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Obscure Thingy XIV
Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:37 pm
by oi_you_nutter
i have to make these more difficult
who and what and where ?
RE: Obscure Thingy XIV
Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:45 am
by SemperAugustus
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...
RE: Obscure Thingy XIV
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:35 am
by RevRick
SWAG - a torpedo recovery boat? It sure doesn't look like it's going to launch that thing.
RE: Obscure Thingy XIV
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 9:06 pm
by mlees
RE: Obscure Thingy XIV
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:03 am
by rhondabrwn
I've been waiting (in vain) for the answer to this one. Trivia forum has been dead lately [:(]
RE: Obscure Thingy XIV
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:42 am
by SemperAugustus
It looks like a Baglietto torpedo boat used by the Finns (called Taisto class) and Italians (fourth series of 500 class)
Links:
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
RE: Obscure Thingy XIV
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:05 pm
by mlees
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.
RE: Obscure Thingy XIV
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:12 pm
by oi_you_nutter
sorry for the delay in the answer
its Italian Torpedo Boat MAS 528 on Lake Ladoga, USSR sometime between June and November of 1942
RE: Obscure Thingy XIV
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:40 am
by SemperAugustus
So that would be the Finnish Jymy class, they were built by Baglietto though, so I was half right
