MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT PT-59

'Motor Torpedo Boat' '''PT 59''' was a PT boat that served with the US Navy in World War II. She is noted for firing a torpedo that ran straight and true — into a friendly supply ship ''USS Capella'', causing eight injuries, but no deaths 9 April 1942.
She was later converted into a gunboat, with additional machine guns behind shields. They set up some of the shields for live fire tests, and found they could be reduced to Swiss cheese at short range with light arms at a frontal angle. It would be the second command of John F. Kennedy who chose to stay and fight after losing the ''PT-109'' [1].
On October 28, 1943, in an incident which was portrayed as an action by ''PT-109'' in the film ''PT 109'', she helped evacuated several dozen wounded men from the 1st Parachute Battalion of the 1st Marine Parachute Regiment from a sinking landing craft, after which she ran out of gas waiting for a tow. She also engaged in a raid on Choiseul Island. One wounded officer died in Lt John F. Kennedy's bunk.

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★ Briefing - PT-59's First Victory