Fisher Boatworks

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Fisher Boatworks Company
Industry
FoundedJanuary 1937;88 years ago (1937-01)
Headquarters100 Motor Boat Lane, ,
USA
Area served
US Navy and Detroit
Products PT Boats, Submarine chaser
ServicesBoat building and repair
PT-3 in July 1940 back boat built by Fisher Boatworks, (PT-9 in front) PT-3 in July 1940-PT-9.jpg
PT-3 in July 1940 back boat built by Fisher Boatworks, (PT-9 in front)

Fisher Boatworks was boatyard in Detroit, Michigan founded in 1937 by William P. Fisher. The Fisher Boatworks site was first the Russell J. Pouliot Boat Works founded in the 1930s. Fisher Boatworks built many Submarine chaser boats for World War II. They are also known for building one of first Prototype PT boats: PT-3 and PT-3. Fisher Boatworks closed after the war in 1945. The boatyard was on Motor Boat Lane, now the Gregory Marina on the Detroit River of the Waterworks Park. [1]

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PT boats

PT-3 and PT-4 were built by Fisher Boatworks 1940 The to boats were 59-foot US Navy prototype Torpedo Boat. They had a displacement 25 tons and top speed of 30 kts. Two 1,350 hp Packard gasoline engines with two shafts. Had a beam of 18 feet. George Crouch designed PT-1 and PT-2 in 1939. [2]


The PT-3 and PT-3 design was not used in the final production of PT boats, as long and larger boat designs were used, 70-foot, 78-foot and 80-foot. [5] [6]

Boats


References

  1. 1 2 3 Fisher Boatworks, shipbuildinghistory.com
  2. Garth Connelly, T. (2010). U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boats in World War II, 1939-1945. Nimble Books. ISBN   9781608880133 . Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  3. 1 2 "PT-3". NavSource.
  4. 1 2 "PT-4". NavSource.
  5. The Chief of Naval Operations,Report of Conference on Motor Torpedo Boats, Op-23D-KM, PT/S1(410414)Serial 181923 (Navy Department, 17 June 1941)
  6. David Seidman (June 1991). "Damned by Faint Praise: The life and hard times of Albert Hickman" (PDF). WoodenBoat. pp. 46–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  7. "U.S. Coast Guard ASR Boats WAVR".
  8. "Ship details". nauticapedia.ca.
  9. "SCC-1349". NavSource.

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