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PT-713

70' Vosper Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 26 May 1945 by Annapolis Yacht Yard, Inc., Annapolis, MD
  • Launched 29 June 1945
  • Completed 19 July 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 28 November 1945
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 11 September 1946
  • Acquired in 1953 by Chris's, Inc. of Ocean City, NJ for use as a passenger vessel and named Flying Saucer
  • Acquired in 1971 by Theodore T. Luskoski of Wildwood, NJ
  • Out of documentation in 1979
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 39 t.
  • Length 70'
  • Beam 19'
  • Draft 4' 9"
  • Speed 40 kts.
  • Complement 12
  • Armament: Two 21" torpedoes, two twin .50 cal. machine guns and one 20mm mount
  • Propulsion: Three 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PT-613, 616, 619 & 620
    120570802    		 139k Postcard of Flying Saucer moored at Ocean City, NJ, with her sister Flying Cloud (ex PT-708) in the background, circa 1950s. Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-713
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