USS PT-305 was built and launched at the Higgins boat yard in new Orleans, La.; commissioned on 8 December 1943.
The Motor Torpedo Boat was assigned to MTBRon 22, commanded by Lt. Cmdr. Richard J. Dressling. The Squadron was assigned to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and based at Bastia, Corsica, until moving to St. Tropez, France.
MTBRon 22 saw action along the northwest coast of Italy and the southern coast of France, operating, for the most part, under British Coastal Forces.
At the end of hostilities in Europe, the Squadron was shipped back to the United States for reconditioning and assignment to the Pacific. However, Japan surrendered while the boats were still in New York City, and the Squadron was decommissioned on 15 November 1945.
As of the summer of 2000, PT-305 is afloat and working as an oyster seed boat outside Annapolis, Md.
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