Designs 363 366 Air Rescue Boats

Design 363

Last week I posted an article about design #370, a World War II Air Rescue or Crash Boat, used to rescue downed pilots during the war. Here are a couple of more designs of the same type, designs #363 and #366, both designed in 1940.

Design 366

#363 was designed for Oxford Shipyard of Oxford, Maryland and #366 for the Seabrook Yacht Corporation of Seabrook, Texas. Multiple copies of each were built.

Principal Dimensions #363
LOA 29-4"
LWL 26-3"
Beam 8-7"
Draft 2-6"

Principal Dimensions #366
LOA 36-4"
LWL 34-3"
Beam 10-5"
Draft 3-6"

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