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BostonDodgeGuy t1_j7gzliv wrote

Reply to comment by onomonothwip in The fast battleship USS Massachusetts at rest as a museum ship [1290 x 1304] by liltunny

> Russky PT boats to visit as well

No such thing. The PT boats are US boats including Motor torpedo boat PT-617, also known as Big Red Cock and Dragon Lady, is the sole surviving 80' Elco type PT boat and represents the United States's most heavily used, highly favored, and combat-tested PT boat type in World War II. PT-617 is a PT-103-class Elco motor torpedo boat of the same type as the famous PT-109 commanded by future President, John F. Kennedy.

Motor torpedo boat PT-796, was laid down on 3 May 1945, launched on 23 June, and completed after the end of the war on 26 October as a 78-foot PT boat built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans, LA. The last of her type to be constructed, she was nicknamed Tail Ender.

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onomonothwip t1_j7h3pfi wrote

What was Russian, there? I thought it was the PT boats?!

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BostonDodgeGuy t1_j7h56o9 wrote

The East German ship Hiddensee is a Tarantul I class corvette built at the Petrovsky Shipyard, located near the Soviet city of St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). The world's only exhibited example of a Soviet-built missile corvette.

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onomonothwip t1_j7h79ya wrote

I very badly want to yell "CLOSE ENOUGH!"

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BostonDodgeGuy t1_j7h82zn wrote

Comparing a 80foot 57 ton boat to a 184 foot 549 ton boat friend. And the bigger boat is faster.

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onomonothwip t1_j7hbiue wrote

I was talking about East German produced in Russia vs Russia :)

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BostonDodgeGuy t1_j7hj23p wrote

Ah, deepest apologies. It's my day off so I basically woke up stoned.

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