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[StartQuote] Bob; Great photos!!! But, from what I have seen PT 305 had the most portholes in RON 22, using your #1 photo of 305 as an example, PT 308 never had the forward ones, it only had below the turrets and the engine room ones as seen in the previous post. When I was on her at Franklin Timmons Boat Yard back in 1986-88, the 4 holes were sill there. I have yet to see a photo of PT 309 with portholes, I stand by Walt Pirog's statement who was an original crew member on 308, "They were installed by second crew". There are at least a hundred photos of RON 22(which arrived in the Med on 21 April 1944, and first got to Bastia in May 1944) boats at Bastia and La Maddelena where most of the boats have no portholes.This was mid 1944, when they moved to Leghorn(10 Oct 1944) and St. Maxime, San Tropez, France(23 Aug 1944), you start to see them in photos. 28/29 April 1945 was the last patrol for RON 22 boats. Take care, TED [EndQuote]
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