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[StartQuote] Brian, There is a black & white photo of the starboard side of the bomb-damaged and beached PT 117 in Rendova Harbor on August 1, 1943 on page 121 of "At Close Quarters - PT Boats in the United States Navy," the official U.S. Navy history of the boats. As mentioned, the boat was damaged beyond repair along with PT 164, a zebra-striped 80' Elco, which was completely demolished (a photo of which is also on page 121 in "At Close Quarters") in the Japanese air raid on Rendova that day. Of course, it's impossible to tell from the b&w picture if the 117 was gray or green at the time, and the most obvious details you can observe from the photo, beside the 117's high rear cockpit armor and the fact that the aft twin-.50 turret had a canvas splash skirt, are the numerous deck runoff stains down the side of the hull of the boat. Personally, if I had to guess, I'd say the 117 was probably that faded-to-"haze"- green-color a lot of the Solomons PTs were, but...? The photo doesn't show any additional armament on the boat other than the standard twin-.50's in the fore and aft turrets and the 20mm gun on the stern. I can't quite tell from the photo if the 20mm gun's armor shield is present or not. [EndQuote]
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