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[StartQuote] Ted, I am a bit confused. I actually like the sextant and am proud to have one on display in the chart room of PT658. I was just reflecting the vehement disagreement shown by "Bobpic" a WW2 vet PT Boater in my last post back in 2010 asking about whether they used sextants on PT boats in WW2. Since Bobpic was a real WW2 PT Boat Quartermaster, I was merely deferring to his superior knowledge of "The way it was" since I myself was not there. So I personally decided to display the gifted Mark 2 Sextant on the PT Boat because in my humble opinion, at least 1 PT Boat did actually use one, and it looks good in the charthouse too! But I freely admit that these sextants were not in common usage on the vast majority of PT Boat crews, I hope that I have clarified my position. Jerry PS It is hard to forgive you when you go insulting all Higgins PT Boats as "the box that the Elco came in". Bah Humbug PPS Here is the quote copied from what Bobpic said about whether or not sextants were used on PT Boats: "Jerry, I have touched on this subject before as a "default navigator".There were a few navigational quality swxtants arounnd but NONE were used within the squadrons for navigation. They were used by the base to fix the exact location of operations aand by the sea bees in planning and laying out bases, docks, etc. Why? Using a sextant requires a very steady platform from wiich to take accurate readings. Can't be done from the deck of a PT underway. A sextant even used by a skilled navigator can not be relied on for an accuracy of better than 8-10 miles.Not good enough. A good star fix takes too much time. A very precise clock is required. Most PT's provided with chronometers did not properly care for them. I am very sure there were some sextants around, mostly as officers toys, but they were never used for boat navigation. Subject to superior intelligencs and higher authority, I say now that NO sextants were ever used as a tactical device in the PT boat service." Jerry Gilmartin[EndQuote]
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