>It is my recollection that PT boats used a small Marine Diesel but I don't
>know who manufactured it.
No they were gas, but
> These engines were reasonably reliable and efficient
>once running but they were very difficult to start. It was a cardinal rule
>amongst PT boat skippers that you never, ever shut off your engine in a combat
>zone.
you are quite right about this part.
>Lt Jg. John F. Kennedy was nearly disciplined severely . . . .
As he should have been, but
> It
>was decided however that his behavior after the fact was sufficently heroic to
>cause him to be commended and decorated instead.
>(It probably fell to his favor that his father was the US Embassador to
>England as well.)
"It's good to be the king." Rabbi Tuckmann, Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Steve Allen
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