Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two

Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Navy
Operating BasePT Boat Base Taboga Island
Torokina PT Boat Base
Naval Base Noumea
Naval Base Espiritu Santo
EquipmentPT boats
EngagementsNaval Battle of Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal campaign
Solomons campaign
Ironbottom Sound
The Slot

Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Two (MTBRon 2) was a United States Navy PT boat squadron first based at Panama Sea Frontier in December 1941 with 11 new Elco Naval Division boats. Before Panama deployment MTBRon 2 tested new PT boats in Florida and the Caribbean. In fall 1942 with six of MTBRon 2 77-foot Elco boats and six 80-foot Elco boats were shipped to the South Pacific War operating against the Tokyo Express in the defense of Guadalcanal in the Solomons campaign.

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