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Fleet Obsolete is vessel restoration 501(c)(3) organization in Kingston, New York. Fleet Obsolete rescues and restores artifacts and boats from World War II era. Fleet Obsolete is housed in the old Cornell Shops Building on the waterfront of the Hudson River and the mouth of Rondout Creek. Cornell Steamboat Company was founded in 1827 and use the Cornell Building as a machine shop. Fleet Obsolete was founded by Robert Iannucci in 2005. Robert Iannucci purchased five PT boats built during World War II.Robert Iannucci worked on racing teams for classic motorcycles, now a retired Brooklyn attorney. Iannucci passion for United States Navy boats came from his time as a Sea Scout in Hackensack, New Jersey
Patrol torpedo boat PT-459, 78-foot Higgins Industries, New Orleans, completed 23 March 1944. Past names: Mahogany Menace and Beachcomber IV.
Patrol torpedo boat PT-486, 80-foot Elco Naval Division, completed 25 November 1943, past name US Navy C105335.
Patrol torpedo boat PT-615 80-foot Elco PT boat, completed 25 November 1943. Past names: C105341, Huckster, Tarbaby and Flagship III.
U.S. Army Tug ST-2201 built by Smith's Basin in Florida, The tugboat was completed in 1956, later named Falmouth, sold 2003, then Gowanus Bay. ST-2201 is a 65-foot, single-screw tug, powered with a 600-horsepower direct-reversing Atlas-Imperial diesel. ST-2201 was based in Fort Eustis until 2002. Tug design 3004, 72 GRT, 57 NRT, beam of 19.5 feet and draft of 8.5 feet.
Seven Packard engines that will be used for the PT Boat restorations, 1,500 shp V12 M2500 gasoline engines,
Former boat:
Patrol torpedo boat PT-728, a 70-foot Annapolis Yacht Yard, Annapolis, Maryland, completed 20 October 1945, was Endeavor II, acquired in 1967 by Fleet Obsolete, sold in 2012 to Liberty Aviation Museum. This was Iannucci first boat acquired in 2006, which he had restored.
Gallery
PT-48 sister PT boat PT-10 in 1941
PT-48 sister boat PT-31 at Montauk Point, Long Island in 1941
ELCO PT Boat US Navy July 1945
PT boat gunner mans a twin .50 caliber Browning M2 machine gun off New Guinea
PT-46 (No. 1); PT-40 (No. 9); PT-61; PT-48 (No. 3) and PT-45 (No. 2) during commissioning ceremonies at the newly established PT Boat Base Taboga Island on 1 August 1942. To mislead possible Japanese spies in Panama, and presumably German agents in New York, the hull numbers displayed on the cabins were changed. The eleven boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWO were numbered 0 - 10.
Cornell Shops Building has three sections, each built at different times. The center section of the building, a brick building, was built in about 1875. The main section brick building was built in 1901. The newest addition the, concrete block building was built in 1961. Cornell used the building for its work shops. Cornell had a complex of buildings on the Hudson River riverfront. The Cornell Shops Building and the boiler shop, now the Steel House Restaurant (100 Rondout Lndg, Kingston) are the only two buildings of the complex remaining. The Cornell Steamboat Company was founded by Thomas Cornell in Rondout, New York in the late 1840s, as a passenger ship and cargo company. Cornell Steamboat Company rebuild entire boats, engines, and boiler in the Cornell complex. Thomas Cornell arrived at Rondout in 1837 and started a shipping company with his sloop. Cornell transported coal on the Delaware and Hudson Canal. Cornell also transported wood, stone, plaster, tanning bark, animal hides, millstones, glass, charcoal, lead, and stoneware. Cornell Steamboat Company also operated a fleet of river tugboats. By 1900 Cornell was operating 60 tugs and ended his passenger ship service. Cornell also had a ferry service between Rhinecliff and Kingston Point/Rondout. In 1958, Cornell closed and sold it boats to New York Trap Rock Corporation. Some of the tugs operated by Cornell were: Knickerbocker, Mohawk, Rockland County,Belle, C.W. Morse, J.G. Rose, R.G. Townsend, and Thomas Cornell.
Location within New York
PT-48 sister PT boat PT-10 in 1941
PT-48 sister boat PT-31 at Montauk Point, Long Island in 1941
ELCO PT Boat US Navy July 1945
PT boat gunner mans a twin .50 caliber Browning M2 machine gun off New Guinea
PT-48 sister boat PT-32
Packard 3A-2500 engine
PT-46 (No. 1); PT-40 (No. 9); PT-61; PT-48 (No. 3) and PT-45 (No. 2) during commissioning ceremonies at the newly established PT Boat Base Taboga Island on 1 August 1942. To mislead possible Japanese spies in Panama, and presumably German agents in New York, the hull numbers displayed on the cabins were changed. The eleven boats of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWO were numbered 0 - 10.
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