Thursday, August 2, 2007

US Navy Patrol Torpedo ship 109 was hit by a Japanese destroyer and split in two on this day in 1943, killing two crewmen and sinking the vessel. Largely through the combined efforts of the ship's skipper, John F. Kennedy, two Solomon Islanders, Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana and Australian coastwatcher Arthur Reginald Evans the rest of the crew was rescued, and many continued to serve in the second World War aboad PT-59.



Now that you know the story, you can build this authentic replica model and relive the PT-109 adventure!