14 April 1945

14 April 1945 Channel Islands patrol and false buoy target

Source: US Navy MTB Squadron 30, war diary; NARA RG 38, NAID 140053943; scan 0096 (S31).

Summary: PT 460 sailed at 2028. PT 456 investigated a reported target which proved an adrift buoy, then joined PT 460 at 2245. The boats ended Channel Islands patrol at 2325.

Editorial note: The station is St Martin’s Bay on the Normandy coast at the coordinates printed in the diary, not St Martin’s Point, Guernsey.

Source: US Navy MTB Squadron 30, war diary; NARA RG 38, NAID 140053943; scan 0096 (S31).
External source images (CSV contains no embedded images): New embedded diary images named by date/13 April 1945 - USN Squadron 30 - NAID 140053943 - Image 05 - scan 0096.jpg
NARA catalog: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/140053943