In 1950, 12 more torpedoes were purchased: eight World War II era vessels from United Kingdom and four modern ones from France.

[6] On July 9–10, 1958 the Shayetet 13 personnel were dispatched to carry out a reconnaissance mission in Beirut but their extraction proved to be a difficult task for which the torpedoes had to be mobilized.

According to Michael Limor, an Israeli naval reservist serving on one of the torpedo boats, they attempted to contact the ship by heliograph and radio, but received no response.

[11] As the torpedo boats rapidly approached, McGonagle ordered a sailor to proceed to machine gun Mount 51 and open fire.

[12]: 39  So, he "sent Mr. Lucas around the port side of the bridge, around to the skylights, to see if he could tell [Seaman] Quintero, whom [he] believed to be the gunner on Machine gun 53, to hold fire".

[12]: 39  Lucas, who had left the command bridge during the air attack and returned to assist McGonagle,[12]: 14  believed that the sound of gunfire was likely from ammunition cooking off, due to a nearby fire.

[citation needed] At 12:35Z (14:35 local time)[13] one torpedo hit Liberty on the starboard side forward of the superstructure, creating a 39 ft (12 m) wide hole in what had been a cargo hold converted to the ship's research spaces and killing 25 servicemen, almost all of them from the intelligence section, and wounding dozens.

The assault onSharm el-Sheikh was to be carried out by paratroopers but as it was not clear whether the Egyptian artillery position in the area which was weak was manned or not.

On October 16, 1973, two Dvor ships were used for rescue and transport for the force of Shayetet 13 participating in Operation Lady.

On September 23, 1984, in front of the Sidon beach Dvor team 853, under the command of Lieutenant Yehiel Klusky, noticed at 5:30 that some militants were trying to penetrate.

[28] On July 10, 1986, on the coast of Rosh HaNkira a rubber boat with militants from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine was discovered by Devor 852 under the command of Idan in an exchange of fire, two IDF soldiers were killed and eleven were wounded meanwhile the four militants were killed and their boat was destroyed.

On October 30, 1989, near the coast of South Lebanon the ship Dvora 811 under the command of Lieutenant Danny Naor, encountered a militant boat that was on its way to an attack in Israel and destroyed it.

On November 13, 1989, in the waters of Southern Lebanon an attempted attack on the ship Dvora 811 under the command of Dani Naor, by a Lebanese fishing boat, was thwarted.

[32] On July 31, 1990, in front of Rashidiya Dvora 811 under the command of Dani Naor discovered a fast boat with armed militants on it.

On July 10, 1994, near Ras al Bayda Dvora 813 under the command of Boris Vossler killed two militants of the Hezbollah who were on their way to carry out an attack.

[33] On July 14, 2006 INS Hanit was damaged by a Hezbollah rocket and a Davor boat of the squadron destroyed a gas station.

The area of control of the Ashdod Naval Base at that time extended for about 370 km, from Netanya to the east of the northern entrance of the Suez Canal.

The squad took part in the Second Battle of Fort Budapest to evacuate the wounded till the siege was lifted by a ground reinforcement.

On 6 June 1982, Israeli forces under direction of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon launched a three-pronged invasion of southern Lebanon in "Operation Peace for Galilee".

Israel's publicly stated objective was to push PLO forces back 40 kilometers (25 mi) to the north.

[61][62] During the 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict, on June 26, the Israeli Navy imposed a naval closure of the Gaza Strip, to prevent Shalit being smuggled out by sea.

The squadron increased patrols of naval vessels along the Gaza coastline, and prepared for an attempt to smuggle Shalit out by boat, sending instructions to captains.

[64][65] The navy coordinated with other Israeli forces and used powerful shipboard sensors to acquire and shell targets on land.

[66][67] Records of the attacks published by the navy indicate that for the first time vessels were equipped with Spike ER electro-optically guided anti-armor missiles.

[72] On 29 December, the Free Gaza Movement relief boat Dignity carrying volunteer doctors with 3.5 tons of medical supplies, human rights activists (Among them Caoimhe Butterly and former US Representative Cynthia McKinney), and a CNN reporter was involved in an altercation with Israeli patrol boats of the squadron.

[75] Throughout the war, the Israeli Navy employed Super Dvora Mk III class patrol boats of the squadron.

During the 2014 Gaza War, in the 2014 Zikim attack cannon fire from a Dvora patrol boat of the squadron and support from the Israeli Air Force were used to eliminate the infiltrators.

[76] According to IDF assessments, the commando unit was dispatched by "a senior terrorist operative", Ahmed Andur, active in northern Gaza.

[77] Taysir Mubasher, the former commander of Hamas's naval forces, was also claimed by the IDF to have been involved in the attack and was allegedly killed.

[82] In the aftermath of October 7 attacks, squadron fighters eliminated dozens of militants at sea[85] and on land,[86] hit targets near the shores of the Gaza Strip, and assisted the maneuvering forces with fire and observation.