Obscure Thingy XIV

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Obscure Thingy XIV

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i have to make these more difficult
who and what and where ?



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SemperAugustus
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If it has an American flag, it can't be a regular PT boat. It doesn't seem to have the midmounted AA or fore or rear mounted heavy machine guns usually on the US ships.

It could be a subchaser I suppose, I can't find any decent images to compare with though...
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SWAG - a torpedo recovery boat? It sure doesn't look like it's going to launch that thing.
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Dang Rev, that looks close!

http://www.tpub.com/content/combat/1243 ... 435_38.htm
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ORIGINAL: mlees

Dang Rev, that looks close!

http://www.tpub.com/content/combat/1243 ... 435_38.htm

I've been waiting (in vain) for the answer to this one. Trivia forum has been dead lately [:(]
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RE: Obscure Thingy XIV

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It looks like a Baglietto torpedo boat used by the Finns (called Taisto class) and Italians (fourth series of 500 class)

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Finnish Taisto (looks almost identical to the picture above)
http://users.tkk.fi/~jaromaa/Navygaller ... isto-6.jpg

On Italian MAS in general
http://www.regiamarina.it/carmezaseng.htm
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ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

I've been waiting (in vain) for the answer to this one. Trivia forum has been dead lately [:(]

I dabbled in presenting pics for the community to identify. But the folks that browse these forum are just too sharp for me. I gave up after a dozen or so attempts.
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sorry for the delay in the answer

its Italian Torpedo Boat MAS 528 on Lake Ladoga, USSR sometime between June and November of 1942
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RE: Obscure Thingy XIV

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So that would be the Finnish Jymy class, they were built by Baglietto though, so I was half right :)
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