US Navy Officer PT Boat Badge – Sterling . W271

United States Navy PT Boat Badge for enlisted seamen. Pin back. Unofficial badge. Marked Sterling Pat. 2066969 on back. Size approximately 2 1/2 inches across. 1940s (ww2) era. Worn condition.

Additional Notes: A PT boat is a motor torpedo boat. The “PT” in a PT boat is an abbreviation for patrol torpedo. It was used in the Second World War by the U.S Navy. The PT boat badges, though unofficial, were prized by their owners and would make a hard-to-find addition to any collection of PT boat memorabilia.

During the war, Navy PT boats went against the enemy’s barges, tankers, sampans, and warships. There were also some that became gunboats, combating the enemy’s small craft, like armored barges. They were used in the Pacific (Southern, Western, and Northern regions), the English Channel, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. The Japanese called PT boats the “devil boats” and “mosquito fleets.”

During WW2, Elco formed the Elco Naval Division in Bayonne, NJ, where nearly 400 Elco PT boats were produced for the United States Navy.

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