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The former PT-694, a 70-foot Vosper, with the Hughes Tool Company as a service boat in the H-4 Flying Boat project, 1950s. Later sold to Universal Studios and painted as PT-73 for the opening credits of “McHale’s Navy.”

Caption     The former PT-694, a 70-foot Vosper, with the Hughes Tool Company as a service boat in the H-4 Flying Boat project, 1950s. Later sold to Universal Studios and painted as PT-73 for the opening credits of “McHale’s Navy.” ww2dbase
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
12 Sep 2016 12:03:46 PM

The H-4 Flying Boat project, of course, being the "Spruce Goose."

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