The Fat Electrician: America's Devil Boats - PT Boats Reaction

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[@dulmater]

Finding out that JFK was on one of these was not what I expected to learn today!

[@raikbarczynski6582]

i bet that was one of the reasons so many of us requested this video.

[@BigGator5]

That "mahogany" line you're thinking about, is from DBZ Abridged. I would love for you to get back to that, but that won't happen until you get sick of this channel. Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍

[@reddevilben2112]

dbz abridged Mahogany

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

Kennedy commanded PT-109

[@-Luna-tic.exe-]

I have said it before, never underestimate the amount of devastation something designed by the e4 mafia (if it existed, which it doesnt)

[@badlatency9979]

See, it all makes sense when you understand that the founding father of the U.S. Navy was basically a pirate.

[@m2hmghb]

A letter of Marque for you, and you, and you

[@nerofl89]

I presume you are talking about John Paul Jones, though to be fair there were several men that helped create the Navy and a few other names have rightly been thrown around for various reasons. But yes, John Paul Jones was a great tactician and harassed the coasts of the British Isles during the Revolutionary War. An interesting story regarding one raid against the British was that he took on a British vessel and ended up capturing it, unfortunately his flagship was lost and they had no colors (flag) to present. This technically made him a pirate as he was sailing a captured vessel with no flag. The Dutch port he arrived at was in a weird spot because they wished to remain neutral, but you can thank the British and their navy for essentially pissing off everyone at that time. So while the Dutch decided to "push" the Americans out after a few days for the appearance of neutrality, but they supposedly contacted and got a rough description from Benjamin Franklin (in France at the time) of what the flag should look like and Jones had the flag produced and the Dutch officially recognized the flag so they could politically screw the British over by not having legal authority to arrest Jones as a pirate. The flag is called the Serapis Flag (after the stolen British vessel Serapis that first donned the flag), also called the Franklin Flag, and it's a pretty cool looking flag.

[@panzerwolf494]

There's a book called the Mosquito Fleet. Absolutely great read. Lots of stories and info about the PT fleet both in the Pacific and European theaters

[@brigidtheirish]

I was eight when the Cold War "ended." I feel so old.

[@gilmadreth680]

I wasn't expecting a Dragonball Z Abridged "Mahogany" callback here but it is most welcome.

[@nickelnips5114]

"Mahogany." I know it from Dragon Ball Z Abridged

[@michaelsvedlund6017]

Pres. John F. Kennedy while in command of P.T. 109 severely injured his back when the boat was stuck by a Japanese destroyer. Yet he towed an injured man through the water as they swam to a small island to be rescued. It's a good bit of history.

[@semperparatusadversustyran4336]

Imagine your a retired artillery commander and you see JFK running for president and your like that's the guy that stole my 37mm cannon 😂😂😂

[@iKvetch558]

Main reason for making them from wood was to keep them as light as possible so they could be as fast as possible. The second reason was because there was plenty of wood avaIlable so they could build more boats with fewer roadblocks waiting to get more scare/highly demanded materials like steel or aluminum.👍

[@leojamesclune1730]

Ah, yes. The De Havilland approach.

[@iKvetch558]

@@leojamesclune1730 Yes...a very apt comparison indeed.💯😁

[@dramspringfeald]

2:00 "i anna know how they downed a plane with one of those" 4-6 .50 caliber machine guns, up to 10-14 dudes with rifles, 2-6 torpedo tubes... Life... Uh finds a way

[@frednone]

You missed the 20 mm aft.

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

Just four torpedoes.

[@applesauceisgood32]

Wooden boats wrecking steel ships, those crew members were definitely crazy.

[@BigGator5]

I highly suggest "8 Things You Need To Know About The Navy's Failed Multibillion-Dollar Littoral Combat Ship Program" by the What Is Going On With Shipping? channel.

[@roccojohnson4600]

It sounds like you were thinking of Dragon Ball Z Abridged, when you were saying 'Mahogony'. That's what the giant devil guy says about his desk. Forget his name.

[@nitroraptor2]

wiktor the soviet vehicle inspector did a reply video to this covering that soviet boat and i highly recommend watching it because that boat is worse than you could ever imagine

[@overanDownUnder]

Basically PT boat crews I like to believe are the “dirty dozen” types of the navy.

[@dcohen1359]

And not just any mahogany, but mahogany from the planet of Malchior 7, where the trees are 300 feet tall and breathe fire! From these trees, this desk was forged 2,000 years ago using ancient blood rituals of the Malchior people! Not only does this make my desk nigh-indestructible, but it can bend the fabric of the universe itself! Also it's a very fine material. Very expensive.

[@frednone]

JFK's Brother Joe died while piloting a drone B-24, the bomber was packed with the same explosive used in torpedoes and was taken off with a human pilot at the controls to take it up to altitude, arm the explosives, then bail out and a chase plane would remotely pilot the drone into the target. Unfortunately, about the time he was supposed to arm the explosives, the aircraft exploded. Sadly, there are only about 12 of these remarkable boats left.

[@dylandepetro4187]

Let me put it to you this way. PT boats were an absolute threat to heavy cruisers and battleships. There is only so much gun depression that large naval guns can achieve, and PT boats, within a kilometer or two were absolutely untouchable by large naval guns. Light cruisers, destroyers, corvettes, and other PT boats were the only real threats to pt boats.

[@DragonLordNight]

I think yer thinking of the mahogany scene from dbza, where goku and kami meet king yenma after goku died to raditz

[@kirkdaley3441]

The mahogany thing is from dbza..TFS it was king yemma said it

[@thomasthetanderloin]

3:35 it was from the hunger games.

[@greggwilliamson]

On ships not large enough for a rated Captain (subs, PT boats, Ds & DEs), the crew called him "Skipper".

[@frednone]

I was stationed on Ranger, we called a Captain we respected Skipper too, it's a sign of respect and has nothing to do with the size of the command.

[@dealer321]

H JFK was a hero. They made a movie about it. Go watch PT 109.

[@Masseffectdude]

Jimmy Dean also had a song about the 109, yes the sausage guy.

[@fearthehoneybadger]

The Japanese were so afraid of the craft that they created a special type of airplane to attack them. The boats were supposed to go much faster than they actually did: the problem was that, due to the difficulty of obtaining spare parts, the Japanese destroyers could often keep up with them. John F. Kennedy's boat, PT-109, was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer. Most hulls were actually gun boats and raised absolute hell among enemy supply barges with 40mm Bofors automatic cannons.