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"Milestone reached for Vietnam swift boat project"

 
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Me#1You#10
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 6:42 pm    Post subject: "Milestone reached for Vietnam swift boat project" Reply with quote

Congrats to project manager Mark Gallant and to all the Swiftees on their progress. A nice video story accompanies the story...

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Milestone reached for Vietnam swift boat project
Vessel to be finished in time for reunion
Bob Lawrence
ABC10 News
April 24, 2013

CHULA VISTA, Calif. - For months, volunteers – many of them swift boat veterans who served in Vietnam – have labored relentlessly to return a 1968 swift boat to its former glory. On Tuesday, all reached a major milestone in that effort.

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After months of scraping paint off the aluminum hull by hand, on Tuesday, the 50-foot boat had been repainted, rewired and new engines put aboard.

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At the Marine Group boat yard in Chula Vista, the vessel was lifted off the stands, put into the water and the engines tested for the first time.

It was a big step, but there is more to do before more than 400 swift boat veterans come to San Diego for a reunion next month.

ABC10 News - cont'd
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great to see some history being preserved and not just photos kept.

Who knows, maybe one day they can get together with Portland, Oregon's PT 658 crew for a side by side display.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was fortunate to go out and ride her to the Museum and then later go out and do dirty in the dirt labor and am now an official DBG (Dirty Boat Guy). Our reunion is in 8 days and if anyone would like to donate to the restoration, please visit http://www.sdmaritime.org/swift-boat/ as much more work is needed to restore her to Vietnam era image.
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Me#1You#10
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PostPosted: Thu May 09, 2013 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mtboone wrote:
Our reunion is in 8 days...

Thanks for stopping by Terry...and please pass along our forum's best regards to your fellow SBSA members on the occasion of your reunion. Post a few pics if and when you get the chance Wink
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