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Day Time Surface Combat, near Kiska Island at 92,35

Japanese Ships
PT Gyoraitei #3, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
PT Gyoraitei #5, Shell hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
PT PT-39

ORIGINAL: spence

Day Time Surface Combat, near Kiska Island at 92,35

Japanese Ships
PT Gyoraitei #3, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
PT Gyoraitei #5, Shell hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
PT PT-39

Did they fire torps at each other? [:D]

Have to wait til after work to "see" the battle. All I have is the Combat Report at present. Unfortunately PT-39's original companion, PT-122, acted as a minesweeper (once) so the trade-off was more or less equal.

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

ORIGINAL: spence

Day Time Surface Combat, near Kiska Island at 92,35

Japanese Ships
PT Gyoraitei #3, Shell hits 10, and is sunk
PT Gyoraitei #5, Shell hits 5, on fire

Allied Ships
PT PT-39

Did they fire torps at each other? [:D]

I'll wager PT-39 sailed between them and they fell to friendly fire!

In the replay neither side launched any torpedos.  The Japanese hardly fired at all.  There was no surprise by either side.  The range was 1000 yds.

PT Boats are like Corsairs....unbeatable.
 

ORIGINAL: The Duke

PT Boats are like Corsairs....unbeatable.

Disagree. Against Japanese DDs in surface TF the score is rougly even in sunk ships points... to sink about a dozen PT you will lose 1-2 DD and have 1-3 more damaged.

I have never managed to achieve routinely anything like parity of points against Corsairs.

But I agree 100% that PT boats are way much overestimated... especially their ability to sink DD with Browning machine guns...

By the way, Japan should have tens of PT boats, and hundred of suicide canots.

Oh, that is just the Rat Patrol on waves; totally realistic[;)]