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ť Topic: Records Of PT Boat Kills And Tonnage
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does anyone know if there are known records of pt boats and squadrons with the highest scores of ships sunk and highest tonnage?seems like there should be but have never seen anything on the web.

Posted By: Dale | Posted on: Jan 3, 2019 - 2:55pm
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guess there are no records which is sad.there had to be boats with four or more ships,barges,etc sunk.

Posted By: Dale | Posted on: Jan 12, 2019 - 8:46am
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No expert here by any means, but I would say that while numerous barges were sunk by PT's, some boats undoubtedly sank several or more, multiple ship sinking's by a single PT is something I have never read or heard of.
By the time PT's were furnished reliable torpedoes, the tactics and mission of the PT;s had changed and large surface targets were not to be found in their operating areas.

Larry
62 Bel-Air
260 Eagle EXP
79 Cole TR-2
2016 Corvette Z51

Posted By: bubbletop409 | Posted on: Jan 12, 2019 - 11:54am
Total Posts: 164 | Joined: Apr 22, 2013 - 11:48pm

Hi Dale,
I looked this up a few years ago for background info in Wikipedia Talk section about PT Boats. I am copying it to here. Jerry

"US PT Boat torpedo success in WW2"

Here is a little background research/information I came across concerning US PT Boat torpedo successes against the Japanese Navy (IJN) and the other axis powers (Germany, Italy) found in Robert J Bulkeleys authoritative book "At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy
Night of 24 January 1942, PT 41 torpedoed a Japanese transport at Subic Bay.
Night of 1 February 1942, PT 32 torpedoed and damaged IJN minelayer YAEYAMA in Subic Bay.
Night of 8 April 1942, PT 34 and PT 41 torpedoed and damaged IJN light cruiser KUMA in action off Cebu.
Night of December 9, 1942, PT 59 torpedoed and sank IJN submarine I-3 at Kamimbo Bay, Guadalcanal.
Night of December 11, 1942 PT 44 and PT 110 torpedoed and sank IJN destroyer TERUTSUKI off Guadalcanal.
Night of January 10, 1943, PTs 45, 39, 48, 115, 43, 40, 112, 59, 46, and 36 in action off Cape Esperance torpedoed and damaged IJN destroyer HATSUKAZE.
Night of December 24/25, 1942, PT 122 apparently torpedoed and sank IJN submarine I-22 at Tufi, New Guinea, though recent investigations cast doubt on that assessment.
Night of March 3, 1943, in the wake of the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, PT 143 and PT 150 torpedoed and sank the already-damaged IJN transport OIGAWA MARU, 6,493 tons.
Night of May 8/9, 1943, PT 206 torpedoed and sank a German tanker in Ras Idda Bay during the North African campaign.
On July 24, 1943, PT 216 torpedoed and sank the 8,800-ton Italian merchant ship VIMINALE near Palmi.
Night of October 22/23, 1943, PT 212 torpedoed and sank an Italian corvette converted for use as a cargo carrier in the Maddalena-Bastia area.
Night of November 2/3, 1943, PT 211 and PT 207 torpedoed and sank German subchaser 2206 off Giglio Island.
Night of May 23/24, 1944, PT 202 and PT 213 torpedoed and sank German corvette UJ-2223 and torpedoed and damaged German corvette UJ-2222 near Vada Rocks.
Night of June 14/15, 1944, PT 558, PT 552, and PT 559 torpedoed and sank German corvettes TA 26 and TA 30 between La Spezia and Genoa.
Night of November 2, 1944, PT 308 torpedoed and sank German subchaser UJ-2207 off Portofino.
Night of October 24/25, 1944, a PT torpedoed and damaged IJN light cruiser ABUKUMA during the Battle of Surigao Strait.
Night of October 24/25, 1944, PT 323 torpedoed the damaged IJN destroyer ASAGUMO during the Battle of Surigao Strait.
Night of November 28/29, 1944, PT 127 and PT 331 torpedoed and sank IJN subchaser No. 52 and Patrol Boat No. 105 at Ormoc Bay.
Night of December 11/12, 1944, PT 492 torpedoed and sank IJN destroyer UZUKI at Palomplon, Leyte.
Night of December 26, 1944, PT 223 torpedoed and sank damaged IJN destroyer KIYOSHINO off Mindoro.
Night of January 23/24, 1945, PT 532 torpedoed and damaged a 6,000-ton Japanese freighter in Lingayen Gulf; the ship, its bows blown off, was beached and abandoned.

Source: Bulkeley, Robert J., Jr., Captain, USN (Ret.). At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy. Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division, 1962

Jerry Gilmartin
PT658 Crewman
Portland OR

Posted By: Jerry Gilmartin | Posted on: Jan 13, 2019 - 12:40am
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Moderator test only

Dick . . . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jan 14, 2019 - 7:47am
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Moderator test only

Dick . . . . .

Posted By: Dick | Posted on: Jan 14, 2019 - 7:50am
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thanks jerry. I have that book.did not notice that info in it,lol.

Posted By: Dale | Posted on: Jan 14, 2019 - 8:03am
Total Posts: 13 | Joined: Dec 29, 2018 - 1:34pm