question about PT boat engines

[emarsh]

It was stated on the discovery channel last night that the PT boat engines were 12 cylinder gasolene engines. I was born in the early fifties but I am certain that they were Packard diesels? Anyone able to back me up on this?

 

[yogibear]

I think they used the V 12 Allison, which is gasoline eng. , maybe even 2 of them.

 

[ata]

http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/4017/page02-08.html





This web site will give you the info. on the P. T. Boat engines I think your looking for.

 

[emarsh]

Well it looks like I was half right, they were packards! Thanks

 

[RT66DOC]

Everybody's Right

They used both 12 cyl. gasoline (avgas) Packards and Allisons. THREE of 'em Oo. 60+ mph. 80 footers' hulls were 3/4" plywood mfd. by Huckins. Anyboby remember the Fairform Flyers?? (No it wasn't a bra ) Maybe somebody else built some hulls, too; like M1 Garands were built by Springfield, Winchester and International Harvester , the guvmint sourced wherever it could.



When I was in highschool ('50s) some guy down at the local yacht club had a converted surplus PT - 3 Packards. Name of the boat was "Zipper". He would run down the shoreline parallel to the beach at full tilt and you could hear that thing all over town. What a blast. Unforgettable. Like a low pass by 3 P-51s.

 

[B.G. Smith]

Re: Everybody's Right

" like M1 Garands were built by Springfield, Winchester and International Harvester , the guvmint sourced wherever it could. "



The Packard looks very much like the Allison, supercharged etc. Was it built by Packard from Allison design??? bg

 

[RT66DOC]

Packard and Allison

I dunno.



I was really into PT boats when I was a ute... as a matter of fact I still think they're cool. I remember reading that some had Allisons and others (most, I think) had Packards. I don't recall the exact numbers on fuel consumption but, as you can imagine, they sucked up gas big-time - limited range.



Also, re: the hulls, I think Huckins designed it, maybe built some, and others may have been built by The Wooden Boat Co. I could be way off on this recollection but it sticks in my mind for some reason. I used to read "Motor Boating" magazine from the late forties up and Huckins ads touted PT boats as one of their accomplishemnts. As I said, I could be off my a$$ on all this... age and stress, ya know.



Anybody remember the movie in which The Duke Oo. played a PT boat skipper? Go rent it if you want to hear what they sounded like. Go rent it even if you DON'T CARE what they sounded like. Those were the days.

 

[Jumbo Jet]

My . 30 M1 Carbine was built by Underwood Typewriter Co.



I loved watching McHale's Navy. Wondered if they were using surplus PT boats.



Saw last week where some of PT-109 has been found.