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Torpedo Boat PT 167
00026-0389 2011 BY REVELL GmbH & Co. KG PRINTED IN GERMANY
A classic kit from over 5 decades of modelling history
Torpedo Boat PT 167 Torpedo Boat PT 167
Radio Tokio berichtete am Morgen des 6. November 1943 das mutige Flieger
zwei amerikanische Flugzeugträger in der Nähe von Bougainville - größte Insel
der Salomonen - versenkt hatten. Dies entsprach aber nicht den Tatsachen.
Am Nachmittag des 5. November, neunzehn Stunden vorher, verließ ein kleiner
Konvoi, bestehend aus LCT 68 und LCI 70 mit dem Begleitschutz PT 167 - kom-
mandiert von Leutnant Theodore Berlin, USNR - Kap Torokina in Richtung
Treasury Island.
Bis zur Dämmerung verlief die Seefahrt ruhig, als plötzlich aus dem Westen zwölf
japanische Torpedobomber angriffen. PT 167 erwiderte das Feuer, es folgte ein
erbitterter Kampf.
Einer der Bomber flog so tief das seine Tragfläche die Radioantenne des Bootes
traf. PT 167 blieb aber unbeschädigt, das Flugzeug aber geriet ins Trudeln und
stürzte in den Ozean. Plötzlich gab es einen heftigen Ruck. Die Besatzung vom
PT 167 war sicher, dass das Boot getroffen worden war, aber sie hörten keine
Explosion. Wenige Minuten später stürzte sich eine weitere Staffel japanischer
Bomber auf den kleinen Konvoi. Einer der Angreifer wurde von der 20 mm
Kanone des Bootes abgeschossen. Danach richtete der Kanonier seine Kanone
auf die anderen Flugzeuge, die das LCI aus allen Richtungen attackierten. Einer
der Kanoniere entdeckte die Heckwelle eines Torpedos, der geräuschlos das Heck
vom PT 167 passierte ohne Schaden anzurichten.
Nachdem der Kugelhagel endlich vorbei war, konnte die Besatzung das Boot auf
Schäden untersuchen. Sie entdeckten dabei, dass ein Torpedo den Bug des
Bootes durchschlagen hatte, ohne zu explodieren. Er hinterließ ein riesiges Loch
im Rumpf des Bootes und seine Leitbleche und Ruder lagen an Bord als
Andenken. Erstaunlicherweise hatte der Torpedo das Boot vor dem vorderen
wasserdichten Schott getroffen, deutlich über der Wasserlinie - somit bestand
keine große Gefahr.
Eine ebenso erstaunliche Situation offenbarte sich der Mannschaft an Bord des
LCI 70. Auch dieses Schiff wurde von einem Torpedo getroffen der danach als
Blindgänger im Maschinenraum lag.
Nachdem die gesamte Besatzung des LCI 70 auf das unbeschädigte LCT 68
umgesetzt worden war, konnte der kleine Konvoi mit seiner ramponierten aber
seetüchtigen Eskorte die Fahrt fortsetzen, das bescdigte LCT 70 im
Schlepptau.
On the morning of November 6, 1943, Radio Tokyo reported that its courageous
airmen had sunk one large American carrier and one small American carrier off
Bougainville, largest of the Solomon Islands; but the facts were very different.
Nineteen hours earlier, on the afternoon of the 5
th
, a small convoy consisting of
the LCT 68, the LCI gunboat 70, and their escort PT 167, skippered by Ensign
Theodore Berlin, U.S:N.R., left Cape Torokina for Treasury Island.
The cruise went peacefully until twilight when suddenly twelve Japanese torpe-
do bombers soared in from the west. As the bombers attacked, PT 167 retaliat-
ed. A fierce battle followed. One bomber dived so low at PT 167 that its wing
hit the radio antenna of the boat. PT 167 was not damaged by this hit, but the
plane faltered and crashed into the ocean. Suddenly there was a violent jolt. The
crew of PT 167 was sure the boat had been struck, but it heard no explosion.
Moments later another squadron of Japanese bombers dived toward the small
convoy. The 20 mm. gunners of the little boat shot down one of its attackers
then turned on the other planes which were attacking the LCI from all direc-
tions. One of the gunners spotted a torpedo wake pass silently beneath the
stern of PT 167 and continue on without causing any damage.
When the barrage was finally over, the crew was able to examine its wounds. It
discovered that the violent jolt it had felt earlier was caused by a torpedo which
had gone completely through the bow of the boat without exploding. It had
torn huge, ragged holes through both sides of the hull and had left its fins and
a rudder on board as mementos. Amazingly, the torpedo had hit well above the
waterline in front of the forward watertight bulkhead so there was not the least
threat of the boat sinking.
An equally incredible situation was discovered aboard the LCI 70. It too had been
hit by a torpedo, but that hit was also harmless and the result was an unex-
ploded torpedo resting in its engine room.
So, after transferring all the crew of the LCI 70 to the safety of the undamaged
LCT 68, the little convoy with its battered but seaworthy escort continued on its
cruise with the LCI 70 taken in tow by the LCT 68.
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