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Will Day
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 Posted on: Nov 17, 2006 - 8:54am
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Alan: Boat names most often (but not always) changed when new skippers/crews came aboard.
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Bob Kauffman
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Posted on: Dec 20, 2006 - 10:16pm
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One of the best names I read was "sea jeep".
Refer to the book "Knights of the Sea" to find the complete list of all the names and complete history of all the boats from laying the keel to the end of the war. |
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Scott Cunningham
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Posted on: Dec 26, 2006 - 6:30am
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PT-144 Southern Cross named by my father Jim Cunningham and PT -84 "The Peacock Lounge" named after a bar in San Francisco, CA. that is still in operation on Haight st.
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Wayne Traxel
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Posted on: Dec 27, 2006 - 8:52am
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Ron 12's PT-195 was nicknamed Black Agnes, Dragon Lady, and Toodles. Ron 21's PT-331 was nicknamed The Wolf.
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Will Day
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Posted on: Dec 27, 2006 - 11:28am
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Wayne: I didn't have THE WOLF. I have added it to the Master List.
Thanks.
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Jeff Sherry
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Posted on: Jan 5, 2007 - 7:58pm
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PT 342 of Ron 24 was called "SNAFU"...Situation Normal, All Fouled Up"...that's the G rated version. I have seen other names for the 342 in books but for the two years my dad served aboard, she was "SNAFU" I have pictures to prove it!
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Ann Ward
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Posted on: Jan 10, 2007 - 9:38pm
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Does anyone have the nickname for PT 333?
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Will Day
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Posted on: Jan 11, 2007 - 9:57am
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Ann: Three names that I know of:
HI-DE-HO
GREEN BEAST
THUNDERHAWK
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C Marin Faure
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Posted on: Jan 11, 2007 - 11:49am
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In one of the picture books about PTs, either Frank Thompson's book or Victor Chun's, there is a list in the back of all the known nicknames for the PTs. Some of the boats had more than one nickname as the crews of many boats changed durning the course of the war.
One nickname I'm a bit skeptical of is the one listed for PT-109. The nickname listed is "JFK." My suspicion is that this is a "post-war" name that was applied to the boat a long time later. At the time of the war, while the Kennedy family was powerful and influential, John Kennedy had not yet achieved any sort of public fame. Given the nature of the names applied to boats and planes during the war, I strongly doubt a crew would have given their boat a respectful version of their skipper's name.
And while John Kennedy did become famous, or infamous depending on your interpretation of the events surrounding PT-109's destruction, after the rescue the boat itself was gone and so would not have been given any nickname by anyone.
But the comprehensive list in the book is great reading as a lot of the nicknames were really clever.
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Lois Reminder
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Posted on: Jan 21, 2007 - 2:31pm
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Hello, The 208, Ron 15, was known as the 8 ball. My Pop, Basil Green, was cook on her . The 8 ball on her side was a target for the enemy. I have a picture of a shot through the 8ball. Lots of shrapnel also. Thanks Lois
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