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CJ Willis

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The original crew of P.T. 242 named the boat "CELESTE" in memory of a call girl who lived near the Higgins Plant in New Orleans. The name was painted on the port and starboard gun turrets and above the name was painted a picture of a nude girl. After our crew left the boat the new crew named it "Crusin" Susan".

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Hello Alan,
I seen your post that your father was killed on the PT 320 and my Uncle Vernon A. Manley was also killed on the 320 when a Japanese plane dropped a bomb in the middle of the boat. My uncle was a GM3c on board. I do have a couple of photos of the crew. glad to see your post.
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The 495 boat was named Miss Fury until, on it's second combat mission, one of her gunners was killed in action. The crew renamed the boat Gentleman Jim in his honor. This was in July '44. The boat's nameplate is on display at the PT Boat museum in Mass.


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The 525 boat was called "Return Ticket"


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Alan Curtis

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Thanks Bill, it was actually my wife's uncle Donald Stockwell that was also killed on PT 320. I have a letter sent to his family from Lt Gleason giving some of the details. It states that at 2:15 AM the boat received a direct hit killing all but one enlisted man. It also states that he was buried in U.S.A.F. Cemetery #1 Tacloban, Leyte Island, possibly your unlce is there also. He is now the only crew member I know the name of.
Thanks again


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CJ Willis

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Most of the boats names are on Page 491-493 in "Knights of the Sea"
Our boat PT 242 was named "Celeste" in memory of a call girl near the Higgins Plant in New Orleans.

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CJ Willis

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Sorry for the double post. Memory not as good as once was!

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kendall strehle

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how about "impatient vrgin" for a crash boat for which my dad was a gunners mate. the em2c came up with that one.

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kendall strehle

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how about "impatient vrgin" for a crash boat for which my dad was a gunners mate. the em2c came up with that one.

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PTs 250 and 492 were also named IMPATIENT VIRGIN....

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