My uncle Leo Piersall served aboard PT532 in the Pacific. In April 1943 radar was being installed on one out of four to six boats. By the time PT532 launched in October 1943 all boats were getting 'radio sets'. This greatly aided navigation as many were lost on reefs. In about November 1944, for the Borneo campaign they were outfitted with 5" rockets shot out of a 4x4 set of launch tubes. This gave these boats the punch they previously lacked. They were not too bad to reload either. Rocket equipped PT boats are "Devil boats". A destroyer with a five inch gun can shoot six or eight miles probably and these rockets are only good for a mile and a quarter. Since night action happened at closer distances these worked well. Two of the five boats in PT532's squad had extra guns. The Captain's boat had a 37 mm cannon from an army airplane. This was mounted up front for armored barges. Once the 20 mm became available, the slower rate of fire 37 mm were removed from Army planes. That is how these guns became available. Another boat had an English anti-armor recoilless rifle to help out with armored barges. The boats were also outfitted with a CO2 fire suppression system. They lost a lot of boats and men, it was hazardous duty.
The commenter talked so fast I couldn't understand half of what he said. Sounded like he had ten strong cups of coffee before he started. Slow down man, you're talking as fast as a weatherman.😊
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@@hulkhoganstights6596 You should stop sniffing tights pal too much glue used for every German killed they killed 3 I would call that a win.We didn’t count or even recognise Merchant Fleet sad that
My uncle Leo Piersall served aboard PT532 in the Pacific. In April 1943 radar was being installed on one out of four to six boats. By the time PT532 launched in October 1943 all boats were getting 'radio sets'. This greatly aided navigation as many were lost on reefs.
In about November 1944, for the Borneo campaign they were outfitted with 5" rockets shot out of a 4x4 set of launch tubes. This gave these boats the punch they previously lacked. They were not too bad to reload either. Rocket equipped PT boats are "Devil boats". A destroyer with a five inch gun can shoot six or eight miles probably and these rockets are only good for a mile and a quarter. Since night action happened at closer distances these worked well.
Two of the five boats in PT532's squad had extra guns. The Captain's boat had a 37 mm cannon from an army airplane. This was mounted up front for armored barges. Once the 20 mm became available, the slower rate of fire 37 mm were removed from Army planes. That is how these guns became available. Another boat had an English anti-armor recoilless rifle to help out with armored barges. The boats were also outfitted with a CO2 fire suppression system.
They lost a lot of boats and men, it was hazardous duty.
PT 73 carried a crew of pirates that operated out of Taratupa. The were eventually sent to Italy
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The UK used both MTB and MGB in the North Sea and further afield as well as the RAF fast rescue craft for use in the Mediterraenen Sea
Awsome boats, have a video, They were Expendable John Wayne, Forest Tucker, Elvis Presley. When they took MacArthur off the Philippines island.
Elvis was not in the movie
great quality video
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PTs were made famous by POTUS35 for his heroics in WW2.
Pt boats were made famous by bulkley
The commenter talked so fast I couldn't understand half of what he said. Sounded like he had ten strong cups of coffee before he started. Slow down man, you're talking as fast as a weatherman.😊
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I think the Germans were the ones that ruled the waves
The German E and S boats were used in the Mediterranean, which was mostly controlled by the Royal Navy.
Maybe you should read a book about world war 2 first
@@hulkhoganstights6596 You should stop sniffing tights pal too much glue used for every German killed they killed 3 I would call that a win.We didn’t count or even recognise Merchant Fleet sad that