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Re: Gato/Balao videos on Critical Past - good stuff!
« Reply #15 on: 07 Oct , 2011, 02:07 »
Without checking the deck document, I think only a few earlies had the all wooden deck (212, and 214, presumably 213 in there). The decks were actually perforated metal as far as I can tell, like all the boats, but clad stem to stern in wood (except for a couple feet at both ends). I'm guessing there's a chance (boy that sounds definite) that the Portsmouths never had all wood, it was an EB thing. But like Mike always says, no two boats were the same!!! ANY combo is possible at least once!
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Re: Gato/Balao videos on Critical Past - good stuff!
« Reply #16 on: 07 Oct , 2011, 11:51 »
212-221 had full length wooden decks, as did at least some or most of the the SS-250-ish EB boats from the first and supplemental contract run. The same is true for the first few Manitowac Gatos. After that, they went to perforated steel at the ends except for most EB-planned Balaos, oddly, which went back to all wooden decks.  The first few EB/Man Balaos also had part wood, part metal decks.

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Re: Gato/Balao videos on Critical Past - good stuff!
« Reply #17 on: 11 Oct , 2011, 02:17 »
thanks for that
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