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[StartQuote] My dad, Hamlin Smith (PT-157), was on Toboga from 1 January 1943 to 18 February 1943. Ron 9 was transported to Panama on two separate tankers leaving NYC at two separate times. Much of the time was spent training the crews to attack large shipping.They would do practice runs on poor ships that had successfully navigated the canal only to be beset by PTs on their pretend torpedo runs. The skippers believed they would be utilized to attack Japanese ships-of-the-line not barges. The high point of They Were Expendable was an attack on a cruiser. They believed fuel barrels would be air-dropped so they could travel behind enemy lines. They had no clue they would become barge hunters. The 50cal and the torpedo were not a barge hunting weapons. My father remembers firing at a Japanese destroyer only to have the destroyer out-run the torpedo. I'd love to see more photographs of the PTs in Taboga. [image]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p249/ptboats/Panamamap.png[/image] natsmith[EndQuote]
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