Crash rescue boat
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 A U.S. Air Force 63-foot (19.20 m) Mark II crash rescue boat in peacetime trim | |
| Active | 1950–1953 |
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Crash Rescue Boat is a name used in the
United Kingdom
From its inception in 1918 the RAF had
Even after the introduction of rescue
United States
The USAAF used 140 crash rescue boats, 85-foot (26 m) long, in World War II, designed by Dair N. Long in 1944. The last of these boats has been restored by the AAF/USAF Crash Rescue Boat Association, a non-profit organization with the goal of preserving it for future generations. It is now owned by the Louisville Naval Museum Inc as-of September 2020. These boats were also used during the
Around the 1960s,
For the 1962 movie PT-109, several 82-foot (25 m) USAF crash rescue boats were converted to resemble 80-foot PT Elcos when the few surviving PT boats were found to need too much work to make them seaworthy for use during the film.
The US operated many
See also
- Seenotdienst (World War II Luftwaffe organisation that operated fast motor life boats)
- PT boat
- Motor launch
- For Those in Peril – 1944 British film that is based on the RAF air-sea rescue service featuring Type Two craft.
- The Sea Shall Not Have Them
Notes
- ^ "The origins of Air/Sea Rescue". Royal Air Force. 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
- ^ Haas, pp. 66 - 75.
- ^ DeVillo, Stephen Paul, The Bronx River in History & Folklore.
References
- Haas, Michael E. (2002). Apollo's Warriors: US Air Force Special Operations During the Cold War University Press of the Pacific. ISBNs 1410200094, 978-1410200099.