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Tennessee) was installed along with an appropriately sized radar dome, signal generator and waveguide. Simultaneously, the 40mm Bofors cannon mount was improved with the addition of an ammunition clip holder/loader handrail to the rear of the mount, along with adjustable seats and authentic aerial spider type gunsights. Further equipment additions added by the crew in 2014 include authentic IFF dipole antennae on the chart house and radar mast, and a US M2 60mm mortar on the starboard side of the bow.
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Heritage Museum is open to the public every Monday, Thursday and
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Measure 31, Design 20L) and this was restored in early 2011. In July 2011, two Mark 50 eight-cell rocket launcher mounts were added to the port and starboard bow. In May 2012, an original SOA radar mast (obtained on loan from PT Boats Inc. of Germantown,
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National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
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Vigor Industrial Shipyard, Pier 307 5555 N Basin Av.,
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382:1 × 35 gal Mk6 TiCl4 Smoke generator
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123:Small Boat, C105343, August 27, 1946
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701:. The group restored
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530:during World War II.
1204:"The Saga of PT 305"
1008:. September 14, 2012
936:List of museum ships
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1453:Motor Torpedo Boat
1321:- Save The PT Boat!
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665:Alameda, California
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1090:"PT658 Fact Sheet"
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462:45°34′13.4″N
394:
363:2 × .30 cal
343:machine guns
319:Bofors 40 mm
295:& decoys
285:Raytheon SO/
280:Sensors and
197:Displacement
186:
118:Reclassified
102:Commissioned
36:
23:
18:
1486:Swan Island
1408:Albina Yard
1074:December 7,
963:New Orleans
736:Browning M2
733:.50 caliber
690:Restoration
639:Los Angeles
593:along with
591:New Orleans
477: /
453:Coordinates
378:M1 carbines
340:M2 Browning
238:V12 engines
169:Museum ship
142:MMSI number
72:New Orleans
1554:1945 ships
1548:Categories
1187:August 25,
985:References
907:Point Mugu
807:camouflage
575:Lend-Lease
326:1 × 37 mm
322:autocannon
272:Complement
244:Propulsion
1438:La Bonita
975:San Diego
862:In 2011,
755:M2 mortar
696:501(c)(3)
358:M2 Mortar
356:1 × 60mm
328:M4 cannon
287:SO3 radar
171:from 1993
153:: WDH8139
146:367655060
94:Completed
78:Laid down
1564:PT boats
1520:Category
1210:July 23,
971:Malahini
930:See also
669:Porpoise
497:12000602
442:Location
306:Armament
247:3 shafts
236:5M-2500
151:Callsign
86:Launched
1532:Commons
1357:June 7,
1263:June 7,
1131:June 7,
1099:June 7,
973:out of
805:wore a
774:at the
661:Oakland
641:in the
587:LST-375
524:PT boat
234:Packard
191:PT boat
64:Builder
45:History
1455:PT-658
1341:PT-658
1332:PT-658
1319:PT 658
1288:
955:PT-305
903:RCT-15
899:RCT-14
895:RCT-13
891:PT-660
887:PT-659
883:PT-658
864:PT-658
848:PT-658
833:PT-658
816:PT-658
803:PT-658
789:PT-658
784:PT-658
768:PT-658
742:, two
726:PT-658
720:PT-658
715:PT-305
707:PT-658
703:PT-658
677:PT-658
657:PT-658
647:PT-658
627:PT-658
623:RCT-13
615:PT-658
607:PT-658
603:PT-660
601:, and
599:PT-659
595:PT-657
579:PT-658
573:under
567:PT-658
552:PT-658
548:PT-658
544:PT-660
540:PT-625
536:PT-658
532:PT-658
520:PT-625
515:PT-658
395:PT-658
205:Length
187:PT-625
37:PT-658
24:PT-658
1413:Alibi
1232:(PDF)
1151:(pdf)
957:, at
942:Notes
729:'
650:'
589:from
518:is a
264:Range
257:knots
252:Speed
221:Draft
1496:Tilt
1359:2012
1299:2012
1286:ISBN
1265:2012
1212:2012
1189:2013
1133:2012
1101:2012
1076:2014
1044:2012
1014:2012
901:and
889:and
663:and
571:USSR
376:2 ×
370:2 ×
332:2 ×
317:1 ×
213:Beam
160:Fate
113:1958
105:1945
1330:of
961:in
905:),
762:V12
748:TNT
542:to
492:No.
367:BAR
300:IFF
255:41
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