I beg to differ. PT3, the first PT boat commissioned in the US Navy in
WWII, was afloat, sank, and we refloated it. It is now out of the water on
a railway for its long awaited restoration.
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From: Gary Pavone <gpavone@thegrid.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Date: Saturday, September 02, 2000 5:41 AM
Subject: Floating HMV Spotted
>I just watched my local (120 miles away) news. They did a story on a group
>that is restoring a PT boat in the Sacramento Delta. According to the story
>the PT 695 was built in 1944 for lend lease to the Russians. It apparently
>never made it there. I was surprised to hear that only seven exist today
and
>there is only one other, in Texas, that is actually in the water. PT 965 is
>supposed to be completed next year.
>
>Gary Pavone
>gpavone@thegrid.net
>
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