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Old 07-22-2016, 12:54 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by NoBozo View Post
I would suggest that there was never an Ex- PT Boat used as a mail boat on the lake. I suspect this PT Boat thing was just a popular local story.

PT Boats ranged from 77 to 80 feet in length and had three Packard 2500 cubic inch V-12 engines in various configurations. This would never have been economically viable for a mail boat. Just Sayin. NB

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PT_boat
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