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⚫ '''Fisher Boatworks''' was ] in ] 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 ] boats for ]. They are also known for building one of first Prototype ]s: PT-3 and PT-3. Fisher Boatworks closed after the war in 1945. The ] was on Motor Boat Lane, now the Gregory Marina on the ] of the Waterworks Park.<ref name="auto"></ref>


⚫ '''Fisher Boatworks Company''' was ] in ] 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 ] boats for ]. They are also known for building one of first Prototype ]s: PT-3 and PT-3. Fisher Boatworks closed after the war in 1945. The ] was on Motor Boat Lane, now the Gregory Marina on the ] of the Waterworks Park. <ref>http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/fisher.htm</ref>
==PT boats== ==PT boats==
{{main|PT boat}} {{main|PT boat}}
PT-3 and PT-4 ere 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 1,350hp Packard gasoline engines with two shafts. Had a beam of 18 feet. PT-3 and PT-4 ere 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&nbsp;hp Packard gasoline engines with two shafts. Had a beam of 18 feet. ] designed PT-1 and PT-2 in 1939.<ref name=garth>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAENLTIy9RoC&pg=PA2|title=U.S. Patrol Torpedo Boats in World War II, 1939-1945|isbn=9781608880133|accessdate=2018-01-17|last1=Garth Connelly|first1=T.|year=2010|publisher=Nimble Books }}</ref>
* PT-3 Laid down 1 August 1939, launched 18 April 1940, and completed 20 June 1940<ref>http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05003.htm</ref> * PT-3 Laid down 1 August 1939, launched 18 April 1940, and completed 20 June 1940<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05003.htm|title=PT-3|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
* PT-4 Laid down 5 August 1939, launched 19 April 1940, and completed 20 June 1940<ref>http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05004.htm</ref> * PT-4 Laid down 5 August 1939, launched 19 April 1940, and completed 20 June 1940<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05004.htm|title=PT-4|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
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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.<ref>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)</ref><ref name="Article on Albert Hickman">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.woodenboat.com/library-content/woodenboat100.pdf |title=Damned by Faint Praise: The life and hard times of Albert Hickman |author=David Seidman |magazine=WoodenBoat |date=June 1991 |pages=46–57 |access-date=21 April 2016 |archive-date=6 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506013837/http://www.woodenboat.com/library-content/woodenboat100.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>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)</ref><ref name="Article on Albert Hickman">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.woodenboat.com/library-content/woodenboat100.pdf |title=Damned by Faint Praise: The life and hard times of Albert Hickman |author=David Seidman |magazine=WoodenBoat |date=June 1991 |pages=46–57 |access-date=21 April 2016 |archive-date=6 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506013837/http://www.woodenboat.com/library-content/woodenboat100.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Boats== ==Boats==
**'''PT Boats''':<ref>http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/fisher.htm</ref> **'''PT Boats''':<ref name="auto"/>
⚫ *PT-3 Placed in service 24 July 1940 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron ONE (MTBRon 1) for evaluations. MTBRon 1, was under the command of Lt. Earl S. Caldwell. MTBRon 1 was the first PT squadron commissioned and originally was made up of experimental boats PT-3 was transferred 19 April 1942 to the ] and reclassified HM MTB-273, but the transfer to the Royal Navy was canceled, transferred to the ] and named ''Bras D'Or'' (M-413) for use as a High Speed Rescue Boat, reclassified B-119. Returned to U.S. Navy 10 April 1945. Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 2 May 1946, and sold. In 2012 was at Flanigan Brothers Boatyard, in ], for restoration.<ref name="auto1"/>
*PT-3 Placed in service 24 July 1940 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron ONE (MTBRon 1) for evaluations.
⚫ MTBRon 1, was under the command of Lt. Earl S. Caldwell. MTBRon 1 was the first PT squadron commissioned and originally was made up of experimental boats PT-3 was transferred 19 April 1942 to the ] and reclassified HM MTB-273, but the transfer to the Royal Navy was canceled, transferred to the ] and named ''Bras D'Or'' (M-413) for use as a High Speed Rescue Boat, reclassified B-119. Returned to U.S. Navy 10 April 1945. Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 2 May 1946, and sold. In 2012 was at Flanigan Brothers Boatyard, in ] for restoration. <ref>http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05003.htm</ref>


*PT-4 Placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron ONE (MTBRon 1). Given nickname ''The "Old Faithful'', and also ''Get In Step''. She was transferred to the Royal Navy 11 March 1941 and reclassified HM MTB-274. But transfer to the Royal Navy canceled 19 April 1941. Transferred instead to the Royal Canadian Air Force and named RCAF ''Osoyoos'' (M 414) and used as a High Speed Rescue Boat, reclassified B-120. Returned to U.S. Navy custody in 14 June 1945, transferred to the War Shipping Administration in October 1946, fate unknown, may have been scrapped. <ref>http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/05004.htm</ref> *PT-4 Placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron ONE (MTBRon 1). Given nickname ''The "Old Faithful'', and also ''Get In Step''. She was transferred to the Royal Navy 11 March 1941 and reclassified HM MTB-274. But transfer to the Royal Navy canceled 19 April 1941. Transferred instead to the Royal Canadian Air Force and named RCAF ''Osoyoos'' (M 414) and used as a High Speed Rescue Boat, reclassified B-120. Returned to U.S. Navy custody on 14 June 1945, transferred to the War Shipping Administration in October 1946, fate unknown, may have been scrapped.<ref name="auto2"/>
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{{also|Submarine chaser}} {{see also|Submarine chaser}}
**'''Submarine chasers''', 136 tons, 110-feet<ref>http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/fisher.htm</ref><ref>http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/wavr.htm</ref> **'''Submarine chasers''', 136 tons, 110-feet<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/wavr.htm|title=U.S. Coast Guard ASR Boats WAVR}}</ref>
*SC-453 to SC 721 *SC-453 to SC 721
*SC 1347 to SC 1350 US Navy built from 1940 to 1943. *SC 1347 to SC 1350 US Navy built from 1940 to 1943.
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**Some Submarine chaser boats: **Some Submarine chaser boats:
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* ''SC-715'' is owned by Ronan Oger in ] Canada.<ref>http://nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=SC-715%20%28U.S.S.%29&id=50670&Page=1&input=715</ref> * ''SC-715'' is owned by Ronan Oger in ] Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nauticapedia.ca/dbase/Query/Shiplist4.php?&name=SC-715+(U.S.S.)&id=50670&Page=1&input=715|title=Ship details|website=nauticapedia.ca}}</ref>
*SC-1349 was scuttled off of Guam 20 June 1946<ref>http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/151349.htm</ref> *SC-1349 was scuttled off of Guam 20 June 1946<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/151349.htm|title=SCC-1349|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref>
*Under ] six of the Submarine chaser were sent to the ]. *Under ] six of the Submarine chaser were sent to the ].
*After the war 8 of the Submarine chaser boats became ] patrol boats. *After the war 8 of the Submarine chaser boats became ] patrol boats.

{{Commons category|PT boats}}


==References== ==References==
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Marine service provider and shipbuilder in Detroit, Michigan
Fisher Boatworks Company
USS SC-661 built by Fisher Boatworks Company
Industry
FoundedJanuary 1937; 88 years ago (1937-01)
Headquarters100 Motor Boat Lane, Detroit Michigan, USA
Area servedUS Navy and Detroit
ProductsPT Boats, Submarine chaser
ServicesBoat building and repair
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.

PT boats

Main article: PT boat

PT-3 and PT-4 ere 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.

  • PT-3 Laid down 1 August 1939, launched 18 April 1940, and completed 20 June 1940
  • PT-4 Laid down 5 August 1939, launched 19 April 1940, and completed 20 June 1940


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.

Boats

    • PT Boats:
  • PT-3 Placed in service 24 July 1940 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron ONE (MTBRon 1) for evaluations. MTBRon 1, was under the command of Lt. Earl S. Caldwell. MTBRon 1 was the first PT squadron commissioned and originally was made up of experimental boats PT-3 was transferred 19 April 1942 to the Royal Navy and reclassified HM MTB-273, but the transfer to the Royal Navy was canceled, transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force and named Bras D'Or (M-413) for use as a High Speed Rescue Boat, reclassified B-119. Returned to U.S. Navy 10 April 1945. Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 2 May 1946, and sold. In 2012 was at Flanigan Brothers Boatyard, in Fairton, New Jersey, for restoration.
  • PT-4 Placed in service and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron ONE (MTBRon 1). Given nickname The "Old Faithful, and also Get In Step. She was transferred to the Royal Navy 11 March 1941 and reclassified HM MTB-274. But transfer to the Royal Navy canceled 19 April 1941. Transferred instead to the Royal Canadian Air Force and named RCAF Osoyoos (M 414) and used as a High Speed Rescue Boat, reclassified B-120. Returned to U.S. Navy custody on 14 June 1945, transferred to the War Shipping Administration in October 1946, fate unknown, may have been scrapped.


See also: Submarine chaser

References

  1. ^ 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. ^ "PT-3". www.navsource.org.
  4. ^ "PT-4". www.navsource.org.
  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". www.navsource.org.
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