PT mailboat...

[GWC...]

Seen a lot of old pictures or pictures of old times proudly displayed and was curious as to why a picture of the PT boat that was used as the mailboat has not been posted?

Surely someone must have a picture or two of it?!? :rolleye2:

[Rattlesnake Gal]

Is the Uncle Sam II is the mailboat to which you refer?
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/15014/medium/176Uncle_Sam_II_2.jpg
In 1962 "Uncle Sam II" made her appearance on the lake, after a laborious overland travel from the Portsmouth Navy Yard. This vessel was a converted PT Boat (PT-719) for World War II, but never saw action. She is 75 feet long, has a 20 foot beam, draws 6 feet of water, weighs 80 tons, travels at 15 miles per hour, and capable of carrying 150 passengers. On March 23,1963, the vessel, under the dual ownership of Vernon Cotton and Allan Perley, slipped through the waters on her maiden voyage to serve the many islands in Winnipesaukee. Postmaster Ed Lavallee prepared the mail, luggage, etc., right on board ship, thus giving it the distinction of being the only floating post office in America. Since 1942, Mr. Lavallee has held the postal franchise of the lake and was once captain of the original "Uncle Sam."
For six years (1963-69) she delivered the mail on Lake Winnipesaukee. After her brief service on the lake, she was slated to return to the Atlantic Ocean. The craft was sold at auction to Frank Damrell of Andover, Massachusetts, and Southport, Maine, for $5,500. Pictured standing by the wheelhouse is owner Allan Perley.
Sources of information:
Follow the Mount, by Bruce D. Heald
The Boats and Ports of Lake Winnipesaukee, by Bruce D. Heald
The Lakes Region of NH, by Bruce D. Heald, Ph.D.
Other Uncle Sam photos: http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/showgallery.php?si=uncle+sam&x=0&y=0&limit=

[GWC...]

That's the one. ;)

[Rattlesnake Gal]

Gun boat (or possibly an Army or Navy PBR Swift Boat) off Barndoor Island Archive Thread (http://www.winnipesaukee.com/oldforum/archive1.cgi?noframes;read=62338)
(PBR = Patrol Boat River)
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/502/medium/176IM000498_3.jpg?538

[mcdude]

U. S. Mailboat
http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopost/data/531/20scanunclesamII-med.jpg
"United States Mail Boat - America's only inland floating post office on its' scheduled cruise around the lake, stopping at many islands to deliver and pick up mail, freight and passengers. Mail is cancelled with the special Lake Winni cancellation, routed and bagged for shipment by a mail truck waiting at Lakeport, home port of UNCLE SAM II."