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[StartQuote] Dr. Ross, apparently the typo was the inclusion of "PT 170" in the original after-action report... According to the official after-action report, "At Close Quarters," and "PT 109 - John F. Kennedy in World War II," during the Blackett Straight/Ferguson Passage action of August 1-2 1943, Division "C" was led by Lt. George Cookman in PT 107 ("Lieutenant Cookman, whose PT 107 had the only radar in his section, had radar contact with two ships"), and consisted of PTs 104, 106, and 108. PT 170 is nowhere to be found in the lineup of the boats in the four divisions that night in the official after-action report, "At Close Quarters," or "PT 109 - John F. Kennedy in World War II," but is later mentioned, only once, in both the official after-action report and "At Close Quarters," as being paired with PT 172 of Division "A" ("PTs 170 and 172, straddled by gunfire from two destroyers, ran south through Ferguson Passage, where they were ineffectually attacked by four floatplanes, and eventually returned to their patrol station"). It seems that either the the author of the official after-action report (Whizzer White) or whomever typed it up may have mistakenly inserted "PT 170," instead of "PT 163," which was actually the boat paired with the 172. Apparently, the PT 170 mistake carried over to "At Close Quarters." So my original question stands -- I wonder what kinds of radars three of the four division leaders (PTs 107, 171, and 174) had that night, if they didn't have SCR-517As. The SCR-517A list has PTs 163 and 172 as having had them, but neither boat was listed as any one of the four division leaders -- with radar -- in the Blackett Straight/Ferguson Passage action of 8/1-2/43. [EndQuote]
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