PT Boat Book

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:19 pm

I'd greatly appreciate any references for book(s) on PT boats. Ideally, something with development background, specs & personal accounts of those who served on them.

Thanks in advance.

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:34 pm

Here's a site with some good info and books.

http://www.ptboats.org/

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:51 pm

The Squadron Signal Publications "In Action" series of booklets are hard to beat, these are not comprehensive books by any means, but they have all the kind of information you are looking for condensed in to 50 or 60 pages or so, plus some nice color plates and so on. They are especially useful for scale modelers, and are very reasonably priced, so you get a lot of bang for the buck IMO. Hope this is of some help to you.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:39 pm

http://www.amazon.com/Pt-Boats-War-Worl ... 88-8718467

-Ski

vulgarvulture · Post by **vulgarvulture** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:59 am

Thanks everyone for the PT resource links & info. I appreciate it.

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:32 pm

medic83 wrote:Let me know what you need and Ill get it for you I actually helped rebuild the only pt boat left in the world that actually had a service record and to this day it can still float if the museum would let it. it is now based at the Nimitz Museum in Fredricksburg Texas

I'd love to see pics of that! It's great to hear that it is still around!

-Ski

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:56 pm

medic83 wrote:if anyone wants pics of the boat O Franky let me kno b/c im not sure how to post pics on here[/img]

VMF115 recently helped me with that (thanks again). I'd tried imageshack, ugly. He'd recommended Photobucket, quick, painless, and intuitive.

Rogue · Post by **Rogue** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:34 pm

medic83 wrote:Let me know what you need and Ill get it for you I actually helped rebuild the only pt boat left in the world that actually had a service record and to this day it can still float if the museum would let it. it is now based at the Nimitz Museum in Fredricksburg Texas

Medic, What kind of PT is it? Elco, Higgins?

I really need to get down there and check it out.

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 9:25 pm

Id love to see the Pictures

Website · Post by **Teamski** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 4:55 am

Oh, that is slick..... Thanks for sharing the pictures. I'd love to see that in person.....

-Ski

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:44 am

I'd tried imageshack, ugly.

Could just be your system, I know a few other folks around here have had some problems with imageshack. I've tried some of the other photo hosting services and had mixed results. It's strange how individual systems can be fussy that way. As for intuitive... with image shack you simply tell it where your image file is stored (the folder), what resolution you want it to be, and press the "host it" button, after that all you do is copy and paste the URL in your forum message, and presto you've got an online image, it doesn't get much simpler than that. I have not tried photobucket, so I cannot comment on it.