I watched them being built at National Steel next to 32nd Street. Over the course of my career I rode all but 5 of the 20 constructed on multiple occasions. Including 9 WestPac's in 8 years. Sometimes in fair weather and in the Gulf a lookout was posted on the arms. Just depended on the occasion. When I was on board with PhibCB-1 they looked like this:

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