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Shinyo special attack boat being tested by US Army Lieutenant Colonel James Doyle, late 1945USS Enterprise being pushed by tug boats, New York, New York, United States, 17 Oct 1945PT-221 and PT-222, Higgins 78-foot motor torpedo boats, along with many other PT Boats being stripped of their parts before their hulls were burned, Samar, Philippines, Nov 1945.H8K flying boat taking off, US Navy Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, United States, 1946-1947; seen in Aug 1947 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News
Shinyo special attack boat being tested by US Army Lieutenant Colonel James Doyle, late 1945USS Enterprise being pushed by tug boats, New York, New York, United States, 17 Oct 1945PT-221 and PT-222, Higgins 78-foot motor torpedo boats, along with many other PT Boats being stripped of their parts before their hulls were burned, Samar, Philippines, Nov 1945.H8K flying boat taking off, US Navy Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, United States, 1946-1947; seen in Aug 1947 issue of US Navy publication Naval Aviation News
H8K2-L Seiku transport flying boat of Japanese 11th Naval Air Arsenal, Japan, circa late 1940sBritish mechanics inspecting a captured Japanese H6K flying boat, Sourabaya, Java, Jan 1946SB-17G aircraft of Flight D of the US Air Force 5th Rescue Squadron, circa late 1940s; note rescue boat mounted beneath fuselage, chin-mounted radar dome, and Catalina in backgroundThe Boat Dock and pier extending into Waimanalo Bay at Bellows Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii, Jul 29, 1949. The entire structure was removed in the late 1950s.
H8K2-L Seiku transport flying boat of Japanese 11th Naval Air Arsenal, Japan, circa late 1940sBritish mechanics inspecting a captured Japanese H6K flying boat, Sourabaya, Java, Jan 1946SB-17G aircraft of Flight D of the US Air Force 5th Rescue Squadron, circa late 1940s; note rescue boat mounted beneath fuselage, chin-mounted radar dome, and Catalina in backgroundThe Boat Dock and pier extending into Waimanalo Bay at Bellows Air Force Base, Oahu, Hawaii, Jul 29, 1949. The entire structure was removed in the late 1950s.
The former PT-694, a 70-foot Vosper, with the Hughes Tool Company as a service boat in the H-4 Flying Boat project, 1950s. Later sold to Universal Studios and painted as PT-73 for the opening credits of “McHale’s Navy.”Tugboats escorting USS Iowa in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, Nov 1952The former PT-796, a 78-foot Higgins boat, painted as PT-109, an 80-foot Elco boat, passing the reviewing stand in President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States, 20 Jan 1960.Gunboat Changjiang of the communist Chinese forces, Shanghai, China, 1968
The former PT-694, a 70-foot Vosper, with the Hughes Tool Company as a service boat in the H-4 Flying Boat project, 1950s. Later sold to Universal Studios and painted as PT-73 for the opening credits of “McHale’s Navy.”Tugboats escorting USS Iowa in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, Nov 1952The former PT-796, a 78-foot Higgins boat, painted as PT-109, an 80-foot Elco boat, passing the reviewing stand in President John F. Kennedy’s inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States, 20 Jan 1960.Gunboat Changjiang of the communist Chinese forces, Shanghai, China, 1968
Tugboat Saco guiding USS Proteus into Naval Base Guam, 24 May 1980Boston Towing tugboat Mars towing USS Cassin Young from Dry Dock 1 of Charlestown Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, May 1981Aerial view of General Dynamics Electric Boat facility in Groton, Connecticut, United States, date unknownThe former PT-658, a 78-foot Higgins boat, restored to factory fresh status by
Tugboat Saco guiding USS Proteus into Naval Base Guam, 24 May 1980Boston Towing tugboat Mars towing USS Cassin Young from Dry Dock 1 of Charlestown Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, May 1981Aerial view of General Dynamics Electric Boat facility in Groton, Connecticut, United States, date unknownThe former PT-658, a 78-foot Higgins boat, restored to factory fresh status by 'Save the PT Boat, Inc.' of Portland, Oregon, United States. 29 Jun 2014 photo.

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