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MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT SQUADRONS
Squadron Insignias/Patches are available for purchase at the Ship's Store
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- MTB RON 21
- Commissioned: 8,April 1943 - LCDR Selman S. Bowling
- Decommissioned: 10,November 1945 - LT Harry R. Hunt USNR
- PT Boats: Elco 80' PT's 128,131,132,320-31
- Assigned To: Southwest Pacific
- Postscript: The squadron saw action in the New Guinea, Admiralties and Philippine waters. Squadron 21 was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for action in the New Guinea area from Oct 1943 to March 1944.
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- MTB RON 22
- Commissioned: 10,November 1943 - LCDR Richard J. Dressling
- Decommissioned: 15,November 1945 - LCDR Richard J. Dressling
- PT Boats: Higgins 78' PT's 302-313
- Assigned To: Mediterranean
- Postscript: The squadron was operating under the British Coastal Forces, and saw action along the northwest cost of Italy and southern coast of France. In April of 1945 the squadron was shipped to the U.S. for refitting and transfer to the Pacific, but the war ended while still in New York.
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- MTB RON 23
- Commissioned: 28,June 1943 - LCDR Ronald K. Irving
- Decommissioned: 26,November 1945 - LT Donald F. Galloway USNR
- PT Boats: Higgins 78' PT's 241-44, 277-288
- Assigned To: South and Southwest Pacific
- Postscript: The squadron saw action at Bougainville and Green, then action in the Philippines.
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- MTB RON 24
- Commissioned: 10,May 1943 - LCDR N. Bert Davis
- Decommissioned: 6,November 1945 - LT Joseph K. Roberts USNR
- PT Boats: Elco 80' PT's 106, 332-343
- Assigned To: Southwest Pacific
- Postscript: The squadron saw action in the New Guinea and Philippine waters.
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- MTB RON 25
- Commissioned: 17,June 1943 - LT Daniel S. Baughman Jr. USN
- Decommissioned: 9,November 1945 LT Frederick A. Stevens Jr. USNR
- PT Boats: Elco 80' PT's 115, 134, 344-355
- Assigned To: Southwest Pacific
- Postscript: The squadron saw action in the New Guinea, New Britain, Halmaheras and Philippine waters.
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