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TED WALTHER

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To All:
All the boats in RON 24 were named after Hawks during the time Ed Hoagland was Squadron Commander. Jan 25-Oct 14, 1945
106-Devil Hawk
332-Blackhawk
333- Thunderhawk
334-Sea Hawk(Hoagland's usual flag boat)
335-Sea Hawk(name is shown for this boat too, but I think it is an error in Johnson's book)
336-War Hawk
340-?
341-Death Hawk
342-Tomahawk
343-?
Take care,
TED


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Will Day

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I dunno, Ted. There seem to be a lot of instances of nicknames going from boat to boat with a particular skipper or for some other reason. Look at all the SNAFUs, SEA CATs and SEA WOLFs, for example.

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Roger D Rook

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I have come across a nickname listing for PT 310 of "Alcyone" Does anyone have any information regarding origin of the nickname or when the nickname was used, etc?

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Will Day

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Roger: That name appears on my Master List, along with VIRGINIA DOLL and _ _ _ UT BUSTER.

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Roger D Rook

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Will,

Thanks, Roger




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Roger D Rook

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Will, I also found out the following regarding Alcyone...

Alcyone is a star system in the constellation Taurus. It is the brightest star in the Pleiades open cluster, which is a young cluster, aged at less than 50 million years. Alcyone is approximately 400 light years from Earth. It is named after the mythological figure Alcyone, one of the mythological Pleiades.

Alcyone in Greek mythology is the name of one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione or, more rarely, Aethra.[1] She attracted the attention of the god Poseidon and bore him several children, variously named in the sources: Hyrieus, Lycus, Hyperenor, and Aethusa;[2] Hyperes and Anthas;[3] Glaucus;[4] and Epopeus.[5][6] There are various etymological interpretations of her name's origin.[7]

The Pleiades were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene. They are the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides. The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus.

There is some debate as to the origin of the name Pleiades. Previously, it was accepted the name is derived from the name of their mother, Pleione. However, the name Pleiades is more likely to come from πλεῖν (to sail), because the Pleiades star cluster is visible in the Mediterranean at night during the summer, from the middle of May until the beginning of November, which coincided with the sailing season in antiquity. This derivation was recognized by the ancients, including Virgil (Georgics 1.136-138).



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Will Day

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So there seems to have been a nautical connection, however tenuous...

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Roger D Rook

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Will.

I might add that if I recall correctly, RON 22 arrived in the Mediterranean in May 1944, the beginning of the ancient sailing season.

So maybe not do tenuous after all...

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My uncle, Frank Couch, served on PT-347, call sign ZOMBIE.

Sadly, he recently passed away at the ripe old age of 90.


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Thanks Will, Gary sent me your list and I found "Calamity Jane". I've reread the letters from Donald Stockwell, that my wife has and he mentioned that he was also on "The Zombie". I'm sure that this one was not PT-347, I believe that it was destroyed before he arrived in the South Pacific. So, there is another boat, probably in MTB Ron 21 that was named "The Zombie". From what I see Zombie was popular. Your list is great.

Alan

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Alan, I am not sure when Mr. Stockwell was on "The Zombie", but the PT-347 "Zombie" was sunk on April 29, 1944 after being involved in a friendly fire incident with PT-350 and, eventually, PT-346 when they were attacked by American aircraft.. My uncle, Frank Couch, served aboard PT-347 during this incident. Here are the recounts of that event:

http://www.home.earthlink.net/%7Eptboat347/

and

http://www.pacificwrecks.com/ships/ptboat/PT-347.html

Maybe this will help.

Cheers.




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