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by H. T. ELKO
PT Boat Sinking
Described as “Confused”
In Naval History Book
BOSTON — The World War
II action in which the patrol boat
commanded by then Lt. John Ken
nedy was sunk is described in an
official history as confused and
ineffective.
The book released recently by
the Director of Naval History was
written by Capt. Robert Bulkley
Jr. and carries a foreword by
President Kennedy.
Titled “At Close Quarters,” it
covers the operations of Navy PT
boats in World War II including
the exploits of PT Skipper Ken
nedy.
In his foreword, Kennedy says:
“PT boats filled an important need
in World War II in shallow
waters, complementing the achieve
ments of greater ships in greater
seas. The need for small, fast,
versatile, strongly armed ships
does not wane.”
Bulkley, who died while his
manuscript was on its way to the
government printing office, in no
way detracts from previous ac
counts of Kennedy’s heroism.
The book tells how on Aug. 1-2,
1943, a squadron of 15 American
PT boats was on the prowl to in
tercept four Japanese destroyers in
the Blackett Strait off Kolomban
gra Island in the southwest Pacific.
It describes the ramming and
sinking of Lt. Kennedy’s FT-109
by the Japanese destroyer Ama
giri in this way:
“This was perhaps the most con
fused and least effectively exe
cuted action the PTs had been in.
Eight PTs fired 30 torpedoes. The
only confirmed results are the loss
of PT-109 and damage to the
Japanese destroyer Amagiri.
“The Amagiri was not hit by a
torpedo, but vibrated so badly
after ramming the PT-109 that
she was unable to proceed at high
speed.
“The chief fault of the PTs was
that they didn’t pass the word.
Each boat attacked independently,
leaving the others to discover the
enemy for themselves.”
Letter-size and Legal File Holders
Available at the Nugget
Nome Directory
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