16141. (photo) New US Coast Guard 38-Foot Cabin Picket Boat (CPB) CG-38784 Underway. c.1942-1943.
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16141. (photo) New US Coast Guard 38-Foot Cabin Picket Boat (CPB) CG-38784 Underway. c.1942-1943.
16141. (photo) New US Coast Guard 38-Foot Cabin Picket Boat (CPB) CG-38784 Underway. c.1942-1943. Official Coast Guard photograph shows the new 38-foot patrol boat (Cabin Picket Boat CG-38784) kicking up spray as it speeds down the harbor. The Cabin Picket Boat (38ft.) were self-bailing but not self-righting; 38ft. 3in. overall length, 10ft. 5in. beam, 3ft. maximum draft; 16500lbs.; single gasoline engine of various makes and models with single propeller; maximum speed 24-25kts.; 240gal. fuel; 175 nautical mile range at cruise speed; capacity for 2 crew plus 10 passengers; wooden hull of single-planked carvel construction; hull was ice-sheathed if intended for assignment to an area where ice could be encountered. All of these boats were built by private boatyards over the period 1932 to 1943. Close view of this workhorse of the fleet at the time. (VG+). $32.