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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 26
- Commissioned: 3,March 1943 - LT Robert Leeson USNR
- Decommissioned: 3,December 1945 - LCDR Lester H. Gamble USN
- PT Boats: Huckins 78' PT's 255-264
- Assigned To: Hawaiian Sea Frontier
- Postscript: The squadron saw no enemy action.
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- MTB RON 27
- Commissioned: 23,July 1943 - CDR Clinton McKellar Jr.
- Decommissioned: 19,October 1945 - LCDR Henry S. Taylor USNR
- PT Boats: Elco 80' PT's 356-361, 372-377
- Assigned To: South and Southwest Pacific
- Postscript: The squadron saw action at Treasury and Green, then transferred to the Southwest Pacific and had action in the Philippines and Borneo.
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- MTB RON 28
- Commissioned: 30,August 1943 - LCDR G.A. Matteson Jr USNR
- Decommissioned: 21,October 1945 - LT D.M. Craig USNR
- PT Boats: Elco 80' PT's 378-383, 546-551,
- Assigned To: Southwest Pacific
- Postscript: The squadron saw action at Treasury and Green, then transferred to the Southwest Pacific and had action in the Philippines.
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- MTB RON 29
- Commissioned: 22,October 1943 - CDR S. Stephen Daunis
- Decommissioned: 23,November 1944
- PT Boats: Elco 80' PT's 552-563
- 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.
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- MTB RON 30
- Commissioned: 15,February 1944 - LCDR Robert L. Searless USNR
- Decommissioned: 15,November 1945 - LCDR Lawrence F. Jones USNR
- PT Boats: PT 450-461
- Assigned To: English Channel
- Postscript: The squadron had action in the English Channel area. In June 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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