Sunday, September 26, 2021

Got Enough Motor?

 


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  1. "Captain wants to go waterskiing........"

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  2. Are those two Packard 12 cylinder engines. Wow!!

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  3. My question would be: good enough ear protectors?

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  4. How does 9 stacks divide into 24 cyl?

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    1. probably the middle set services both engines

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  5. Does anyone truly EVER have enough motor?

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  6. YEAH, BABY!
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_1A-2500#Variants
    PT boats had three of them suckers.

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  7. If you look closer the middle row are doubled up.

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  8. Port side engine exhaust stacks look black around the exit. Not running as well as the other engine.

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  9. On one of my summer midshipman cruises (mid '70s) I saw some of the Navy's last remaining PT boats in San Diego. (I believe these versions had aluminum hulls, and they might have served in Viet Nam.) I thought they were cool as hell, but a crewman hated the engines. (Not sure they were Packards; they might have been Rolls-Royce.) In his words, they were "made of plastic" and the only place the Navy had to get them repaired was in the Philippines.

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  10. The original PT boats were given to Allies, or burned in place. Wood hulls, the Navy wasn't going to pay for maintenance on toys.

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