being spotted and hit by gunfire. They were much less expensive than large warships. PT boats were much faster, smaller, and cheaper than conventional (displacement hull) vessels.
Higgins Industries of New Orleans, Louisiana produced 199 78 ft (24 m) boats of the PT-71 or PT-235 or PT-625 classes. The Higgins boats had the same beam, full load displacement, engine, generators, shaft power, trial speed, armament, and crew accommodation as the 80 ft (24 m) Elco boats. Many Higgins boats were sent to the Soviet Union and Great Britain at the beginning of the war, so many of the lower-numbered squadrons in the U.S. Navy were made up exclusively of Elcos. The first Higgins boats for the U.S. Navy were used in the Battle for the Aleutian Islands (Attu and Kiska) as part of Squadron 13 and 16, and others (RON15 and RON22) in the Mediterranean against the Germans. They were also used during the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944. Even though only half as many Higgins boats were produced, far more survive (seven hulls, three of which have been restored to their World War II configuration), than the more numerous Elco boats, thus seemingly demonstrating their superior construction. Of the Elco boats, only three hulls (one restored) are known to exist at this time. here
PT boat gunner mans his twin fifties off New Guinea [links]
The U.S. government is auctioning off the former USAV SSGT Robert T. Kuroda, one of the eight General Frank S. Besson-class Logistics Support Vessels, or LSVs, which V.T. Halter Marine built for the U.S. Army between the 1980s and the early 2000s. The General Services Administration says it expects to sell off another LSV, along with dozens of other landing craft, tugs, and other Army maritime assets by the end of 2020. This is in line with reports earlier this year that the service has decided to gut its already unappreciated maritime capabilities, which could easily prove to be short-sighted given the value of these vessels, especially with regards to a potential conflict and the Pacific region.
The former Kuroda, also known by the hull number LSV-7, which displaces 6,000 tons, first appeared on the General Services Administration's (GSA) official auction site earlier in July 2019 and the auction ends on July 31. The ship is presently pier-side in Tacoma, Washington, and one can contact the Army to schedule an in-person inspection. At the time of writing, someone had bid $1 million for the vessel, though this has not met an unspecified reserve price for the ship, which originally cost $26 million to build. You can read more about the LSVs in detail in this past profile of these ships at The War Zone. here
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Patrol Boat, River or PBR, is the United States Navy designation for a small rigid-hulled patrol boat used in the Vietnam War from March 1966 until the end of 1971. They were deployed in a force that grew to 250 boats, the most common craft in the River Patrol Force, Task Force 116, and were used to stop and search river traffic in areas such as the Mekong Delta, the Rung Sat Special Zone, the Saigon River and in I Corps, in the area assigned to Task Force Clearwater, in an attempt to disrupt weapons shipments. In this role they frequently became involved in firefights with enemy soldiers on boats and on the shore, were used to insert and extract Navy SEAL teams, and were employed by the United States Army’s 458th Transportation Company, known as the 458th Seatigers
This is one of the PBR-2s as made famous by the 1979 Blockbuster Movie ( APOCALYPSE NOW ) starring Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen and Robert Duvall, Made in 1979 and was a testimonial to the insanity of the Vietnam War.
The PBR ‘s were specifically designed to operate in as little as 2 inches of Water on the Macon Delta. They were propelled by two diesel motors driving Jet Pumps and were very successful. It is 31 Ft. long and 10 1/2 Ft. Wide. This is a Hull only but could be built into a nice speed boat or an inexpensive cosmetically complete static display for a Vietnam Era Museum. more