AVR 661

AVR 661 is an R-1 type United States Air Force "crash boat", a boat used in air-sea rescues. It is 85 feet long and has two Packard Marine 4M-2500 engines of 1500 horsepower, instead of the normal three that PT boats usually were equipped with. It has a top speed of 40 knots. The craft was unarmed normally, but in the event of deployment to hostile areas could have been armed with a variety of light weapons.

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United States Army Air Corps, preserved watercraft, crash rescue boat, museum ship, United States, United States, 

• National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@
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Location: 41.6619, -87.575, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Battle of Fort Dearborn ⓘ
  war of 1812 battle in modern-day Chicago

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  Fort Dearborn ⓘ
  United States fort

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  AVR 661 ⓘ
  

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  Pritzker Military Museum & Library ⓘ
  Chicago library and museum

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1812 Battle of Fort Dearborn

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1803 — 1856 Fort Dearborn

2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

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2003 Pritzker Military Museum & Library

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1812	Battle of Fort Dearborn	United States, battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SS Eastland	steamship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USLHT Dahlia	ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Chicago	heavy cruiser, Baltimore-class cruiser	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1916	Boeing	organization, arms industry, public company, aerospace manufacturer, space industry, weapons manufacturing company, aircraft construction, aircraft industry, space-based economy, business, enterprise, aerospace industry, rail vehicle manufacturing	Wikidata
site	fort	1803	Fort Dearborn	destroyed building or structure, fort	Wikidata
site	museum		AVR 661	crash rescue boat, United States Army Air Corps, preserved watercraft, museum ship	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Pritzker Military Museum & Library	military library, research library, military museum	Wikidata