How do you get a high speed, highly maneuverable PT boat run over by a Japanese destroyer? Being a Kennedy is the answer.
He couldn't help it; he was trying to ride a WAVE.
How do you get a high speed, highly maneuverable PT boat run over by a Japanese destroyer?
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Very fair question to ask. According to the source linked below “Thirty-four boats were lost in combat; one boat lost due to ramming, JFK’s PT-109.”
https://www.mathscinotes.com/2017/01/some-pt-boat-statistics/
Without going into the particilar circumstances of that mission it nonetheless stands out as an isolated event.