First and third photos by Brian T. Wise, second and fourth are mine. Removal of the water tanks was not as difficult as it might seem. Of course, a beefy fork lift helped. In the first view, Mike is cutting out one section of the top. Next, we have one of the group fishing for something.
Good help is hard to get.
After testing the clean tank for leaks, Mike welded the top sections back on. In the second and third photos, the new new skirting metal can be seen. The pattern for the elongated holes in the skirts was copied from the PLA's Western Pacific GP7 which had never been modified. All photos are mine. Three months after we moved the 3189 to Oakland, I was informed that the S.P. had put sister Torpedo Boat 3195 on the dead line.