> I realize this is all completely off topic but, the one thing I've
> often wondered about is, were the engines on the PT boats gas or
> diesel? I know they
> used three Packards, but what fuel? My guess is gas  but, ya never
> know.
> As for the Cooper-Bessemers, my guess is that was the forerunner to
> the FDL's
> that GE uses even today. And with the EMD engines being direct
> descendents of
> the WWII Wintons, they all have a really long and dated history, don't
> they? 
 
   It is my understanding that the PT boats used aircraft engines, which 
would make them gasoline, I'm sure.  They needed extremely high RPM to 
do their job.
 
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