[ken5050]

FYI..if a PT boat was surprised by a Jap destroyer, as often happened as neither rarely had radar, the PT boat was highly vulnerable to the Jap's guns. PT boat skippers often found it safer to CLOSE the Jap ships,because the Jap guns could not depress the elevation enough to hit the PT boats when they were in close..the shells went right over them...

[wasp69]

You are absolutely right and I don't disagree one bit. However, his boat got split completely in two. Not clipped, but ran over.