PT-109 Unknown History: MTB Squadron Five - The Early Days - Page 1 - PT KING - U.S. Navy PT Boats of World War II

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MTB Squadron Five - The Early Days
Summer 1942

MTB RON 5 - PAGE 1 These photographs show - the PT's of MTB Squadron Five in July and August 1942, during shakedown and preparation for trans-shipment overseas. The photos on this page show PT's 105, 107, 108, and possibly PT 106 doing formation manuvers. The pictures on the next page show several of the squadron's boats secured aboard transport ships prior to transport to Panama. PT's 103 and 105 are aboard a Navy tanker, while PT's 107-110 are on the deck of Liberty ship SS Joseph Stanton.
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