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Blog posts tagged with 'PT-658 boat restoration'

Curved Steel Bends for Marine and Locomotive Parts In Honor of Veterans Day
In honor of Veteran's Day, I thought I would share a PT-658 boat restoration project that Albina Co., Inc. participated in. Albina bends and curves steel parts used on locomotive frames, boat frames, deck rails and even components for homeland security helping to protect our docks and ports. One example includes, PT-658, the last remaining operable PT boat from World War II. Albina bent and donated 3/4" Sch40 Bare pipe bends to form a protective railing for the deck mounted guns and 5” OD x .120” wall stainless steel exhaust tubing for the Packard Diesel engines and 1/2” OD x .065” wall T304 stainless steel bends (coils) around the 5” OD stainless material to cool the extremely hot exhaust tubes. [caption id="attachment_673" align="aligncenter" width="224"]steel bending for pt boat WWII steel bending for pt boat WWII[/caption] [caption id="attachment_674" align="aligncenter" width="224"]steel bending for pt boat WWII steel bending for pt boat WWII[/caption] [caption id="attachment_675" align="aligncenter" width="300"]steel bending for marine steel bending for marine application[/caption] [caption id="attachment_676" align="aligncenter" width="300"]steel bending for locomotive steel bending for locomotive[/caption]
Albina Pipe Bending Donates Bends to Help Restore PT-658

PT-658 is the last remaining operable PT boat from World War II.  For 18 years, PT boat veterans and volunteers with Save the PT Boat, Inc. have worked to restore the torpedo motor boat with full armament and three 1,850 horsepower Packard V-12 engines.



Albina Pipe Bending donated bent 5” OD x .120” wall stainless steel exhaust tubing for the Packard Diesel engines and ½” OD x .065” wall T304 stainless steel bends (coils) around the 5” OD stainless material to cool the extremely hot exhaust tubes.  These cooling coils in conjunction with the protective rubber insulation dropped the temperature of the exhaust pipes from approx. 1,500 degrees down to less than 100 degrees!



In addition, Albina bent and donated  ¾” Sch40 Bare pipe bends to form a protective railing for the deck mounted guns.



The work to restore the PT boat was honored this week when the boat earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. PT-658 docked this week in Portland, Oregon and President and CEO, Brian Smith was there to talk with the veterans and other companies that donated funds or materials to the cause.