Why were the S boats called Sugar Boats?

Mickle · 08-06-07, 03:47 AM

+charlie

Iron Budokan · 08-06-07, 10:26 AM

Why did they change the phonetic alphabet?

donut · 08-06-07, 10:31 AM

United Nations Axis

the_belgian · 08-06-07, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

Why did they change the phonetic alphabet?

When a message recieved by radio was disterbed by interfierence in case of the first a whole word was un-understandable in opposite to the current one that also is usable when words are only partly recieved.

Sailor Steve · 08-06-07, 10:39 AM

By the same token, Patrol Torpedo boats were commonly called Peter Tares.

the_belgian · 08-06-07, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

By the same token, Patrol Torpedo boats were commonly called Peter Tares.

I thought Peetee(or shorter;Pete)or from the French petite(small):p

Sailor Steve · 08-06-07, 11:33 AM

Nope, no Pete, and no French. Pee Tee is from the initials themselves: PT boats.

WernerSobe · 08-06-07, 11:43 AM

ive been reading that S-type boats were actualy called pig-boats

FAdmiral · 08-06-07, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Nope, no Pete, and no French. Pee Tee is from the initials themselves: PT boats.

P=Patrol T=Torpedo

JIM

the_belgian · 08-07-07, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Nope, no Pete, and no French. Pee Tee is from the initials themselves: PT boats.

<Noooo!?!I didn't know that.:rotfl:

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Nope, no Pete, and no French. Pee Tee is from the initials themselves: PT boats. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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WernerSobe Commodore Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 625 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	ive been reading that S-type boats were actualy called pig-boats