[Milsurplus] Radio On Higgins PT Boat

[Al Klase]

Guys,

I've been reading the mail here.  Was there, in fact, any Higgins PT 
boats?  To me a "Higgins Boat" is the quintessential landing craft with 
the drop-down front.  I could imagine a TBX being cobbled into a Higgins 
Boat for a number of field-expedient reasons.

Al

WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
> The TCS is stackable, although the stacking brackets are scarce today, 
> maybe even rare.  My TCS-14 is stacked.  The two on USS Valley Forge 
> (CV-45/LPH-8) were stacked.
>
> The only other two-unit stacked set that comes to mind is the VHF 
> MBF.  It had an accessories box the same size as the radio and when 
> installed the radio is on top.  It would be a little wider and quite a 
> bit shorter than the TCS.  But I've never before heard them mentioned 
> in conjunction with PT boats.  And the TCS is known to have been used 
> on them.  The TBX is slightly larger than the MBF and also has a 
> matching accessories/battery box.  But there is no provision for 
> attaching the two together nor to anything else.
>

-- 
Al Klase - N3FRQ
Flemington, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/