(PT 10-19) that was Lend-Leased to the British Royal Navy in 1941.
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| This is a lousy picture from a compositional standpoint--you're not sure if the photographer's subject was the boat in the foreground, or the ships and buildings in the background...at any rate, the torpedo boat in the foreground is a U.S. built Elco PT (PT 10-19) that was Lend-Leased to the British Royal Navy in 1941. |
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| Elco 77's of Squadron One idling out of Midway, June 1943. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| In the cockpit of an 80' Elco of Squadron Eight, Morobe, New Guinea. July 1943. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| PT 70--the 'Dream Boat' of Andrew Jackson Higgins and his Higgins Industries of New Orleans--during the first 'Plywood Derby', July 1941. (from 'the Rudder' magazine) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| A Squadron One PT idling past seaplane tender Hammondsport, Pearl Harbor, April 1942. | |||||||||||||||||||
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