The American Automobile Industry in World War Two
An American Auto Industry Heritage Tribute by David D Jackson

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 Automobile and Body Manufacturers:  American Bantam Car Company   Briggs Manufacturing Company   Checker Car Company   Chrysler Corporation   Crosley Corporation   Ford Motor Car Company   General Motors Corporation   Graham-Paige Motors Corporation   Hudson Motor Car Company   Murray Corporation of America   Nash-Kelvinator   Packard Motor Car Company      Studebaker    Willys-Overland Motors

General Motors Divisions:  AC Spark Plug   Aeroproducts   Allison   Brown-Lipe-Chapin   Buick   Cadillac   Chevrolet   Cleveland Diesel   Delco Appliance   Delco Products   Delco Radio   Delco-Remy   Detroit Diesel   Detroit Transmission   Electro-Motive   Fisher Body   Frigidaire   GM Proving Grounds   GM of Canada   GMC   GMI   Guide Lamp   Harrison Radiator   Hyatt Bearings   Inland   Moraine Products   New Departure   Oldsmobile   Packard Electric   Pontiac   Saginaw Malleable Iron   Saginaw Steering Gear   Southern California Division   Rochester Products   Ternstedt Manufacturing Division   United Motors Service   Vauxhall Motors

 Indiana Companies:  Bailey Products Corporation   Chrysler Kokomo Plant   Continental Steel Corporation  Converto Manufacturing    Cummins Engine Company   Diamond Chain and Manufacturing Company   Delta Electric Company   Durham Manufacturing Company   Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation   General Electric Kokomo Plant   Haynes Stellite Company   Hercules Body Company   Horton Manufacturing Company   Howe Fire Apparatus   International Machine Tool Company   J.D. Adams Company   Kokomo Spring Company   Magnavox   Muncie Gear Works   Pierce Governor Company   Portland Forge and Foundry   Reliance Manufacturing Company-Kokomo Plant   Reliance Manufacturing Company-Washington Plant   Republic Aviation Corporation - Indiana Division   Ross Gear and Tool Company   S.F. Bowser & Co.   Sherrill Research Corporation   Sullivan Machinery Company   Tokheim Oil Tank and Pump Company   Warner Gear   Wayne Pump Company   Wayne Works

Commercial Truck and Fire Apparatus Manufacturers:  American LaFrance   Autocar   Biederman Motors Corporation   Brockway Motor Company   Detroit General   Diamond T   Duplex Truck Company   Federal Motor Truck   Four Wheel Drive Auto Company(FWD)   International Harvester   John Bean   Mack Truck   Marmon-Herrington Company   Michigan Power Shovel Company   Oshkosh Motor Truck Corporation   Pacific Car and Foundry   "Quick-Way" Truck Shovel Company  Reo Motor Car Company  Seagrave Fire Apparatus   Sterling Motor Truck Company    Ward LaFrance Truck Corporation   White Motor Company

Aviation Companies:  Abrams Instrument Corporation    Frankfort Sailplane Company   Hughes Aircraft Company   Kellett Aviation Corporation   Laister-Kauffman Aircraft Corporation   Naval Aircraft Factory   P-V Engineering Forum, Inc.    Rudolf Wurlitzer Company-DeKalb Division  Schweizer Aircraft Corporation   Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft Corporation   St. Louis Aircraft Corporation   Timm Aircraft Corporation

Other World War Two Manufacturers:  Air King Products   Allis-Chalmers   American Car and Foundry   American Locomotive   American Stove Company   Annapolis Yacht Yard   Andover Motors Company   Badger Meter Manufacturing Company   B.F. Goodrich   Baker War Industries   Baldwin Locomotive Works   Blood Brothers Machine Company   Boyertown Auto Body Works   Briggs & Stratton   Burke Electric Company   Caterpillar   Cheney Bigelow Wire Works   Centrifugal Fusing   Chris-Craft   Clark Equipment Company   Cleaver-Brooks Company   Cleveland Tractor Company   Continental Motors   Cushman Motor Works   Crocker-Wheeler   Dail Steel Products   Detroit Wax Paper Company   Detrola   Engineering & Research Corporation   Farrand Optical Company   Federal Telephone and Radio Corp.   Firestone Tire and Rubber Company   Fruehauf Trailer Company   Fuller Manufacturing   Galvin Manufacturing   Gemmer Manufacturing Company   General Railway Signal Company   Gerstenslager Company   Gibson Guitar   Gibson Refrigerator Company   Goodyear   Hall-Scott   Hanson Clutch and Machinery Company   Harley-Davidson   Harris-Seybold-Potter   Herreshoff Manufacturing Company   Higgins Industries    Highway Trailer Corporation  Hill Diesel Company   Holland Hitch Company   Homelite Company   Horace E. Dodge Boat and Plane Corporation   Huffman Manufacturing   Indian Motorcycle   Ingersoll Steel and Disk   Iron Fireman Manufacturing Company   John Deere   Johnson Automatics Manufacturing Company   Kimberly-Clark   Kohler Company   Kold-Hold Company   Landers, Frary & Clark   Le Roi Company  Lima Locomotive Works   Lundberg Screw Products   MacKenzie Muffler Company   Massey-Harris   Matthews Company   McCord Radiator & Mfg. Company   Metal Mouldings Corporation   Miller Printing Machinery Company   Morse Instrument Company   Motor Products Corporation   Motor Wheel Corporation   National Cash Resgister Company   Novo Engine Company   O'Keefe & Merritt Company   Olofsson Tool and Die Company   Oneida Ltd   Otis Elevator   Owens Yacht   Pressed Steel Car Company   Pressed Steel Tank Company   Queen City Manufacturing Company   R.G. LeTourneau   Richardson Boat Company   R.L. Drake Company   St. Clair Rubber Company   Samson United Corporation   Shakespeare Company   Sight Feed Generator Company   Simplex Manufacturing Company   Steel Products Engineering Company   St. Louis Car Company   Twin Disc Company   Victor Adding Machine Company   Vilter Manufacturing Company   Wells-Gardner   W.L. Maxson Corporation   W.W. Boes Company   Westfield Manufacturing Company   York-Hoover Body Company   York-Shipley, Inc.   Youngstown Steel Door Company  
   

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The Annapolis Yacht Yard in World War Two
 Annapolis, MD
1912-1973

This page added 12-3-2022.

An American Auto Industry in World War Two Special Edition

The Annapolis Yacht Yard is far from the center of the American Automobile Industry, centered in Southeast Michigan during World War Two.  So, how did the Annapolis Yacht Yard become a company of interest to be added to this website?   Its major war-time products were 127 Vosper Motor Torpedo Boats, each powered by three Packard M2500 marine engines built in Detroit, MI.  All Packard M2500 engines came with  cranking motors and DC generators built by the Delco-Remy Division of General Motors in Anderson, IN.  So, the Vosper built Motor Torpedo Boats have a direct link to the American Auto Industry.  Also, with a trip to the Liberty Aviation Museum in April 2019, I had a good collection of photos of the only known Vosper 71-foot Motor Torpedo Boats known to still exist.

Very few Motor Torpedo Boats (MTB) or Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats still exist.  There is one Elco 80-foot PT boat, four Higgins 78-foot PT boats, and two Annapolis Yacht Yard-built 71-foot MTBs still in existence.  Both known Vosper boats are at the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, OH.  PT-728 is undergoing a second rebuild after the boat failed its sea trials in 2016.  PT-724 is sitting outside, awaiting the day that it will be rebuilt.  This page features many photos of PT-728 and PT-724.

The Annapolis Yacht Yard was one of many small shipyards along the ocean coasts, the Great Lakes, and many inland rivers that built thousands of small boats and ships for the war effort.  Each one, like the Annapolis Yacht Yard, built a small number of the boats and ships.  Together, small boat makers supplied the many small craft needed in a world war, where the oceans were the main supply routes by which the Allied forces retook occupied enemy territory.

The Annapolis Yacht Yard was an American company produced British-designed Vosper MTBs used by both the United Kingdom and Russia and built 110-foot American-designed subchasers used by both the U.S. and the Free French navies. 


Annapolis Yacht Yard World War Two Military Products:  The company built twelve 110-foot subchasers and 127 boats MTBs during World War Two.  The Annapolis Yacht Yard had $13,354,000 in major contracts as shown in Table 6.  Due to the vague descriptions of several of the contracts, it is difficult to determine for three of the contracts whether they were for subchasers or Motor Torpedo Boats.  There was one $610,000 contract for spare parts.  Subtracting that from $13,354,000 = $12,744,000.  Dividing this by the total 139 boats the company produced during World War Two gives an average cost per boat of $91,683.

Table 1:  Annapolis Yacht Yard-built 110-foot Subchasers.
Boat number  Date Completed Disposition
SC-521 Apr 1942 Lost Oct 1945 in the Solomon Islands.
SC-522 Apr 1942 To Free French CH-111.  Scrapped 1951.
SC-688 Nov 1942 Sold 1946.
SC-689 Nov 1942 Sold 1946.
SC-690 Dec 1942 To Free French CH-106.
SC-691 Dec 1942 To Free French CH-132.  Scrapped 1964.
SC-1309 May 1943 To Sea Scouts in 1946.
SC-1310 May 1943 Sold 1946.
SC-1311 Jun 1943 Sold 1946.
SC-1312 Jul 1943 Sold 1947.
SC-1313 Jul 1943 Sold 1946.
SC-1314 Aug 1943 Sold 1946.
Total = 12    

 

Table 2:  Annapolis Yacht Yard-built Vosper 73-foot Motor Torpedo Boats (MTB) laid down as British Patrol Torpedo boats (BPT) that were re-designated British MTBs.
The United Kingdom did not have the capacity to build all of the Vosper MTBs it needed during World War Two, so it turned to the United States with its vast manufacturing abilities.  Small boat makers like the Annapolis Yacht Yard supplied the boats to Great Britain.   
BPT # Number built British MTB # Date Completed Disposition
BPT-21 1  MTB-275 Mar 1943 To India
BPT-22-26 5 MTB-276-280 Nov 1942 To India
BPT-27-28 2 MTB-281-282 Dec 1942 To India
BPT-49-52 4 MTB-283-286 Apr 1943 To India 284, 285 sunk enroute during air attack.
BPT-53 1 MTB-363 Sep 1943 To Russia as TK-221 in Feb 44
BPT-54 1 MTB-364 Sep 1943 To Russia as TK-222 in Feb 44.  Lost in Barents Sea in Oct 1944
BPT-55 1 MTB-365 Dec 1943 To Russia as TK-223 Feb 44
BPT-56-60 5 MTB-366-370 Nov 1943 To Russia as TK-224, 227, 228, 229, 230 244
BPT-61 1 MTB-371 Oct 1943 Scuttled November 1944
BPT-62 1 MTB-372 Sep 1943 Sunk by enemy gunfire July 44 in the Adriatic Sea
BPT-63 1 MTB-373 Oct 1943 Scrapped in Italy as GIS-0014 in 1949 or later
BPT-64 1 MTB-374 Oct 1943 Scrapped in Italy as GIS-009 in 1949 or later?
BPT-65 1 MTB-375 Nov 1943 Scrapped in Italy as GIS-009 in 1949 or later?
BPT-66 1 MTB-376 Dec 1943 Two combat engagements as 276.  Scrapped in Italy as GIS-0010 in 1949.
BPT-67 1 MTB-377 Dec 1943 Scrapped in Italy as GIS-0016 in 1949.
BPT-68 1 MTB-378 Dec 1943 One combat engagements as 276.  Scrapped in Italy as GIS-0017 in 1949.
Total delivered to United Kingdom 28      

 

Table 3:  Annapolis Yacht Yard-built Vosper 70-foot MTBs laid down with American PT numbers were re-designated as Russian TK boat numbers when delivered to Russia. This group of boats was specifically designated from the beginning to be sent to Russia under Lend-Lease.  The boats all had U.S. Navy PT boat numbers that were then converted to Russian Boat Numbers.
 U.S. PT Boat Numbers Russia Boat Number Number Built Date Completed Disposition
PT-400 to 401 TK-220, 221 2 Jan 1944  
PT-402 to 405 TK-231-234 4 Jan 1944  
PT-406 to 407 TK-243-244 2 Jan 1944  
PT-408 to 414 TK-235-240 7 Jan 1944-Feb 1944  
PT-415-416 TK-562-563 2 Mar 1944  
PT-417 TK-547 1 Mar 1944  
PT-418 TK-567 1 Mar 1944  
PT-419 TK-548 1 Mar 1944  
PT-420 TK-580 1 Apr 1944  
PT-421 TK-570 1 Apr 1944  
PT-422 TK-587 1 Apr 1944  
PT-423 TK-568 1 Apr 1944  
PT-424-426 TK-588-590 3 May 1944  
PT-427 TK-597 1 May 1944  
PT-428-429 TK-559-560 2 May 1944  
Total Vosper 70-foot MTBs delivered to Russia   30    

 

Table 4:  Annapolis Yacht Yard-built Vosper 71-foot MTBs laid down with American PT numbers were re-designated as Russian TK boat numbers when delivered to Russia. This group of boats was specifically designated from the beginning to be sent to Russia under Lend-Lease.  The boats all had U.S. Navy PT boat numbers that were then converted to Russian Boat Numbers.

Some sources show these as 70-foot boats.  However, the engineering drawing for PT-723 shown below indicates that the American ordered Vosper boats for Lend-Lease starting with PT-661 were 71 feet and 1/2 inches in length.
 U.S. PT Boat Numbers Russia Boat Number Number Built Date Completed Disposition
PT-661 TK-247 1 Oct 1944  
PT-662-665 TK-265-268 4 Nov-Dec 1944 Knock Down Kit (KDK)
PT-666-671 TK-809-814 6 Dec 1944 KDK
PT-672-675 TK-269-272 4 Dec 1944 KDK
PT-676-692 TK-248-264 17 Dec 1944 to Mar 1945  
Total Vosper 71-foot MTBs delivered to Russia   32    
Total Vosper 70-foot and 71-foot MTBs delivered to Russia   62   Table 3 and Table 4 totals.

 

Table 5:  Annapolis Yacht Yard-built Vosper 71-foot MTBs laid down with American PT numbers. 
The war ended before these boats could be delivered to Russia.  So, they were sold off.  At least two of them still exist today and they are at the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, OH as highlighted below.  PT-694 was the PT boat used in the McHale's Navy TV Show.

Some sources show these as 70-foot boats.  However, the engineering drawing for PT-723 shown below indicates that the American ordered Vosper boats for Lend-Lease starting with PT-661 were 71 feet and 1/2 inches in length.
 U.S. PT Boat Numbers Number Built Date Completed Disposition
PT-693 1 Mar 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Aug 1946 and sold.
PT-694 1 Apr 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Aug 1946 and sold to Hughes Tool company for a tender to H-4 Spruce Goose.  Sold to Universal Studios and used in TV show McHale's Navy. Sold to private individual and destroyed in a 1992 storm in Santa Barbara, CA.
PT-695 1 Apr 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Aug 1946 and sold to private individual.  Scrapped 1990's
PT-696-701 6 Apr-May 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Aug 1946 and sold.  Unknown disposition. 
PT-703 1 May 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945. Transferred to War Shipping Administration June 1946 and sold. Various owner.  Sank off coast of Mexico in Gulf of Mexico in 1954.
PT-704 1 May 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Aug 1946 and sold. Various owners with last one in Key West, Fl in 1974.  Unknown disposition. 
PT-705 1 May 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration July 1946 and sold.  Various owners.  Scrapped in 1988 in Brooklyn, NY.
PT-706-707 2 Jun 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration June 1946 and sold.  Unknown disposition. 
PT-708 1 Jun 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Aug 1946 and sold.  Burned off coast of Mexico 1972.
PT-709 1 Jun 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration July 1946 and sold.  Unknown disposition. 
PT-710 1 Jul 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Jun 1946 and sold.  Unknown disposition. 
PT-711 1 Jul 1945 Struck from naval Register  Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration July 1946 and sold.  Various owners up through 1989.  Unknown final disposition. 
PT-712 1 Jul 1945 Struck from naval Register  Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Sep 1946 and sold.  Various owners up through 1986.  Unknown final disposition. 
PT-713 1 Jul 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Nov 1946 and sold.  Various owners up through 1979.  Unknown final disposition. 
PT-714 1 Jul 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945, Transferred to War Shipping Administration 1946 and sold. Unknown disposition. 
PT-715 1 Jul 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration August 1946.  Transferred to Cuba and re-numbered R-41 in August 1946.
PT-716 1 Aug 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration July 1946.  Transferred to Cuba and re-numbered R-42 in July1946.
PT-717-720 4 Aug 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration June 1947 and sold.  Unknown final disposition. 
PT-721 1 Sept 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration June 1947 and sold.  Unknown final disposition. 
PT-722 1 Sep 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration August 1947 and sold. Unknown final disposition. 
PT-723 1 Sep 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration April 1948 and sold in 1950. Unknown final disposition. 
PT-724 1 Sep 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration July 1947.  In 1967 it was the yacht Endeavor II out of Bradenton, FL.  In 2012 it was acquired by the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, OH.  See author's photos.   
PT-725-727 3 Oct 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 194.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration Jun and August 1947 and sold. Unknown final disposition. 
PT-728 1 Oct 1945 Struck from naval Register Nov 1945.  Transferred to War Shipping Administration August 1947 and sold.  Sold with numerous private owners  In 2012 it was acquired by the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, OH.  See author's photos.   
PT-729-730 2 Oct 1945 Reclassified as a Small Boat in November 1945 and sold in 1947.  Unknown final disposition. 
Total 37    

 

Table 6 -  Annapolis Yacht Yard's Major World War Two Contracts
The information below comes from the "Alphabetical Listing of Major War Supply Contracts, June 1940 through September 1945."  This was published by the Civilian Production Administration, Industrial Statistics Division.  This table added 12-3-2022.
Product - Customer Contract Number Contract Amount Contract Awarded Date Completion Date
Submarine Chasers - Navy NOS-83456 270,000 3-1941 5-1942
Vessels - Navy NOS-892041 985,000 7-1941 8-1942
Vessels - Navy NOS-94641 404,000 11-1941 4-1942
 Patrol Small - Navy OBS-528 544,000 2-1942 12-1942
 Subchasers - Navy OBS-290 780,000 7-1942 7-1943
 Boats Torpedo - Navy OBS-271 1,376,000 7-1942 7-1943
Boat Parts - Navy NXS-12962L 610,000 9-1942 12-1943
 Motor Torpedo Boats - Navy OBS-986 2,388,000 3-1942 3-1944
 Motor Torpedo Boats - Navy OBS-1487 5,997,000 3-1944 10-1945
Total   $13,354,000    

 

The Vosper 71-foot Motor Torpedo Boat PT-728 in 2015:  In looking at the disposition column in the Tables 2, 3, 4, and 5 above, the only verified existing Annapolis Yacht Yard-built Vosper MTBs are owned by the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, OH.  Both need a lot of restoration work.  From a deck and profile standpoint, PT-728 was restored to resemble an 80-foot Elco.  In my opinion, it is a Vosper, and should be restored as such.  But then, I'm not funding the restoration either.


These two photos show PT-728 in June 2015 near the end of a long restoration. It was to undergo sea trials later in the year, and then begin giving rides in 2016.  Sometimes things don't work out as planned or as desired.  Due to shoddy workmanship by the company contracted with the restoration, PT-728 failed its sea trials.  In fact, if the trials hadn't been terminated when they were, the boat may have sunk.  Author's photo.


Cosmetically PT-728 looks very nice on the outside, but lurking underneath is sub-standard construction.  The 2016 sea trials on Lake Erie were terminated early when it was noticed by the crew that the bow was starting to disintegrate.  Author's photo.

Vosper 71-foot MTB Engineering Drawings:  Below are several photos of the top outline drawing of PT-723.  This was on one of the tables in the office next to the current restoration.  As of my visit, the restoration staff at the Museum did not have a complete set of drawings.  The photos below provide key information normally not found on the 71-foot Vosper.


Note that the Vosper is identified as a 71-foot boat.  Author's photo.


The materials list.  Author's photo.


The side profile of the 71-foot PT-723 built by the Annapolis Yacht Yard.  Each boat came with a full set of prints.  Author's photo.


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This shows that PT-661 to PT-730 were 71-foot Vosper MTBs.  Author's photo.

PT-728 Walk-Around photos:  The following group of photos is from a return visit I made to the Museum in April 2019.  PT-728 is back in the boat house in the museum and is being completely rebuilt.  The museum has hired a boatwright wooden boat experience to lead the project.  Photos below show details on the rebuild of the boat as of April 2019.  For those interested in PT boats and their construction, I recommend a trip to the museum to personally view the work being done.


PT-728 fills one side of the boathouse and the other half is filled with tools and lumber needed for the restoration.  Author's photo.


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All of the planking has been removed from the original restoration.  Author's photo.


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This and the next two photos show the fuel tanks. The original Packard engines are being replaced by two MAN marine diesel engines.  The capacity of the new fuel tanks is unknown.  Author's photo.


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This is the forward bulkhead of the engine room.  On my first visit in 2015, I was told the Coast Guard stipulated, for safety reasons, that diesel engines would need to be used instead of the original gasoline powered Packards.  This is because it is planned for PT-728 to give tourist rides on Lake Erie during the summer months.  This all made sense to me until I took a ride on the Higgins-built PT-305 which has the gasoline powered Packards in it.  Go figure.  Author's photo.


This is the opening over the engine room for installing and removing the engines.  Author's photo.


One of the heavy pieces of wood for bracing the engines in the engine room has the original serial number burned into the wood.  Author's photo.


The aft bulkhead of the engine room.  Author's photo.


This is the forward bulkhead of the compartment behind the engine room.  Author's photo.


The stern with the openings for the engine exhausts.  Author's photo.


Backing up in time to 2015, this and the next photo show the propeller shafts and propellers under the plastic sheeting.  Author's photo.


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Also from 2015, this shows some of the port side MAN diesel, as photographed through the exhaust port.  Author's photo.


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Back to 2019 and the port side of the boat.  Author's photo.


There is an I-beam that runs underneath the keel.  Author's photo.


This shows more of the I-beam and all of the jacks needed to make sure that this restoration of PT-728 is to print.  Author's photo.

PT-724 Walkaround:  The photos below show PT-728 in April 2019.  There is a wooden framework over the entire boat, intended to hold a protective tarp in place.  The tarp blew off during the winter of 2018-19, and had not yet been replaced.


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