04-24-2007, 01:12 AM
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Re: What did you drive before you got your Hummer?
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Originally Posted by usetosellhummer
what kind of ship is that skipper?
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Its a 95' Coast Guard Patrol BOAT (not a ship). The picture is of a newer one then i was on. Mine was the 95303 built in 1953. We did Law Enforcement & Search and Rescue.
It was neat when I first went on board. It had a WWII Twin 20mm AA Pumper on the stern so you could run and hide and still cover your asp. Later on we went to the yards and they removed those and then reinforced the foredeck and mounted an 81mm Mortar there. What a 95 footer needed a Mortar fore I'll never know, but they did mount a 50 Cal piggyback on top of the Mortar.
We could only go about 23 knots because we were running 2 to 1 reduction gear for towing large ships without power.
And to answer someone elses question I was the most important person on the BOAT..
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