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To: Dysart
Cautiousness is not necessarily a bad thing. The Japanese thought that the PT boats were nothing but nuisances until the PT boats sank a couple of destroyers.
9 posted on 07/27/2012 1:21:45 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: vetvetdoug
Cautiousness is not necessarily a bad thing. The Japanese thought that the PT boats were nothing but nuisances until the PT boats sank a couple of destroyers.

Point taken. Somehow I don't think any ship Captains are dismissing the threats entirely. That's a lot easier for us. Not sure how a big ship would counter them other than maintaining adequate distance at all times. They only have to be lucky once if they're packed with explosives.

17 posted on 07/27/2012 1:30:23 PM PDT by Dysart (You didn't post that. Someone else made that happen.)
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