Rare WWII USN MTB RON 13 Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13 Jacket Patch PT Boat
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Rare WWII USN MTB RON 13 Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 13 Jacket Patch PT Boat

Code: usnup20013
$875.00


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ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II United States Navy jacket patch for MTB RON 13, a Motor Torpedo Boat PT Boat Patrol Torpedo Boat Squadron in the Aleutians and Southeast Pacific. 


The patch shows an "Unlucky" Black Cat riding a Torpedo sailing over the ocean superimposed with the number 13.

The Squadron was commissioned on 18 September 1942, and decommissioned on 23 November 1945 
The Squadron's PT Boats, #73 - 84, saw action first in the Aleutian campaign March 43-May 44, then spent the rest of the war in the Southwest Pacific.

VINTAGE: Circa World War II.

SIZE: 4-1/8" in height x 3-5/8" in width.

MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION: Fully-embroidered patch in multi-colored silk / cotton threads.

ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto a Deck Jacket.

MARKINGS: N/A.

ITEM NOTES: This is from a United States Navy PT Boat collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VCJJX09 LGEJX10/09 SLGGEX04/04/21 TLHGEX04/03/22

CONDITION: 7+ (Very Fine+): The Patch shows light wear and distortion from use. 

GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.