Photo of Pretty Old Boat (bow)
IPS Features
photo by Pete Chaney
THE PRETTY OLD BOAT, being prepared for a Cuba trip by Joe Cheek and friends, is a 50-foot World War II US Navy trawler used as a liberty boat and to tend larger ships in a fleet. It is powered by a Detroit 651 diesel engine with its 12 cylinders. IPS Features photo by Pete Chaney
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