Talk:PT-109 (boat)

message: What are the coordinates of the wreck site? Pustelnik (talk) 16:48, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Coordinates

message: I have commented off some senseless dribble about sending others in their place (whence?) and denying entry into the US in the 60s (why they wanted to enter, and why it was denied?).  If someone can make any sense of it, plase uncomment it back.
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Leandro GFC Dutra 17:03, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eroni and Gasa 

message: I'm the guy offering to send these guys to the US to get their just recognition. Contact me for more info. I can afford the airfare and putting these guys up in my house. Sending them to see the President and Disneyland will take a big letter writing campaign and fundraising. Watch the National Georgraphic DVD to see who these guys were. --Sugarcaddy 16:08, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  SEND ERONI AND GASA'S SON TO THE UNITED STATES 

message: "A size comparison of the 1/72 Revell and a 1/400 Japanese destroyer model"
: What is the point of is size comparison between models of different scale? --Tysto 01:42, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed that picture. TomTheHand 17:25, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Scale models

message: In the article there is a line that says, "Even the classic Milton Bradley game of Battleship would retire the two-pin PT-boat in favor of a stealth ship." I have never heard of this can anyone substantiate this? Noha307 19:20, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Battleship Game 

message: Why no mention of the aftermath? Many in the military saw the fact that the small, agile, very fast PT boat was sunk by a much larger and slower destroyer because the engines were idle as an act of gross incompetance on Kennedy's part. First and formost among these was General Douglas MacArthur, who wanted Kennedy court-martialed. Although MacArthur was an army officer, his position as Supreme Allied Commander, Southwest Pacific Area would have given him authority to do so, however, the decision came down from higher up, likely influenced by his father, who had considerable pull in Washington. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.50.151.8 (talk) 03:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Aftermath? 

message: I deleted this:
:"== The destroyers finish the job ==
:"Three nights later on August 6, in the Battle of Vella Gulf, American destroyers were given the same task of stopping the Tokyo Express as the unsuccessful PT boats. Unlike the previous disorganized attack, which did not coordinate the use of radar, the destroyers used lessons learned in previous battles. They did not reveal their presence with gunfire until their torpedoes were in the water. Three Japanese destroyers were sunk, killing 1,500 Japanese with no US losses. Kolobangara could no longer be resupplied and the allies bypassed the huge garrison of 12,400 there. Although the Battle of Vella Gulf was deemed important enough to have a formal name, the battle is far less famous than the story of PT-109.
:"PT boats would ultimately prove largely ineffective against the ships they were designed to combat, scoring one U.S. transport in the Solomons by mistake. However, they would later prove to be deadly against the shallow draft barges and smaller craft used by the Japanese in island waters.
:"All of the PT boats were retired after WWII, most being burned because they were deemed not worth shipping home. The Navy would again experiment with the PT-109 sized Tucumcari hydrofoil patrol boat in the 1960s, resulting in a small squadron of larger Pegasus class boats. These were retired for lack of a mission by the end of the 1980s. Even the classic Milton Bradley game of Battleship would retire the two-pin PT-boat in favor of a stealth ship."
as irrelevant to PT-109's story. Anybody who thinks the "future PTs" info should be used, put in Motor Torpedo Boat or PT boat; the Tokyo Express factoid belongs in Battle of Vella Gulf or Guadalcanal Campaign.  Trekphiler 22:48, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Navy cutter

message: The following sentence makes no sense:
:These guns were effective against various aircraft, including one B-25.
The only way that a US Navy boat would be shooting at a B-25 would be if the Japanese were operating a captured aircraft, or if the aircraft had been mis-identified.  I have not heard of any incidents such as this.  If this sentence is to stay in the article, it needs to have some context added.  --rogerd 11:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  enemy B-25???