Higgins, PT-658 departing Portland Maritme Heritage Festival

PT-658 departs the 2008 Portland Maritime Heritage festival. New brass
ducts keep the exhast underwater, and quiet.
http://www.savetheptboatinc.com/
This is a HIGGINS pt boat,
http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/HigginsPTBoat/ExteriorViews/index.htm

http://www.ptboats.org/20-01-05-ptboat-006.html

NOT an ELCO pt boat.
http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/PTBoat/index.htm

Do not confuse the exhaust styles of the two differnent builders.

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[johnnybravo234]

Brass ducts wtf?! Its a PT boat for christs sake! Fix that shit.

[UmiRyuzuki]

@johnnybravo234

It's funny that people don't believe in the vetrans that sailed these boats, or

understand the process that is required to reconstuct the boat as it was built.

No one has said that the brass plates will remain unpainted... They probably

are painted by now,...

[babalugatz]

i take part of it back

apparently the packards are still there & actual vets helped restore it.....

[UmiRyuzuki]

I think you confused an Elco PT with the Higgins Pt...

[tybeejeffro]

A truly gorgeous beast of a boat ! Too bad we don't still have these around; they would be perfect for anti-pirate patrols...

[MrFerdell]

Epic...I use to have an Higgins speedboat!

[Polybun]

shame about the exaughst ducts, I would rather hear all three engines pounding through the valley.

[ccarterkk]

Stow yer fenders, ya lubbers!

[drummer78]

Elco or Higgins?  Which one if you had to choose?

[Skytroop]

@johnnybravo234 They are bronze, and they are totally authentic. This is a Higgins boat. I am active with both the USS LIC(L)-713, from which this was shot, and the 658 Boat. Come down to where we moor and maintain the boat and start talking the way you are writing in this post and see how long it takes you to get to shore once you get thrown off the boat. Do yourself a favor next time and do some research before you speak.

[GeorgiaBoy1961]

It is beyond a shame that after WWII, tthe government had most of the PTs sunk rather than bring them home. A piece of our history the younger generation should see.

[eltonduet]

My Father and his brothers worked building the higgins boats at the higgins plant on City Park Avenue, New Orleans during WWII One of my Uncles dezined the boat for Andrew Higgins as Mr. Dick Bollinger told me they also helped Bollinger's Shipyard learn how to build boats at thier beggining, now thier a huge company getting navy and coast guard contracts

[loufalce]

Wish somebody would make a decent scale model of one of these beautiful boats.IMHO they are much nicer than the Elco boats.

[UmiRyuzki2]

@johnnybravo234 ...

Again, you are confusing an ELCO pt boat with the HIGGiNS pt boat....Different builders different exhaust systems. If you check, you will find that the exhaust is accurate.