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    Torpedo retrieval from Keyport, WA - Oct. 2006

Sea Scouts torpedo cleaning and priming - Feb. 2007

Torpedo installation - May 3, 2007

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'New' escape hatches obtained by Jerry Gilmartin and prepared by Wally Boerger

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Captain USCG cutter Bluebell David Dixon with Chuck Kellogg

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Jerry Gilmartin, Jim Mitchell, Tom Cates and Maury Hooper

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Three new torpedoes fixed, primed and painted

 

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Starboard rear torpedo rake obtained thru Chuck Kellogg with mount fabricated by Ron Moran also with new location of depth charge

 

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Maury Hooper, Beaty Lay, Jerry Gilmartin and Dick Lowe getting ready for trip

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Jerry Gilmartin and Beaty Lay leading torpedo to Coast Guard Base

 

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USCG cutter Bluebell with crane to load and unload torpedoes

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Unloading the 'dummy' torpedo

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Ron Moran guiding the last torpedo in by the tail

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Dick Lowe and Beaty Lay ... WWII PT torpedomen

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All 4 torpedoes in place

 

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Return to base fully loaded

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