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Topic: PT Boat nicknames |
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Will Day
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 Posted on: May 12, 2010 - 4:55am
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Dick: I'll get the list to you ASAP for posting. The caveat here is that different sources sometimes provide slightly different spellings. You will also notice that there were themes for the names in some rons (Lil' Abner characters, etc.). Many boats carried some of the same names due to general popularity (HOGAN'S GOAT, DYNAMITE, etc) and some skippers seem to have taken their favorite name with them when they changed boats. Also, in some instances boats were renamed after crew members KIA.
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pappy19
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Posted on: May 12, 2010 - 3:35pm
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My Dad's PT-120 was named "The Roarin' 20", from Ron 8.
Mike Allen son of M. Robert "Bob" Allen.
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Vistar
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Posted on: Nov 12, 2013 - 12:01pm
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Add "Snuffy Smith" to the list 241 Boat Rons 16 & 23
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Vistar
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Posted on: Nov 12, 2013 - 12:05pm
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Remember "Snuffy Smith" - 241 named after Ron 19 CO Russell "Snuffy" Smith
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Drew Cook
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Posted on: Nov 12, 2013 - 1:59pm
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I think this subject has been brought up before, but...
Does anyone know for sure if the "nick-naming" of the boats was based on the old sailor's superstition that a boat without a name was "bad luck," or -- was it just because the PT crews felt like it?
My guess is that it was probably a combination of both, and some PT sailors may not have even been aware of the "no name/bad luck" superstition.
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