Appendix 2 Losses Suffered by PT Squadrons
Reading edition
Destroyed by surface ships:
by gunfire, 5;
by ramming, 1 (this one, 109, was destined to become one of the most famous boats of all time, because of the subsequent employment of its skipper, John F. Kennedy).
Destroyed by aircraft:
strafing, 1;
bombing, 4;
kamikaze, 2.
Destroyed by shore batteries: 5.
Destroyed by mines: 4.
Damaged by surface ships and beached to prevent capture: 1.
Lost in transit on transports sunk: 2.
Grounded in enemy waters and destroyed to prevent capture: 18.
Destroyed to prevent capture: 3 (the boats left behind by Lt. Bulkeley’s squadron on quitting the Philippines).
Destroyed by U. S. aircraft: 3;
by Australian aircraft, 2.
Destroyed by surface friendlies: 2.
Destroyed possibly by enemy shore battery, possibly by friendly destroyer: 1.
Lost in storms: 5.
Destroyed by fire and explosion in port: 6.
Destroyed in collision: 3.
Total: 69.
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