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PT-109 rammed in the Solomons
That same summer, halfway around the world, a small wooden patrol boat was cutting through the darkness of the Solomon Islands. PT-109, commanded by Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, was part of a group of motor torpedo boats tasked with intercepting Japanese shipping. In the early hours of August 2nd, a Japanese destroyer loomed out of the night and sliced through the slower patrol boat, killing two crewmen and flinging t
Rescue of PT-109 survivors
The night action around the Solomons a year later produced a very different kind of story when Patrol Torpedo boat PT-109, commanded by Lieutenant John F. Kennedy, was rammed and cut in two by a Japanese destroyer in the early hours of August 2nd, 1943. Kennedy and most of his crew survived the collision but found themselves in the water amid wreckage, miles from friendly lines.
John Paul Jones Raids Whitehaven
In the spring of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Navy’s most famous captain carried the fight directly to Britain’s own shores. Sailing the sloop Ranger, John Paul Jones led a small landing party into the harbor at Whitehaven on England’s west coast. His men spiked coastal guns and attempted to set several ships ablaze, causing little physical damage but a great deal of alarm.