Agreed, the ELCO boats took the glory, since they were mostly deployed in the Pacific, where the majority of the Higgins boats went to Europe, and though the Higgins boats were used in the Pacific, they weren't to the extent of the latter boats.
Great link to the Higgins boat site btw! Anytime you can find a good PT site, it's like striking gold! Not too many around these days.
One of my old customers out west was a WWII PT skipper. Really cool elderly gentleman. He said the guys didn't care for the Higgins design, as the hull design didn't perform like the ELCO did in keeping the crew dry.
As he told me, unless it was rather calm, the ride was drenching. Where the ELCO hull design was made to push water away and keep the crew dryer. Of course, in rough seas, it didn't matter.
Just glad to see some PTs getting attention!
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