PT Boats

PT boats were a critical addition to the navy in WW II. Since they were small, the navy desk brass - retarded, old, backward thinking military idiots all - dismissed them. Please remember, the navy brass actually battling the war thought they would come in pretty handy and were geniuses.

Outfitted with no less than three aircraft type engines, they moved very, very fast.

At the time, normal ships were slow and heavy, and you could actually converse with the engine room. In a PT, not so much. Picture yourself down below in these small boats going about 50 mph, with three 1200 horsepower engines going full blast. "The captain said what?"

You more or less just hoped for the best. And probably yelled a lot. These were guys saving the rest of us from the most evil civilization on earth, the Japanese. We curmudgeons remember, and don't forgive easily.

This was the greatest generation in action. And they delivered.