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[StartQuote] This was the point I was trying to make in my previous point. Take into consideration the items that were disgarded on a PT BOAT when she was in the Combat Zone. When the boat came directly from the builders ( Elco, Higgins, Huckins) I am sure items such as the stantions were taken out. Life Rafts were always being moved, and other things not being used. Check List's were on each boat, saying use this and use that, but we all know that things changed once in the Combat Zone. Hence, the Lights on the boats. It didn't take long to realize that turning on lights in a combat rich enviroment would spell death to any boat within reach of Japanese Ships, or Shore Batteries. My comment also made mention that I am sure in some capacity the lights were used, but I felt never in a Combat Zone. As C.J. has said, once the boats moved up the line, an area would be pretty void of enemy activity, thus maybe, the lights might have been used in some capacity for in close formations. Even though Allen has provided us a document, this does not mean the Skippers of the boats followed those orders. In my post I never found one PT Boat Crewmember that ever used any running lights on the boats. This might be a good question to use in the next ALL HANDS, maybe we might find a PT Boater that could recall using running lights anywhere in the Combat Zone.............. [EndQuote]
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