Torpedo Motor Boat PT-658 is a ship of PT-625 -the 78-foot Higgins class (24 m), built for United States Navy during World War II. PT-658 is a prime example of the development of the US Navy's Torpedo Marine Vessel during World War II. PT-658 was in the last group of four vessels delivered from the NObs-1680 36-boat contract, October 1944 to PT-625 to PT-660 . Presented and received on July 31, 1945, he fitted all the latest weaponry and design modifications as a result of lessons learned from earlier contractual and battlefield experience. In this way, <-a PT-658 is a work of the final form to be taken by Motor Torpedo Boats at the end of World War II. PT-658 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 2012. Of the three PT ships listed on the National Register, he is the only one kept under operating conditions.
Video Motor Torpedo Boat PT-658
Service history
PT-658 was one of a group of PT vessels assigned to MTB Squadron 45 in April 1945, to be transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease. By the time he finished on July 30, 1945, this transfer had been canceled. PT-658 was transported to Bremerton on the LST-375 deck of New Orleans along with PT-657 , PT-659 was then placed in Port Hueneme, California, where on August 27, 1946, he was reclassified as a Small Boat and C105343 number to serve as various missile patrol boats. On December 3, 1948, it was reclassified as Floating Equipment. PT-658 was then transferred to Naval Air Station Point Mugu, reclassified as RCT-13 , and used to patrol at Mugu Point test missiles for wild aircraft to missile landings. regions, and for targeting. Also during this period, <-a PT-658 served twice weekly as high-speed transport, bringing men and equipment to USAF D.E.W. Radar Station in Santa Rosa Island, off the coast of Los Angeles at Channel Island Group. The existence of PT-658 ' has been associated with the completion at the end of the war, and that he was never sent abroad.
On June 30, 1958, PT-658 was sold to private individuals in the Oakland and Alameda, California regions and renamed Porpoise . The personal owner is very little changed from his structure as long as he has it. In 1993, he was donated by the last property owner to the veterans Save the PT Boat, Inc. from Portland, Oregon. PT-658 was transported from Alameda to Portland in May 1994 by the 144th Transport Unit of the Washington National Guard on the deck of the US Army Logistical Assistance Vessel General Brehon B. Somervell (LSV -3).
Maps Motor Torpedo Boat PT-658
Recovery
Veterans' special group PT Boat formed the Save the PT Boat, Inc., non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. The group restored PT-658 to its original 1945 configuration between 1995 and 2005. PT-658 is now fully functional and afloat, one of only two restored US Navy ships that currently operating today.
(The second, PT-305 , is the heir of the remaining sections collected by the restoration team of PT-658 .)
PT-658 ' s restoration included (non-functional replica) complete weaponry four Mark 13 Torpedo, two twin.50 caliber Browning M2 machine gun, 40 mm Cannon bofor, two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, two 5-inch 8-cell rocket launchers, 5 Rocket pairs, two Mark 6 300 pounds (140 kg) of TNT depth, and a 60 m M2 mortar. He has three Packard 5M-2500 V12 gasoline engines that work 1,850 hp (1,380 kW).
PT-658 The Heritage Museum is located in Portland, Oregon at Swan Island Industrial Park. She is tethered to Pier 307 from Vigor Industrial Shipyard in October 2013. Access visitors are provided through Gate 18 which is flagged at 5555 N. Lagoon Avenue. The PT-658 Heritage Museum is open to the public every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday at 9 am to 4 pm for visitors. He has been transferred to a new boat warehouse and the group continues to raise money for ongoing projects such as deck replacement, charthouse improvements, and down replacement. Money was also raised for the last boat repair and to build the Heritage and Education Center PT-658 . In May 2010, the replacement of the deck was completed on time for various summer festivals and performances.
Funding gained for additional restoration works includes a $ 14,000 grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust, which was awarded in July 2010.
When initially launched in 1945, PT-658 imposed a camouflage paint scheme, (in particular, Camouflage Measure 31-20L) and was restored in early 2011. In July 2011, two Mark 50 rocket eight cell mounts launcher added to the port and the right arc. In May 2012, an original SOA Radar mast (obtained from a loan from PT Boats Inc. of Germantown, Tennessee) was installed along with a precise radar dome, signal generator and waveguide. At the same time, the 40mm Bofors cannon mount is enhanced by the addition of an ammunition holder clip/handrail handle to the rear of the mount, along with adjustable seats and authentic air cameras. Additional equipment further added by the crew in 2014 includes the original IFF dipole antenna at home graphics and radar poles, and M2 60mm US mortar on the right side of the bow.
See also
- List of museum ships
Note
References
External links
- PT 658 - Save Boat PT!
- Photo gallery PT-658 in NavSource Naval History
- " PT-658 ". Historic Naval Ship Association .
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