Salvage Sailor Posted September 13, 2015 Share #1 Posted September 13, 2015 Aloha members, Here is another catch-all topic for the United States Naval Reserve forces - shore based, sea based and aloft. Feel free to add your examples of Naval Reserve units. http://www.navy.mil/local/nrf/index.asp First up, starting at the top COMMANDER NAVAL RESERVE FORCE - Total Force Readiness - 1970's 4" US made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted September 13, 2015 US NAVAL RESERVE CENTER - Las Vegas, Nevada 1980's The maritime signal flags spell out V E G A S UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA Ken Nolan, Inc. Made in Japan 1960's 5" high BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA, From the same USNR batch Once upon a time, there were many USNR afloat commands, destroyer flotillas, mine groups, escort squadrons, etc. Now reservists are rotated and melded to active units instead of being entire ships companies. UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE NEW BEDFORD, MASS. SURFACE DIVISION 1-22 STRENGTH IN RESERVE - US made 1960's 4" RESERVE DESTROYER SQUADRON 30 - US made 4" 1960's Flagship was the Fletcher class destroyer USS ABBOTT (DD-629) Abbot continued her role as a training platform for prospective destroyer officers until April 1964. On the 14th, she departed Newport for Philadelphia for her last active duty assignment. At Philadelphia, she served as a Naval Reserve training ship for almost a year and as flagship for Reserve Destroyer Squadron 30. She was decommissioned on 26 March 1965 at Philadelphia and, for the next decade, was berthed with the Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet. USS ABBOT (DD-629) Flagship of Reserve Destroyer Squadron 30 NAVAL RESERVE FORCE - DESTROYER SQUADRON 34 Flagship was the Allen M. Sumner class USS SOLEY (DD-707) In Charleston, South Carolina - 4" US made Flagship of Reserve Destroyer Squadron 34 in Charleston, S.C. USS SOLEY (DD-707) US made 4" 1960's http://www.usssoley.org/reserve.htm USNR VF-725 Glenview, Illinois NASG Squadron deployed to Korea in 1950 Land, sea, on to the air.....NARTU Naval Air Reserve Training Unit Whidbey Island US made 1970's VP/ASW Squadrons NARTU - Jacksonville, Florida 1960's Weekend Warriors flying Neptunes, US made 5" The round NARTU Jacksonville Weekend Warrior patch NARTU Lakehurst New Jersey US made 5" Commander Naval Air Reserve Force VP Squadrons 1960's 1970's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 13, 2015 Share #3 Posted September 13, 2015 Very cool stuff. I remember buying stuff from KEN NOLAN's. I think they made the Vietnam era iron-on patches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted September 14, 2015 US NAVAL RESERVE CARRIER AIR WING 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted September 14, 2015 NARTU ALAMEDA (Tailcode 6G) You Call We Haul The VR squadron's serving the far east Buzzard and Western International Airlines Limited Affiliates: VR 871, VR 872, VR 873, VR 874 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted September 14, 2015 NAVY AIR TRANSPORT the Naval Air Reserve VR Squadrons The post-WW-II Naval Air Reserve was organized 1 July 1946 with R4D VR mini-squadrons at some 25 of the over 50 initial Naval Air Reserve training sites. These VR aircraft were assigned to and maintained primarily by station active duty personnel with reservists training and flying some missions on the week-ends. With the transition of fleet VR squadrons to the R6Ds (C-118s) the Naval Air Reserve squadrons transitioned from R4Ds to R5Ds (C-54s) in the 1950s. With the termination of Navy MATS participation, C-118s became available and were assigned to the Naval Air Reserve starting in 1964. VR-30 established in 1966 to fly COD Operations Fleet Logistics Support Squadron VR-46 The Eagles - Velcro backed VR-51 Windjammers CNO Award 1971 6" high VR-52 Taskmasters - commissioned 1971 - decommissioned 2012 http://www.jointbasemdl.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123320678 VR-55 The Minutemen US made 6" high 1976 Bicentennial Patch VR-56 The Globemasters - NAS Oceana, VA The old and the new VR-58 The Sunseekers, NAS Jacksonville, Florida VR-722 I don't know much about them so if anyone has some insight, pass it along VR-881 Another one with scant information VRC-40 The Rawhides Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 (VRC-40) was commissioned on 1 July 1960 and is tasked with providing Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) services to the U.S. Navy's Second, Fifth, and Sixth Fleets. VRC-40, homeported at Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia (USA), operates the Grumman C-2A Greyhound and reports to Commander, Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. VR-61 The Islanders - the end of the DC-9 Skytrain aka "The Fighting Alpacas" - velcro backed http://www.kitsapsun.com/nwnavylife/vr-61-flies-navys-last-skytrain-into-the-sunset Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted September 14, 2015 One of the two USNR Aircraft Ferry squadrons VRF-31 Aircraft Ferry Squadron Thirty One - The Storkliners - 1960's 4 1/2" “Fleet combat and support aircraft moved...anytime...anywhere...for no apparent reason!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted September 15, 2015 Another component of the USNR - NAIRU NAVAL AIR INTELLIGENCE RESERVE UNIT - SPY NAVY! NAIRU 661 & NAIRU 741 NAIRU F1 Naval Air Intelligence Reserve Unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted September 16, 2015 Nothing flies without the maintenance crew's say so NARMU - NAVAL AIR RESERVE MAINTENANCE UNIT 775 - 6" patch 1963 Los Alamitos, CA 11 Officers and 78 Enlisted men NARMU - NAVAL AIR RESERVE MAINTENANCE UNIT 931 - 6" patch NAS Willow Grove, PA 11 Officers 132 Enlisted men NARMU 731 Naval Air Reserve Maintenance Unit 731, Grosse Ile, Michigan early 1960's 6 1/2" They were the maintenance support unit for Air Wing 73, VA-731 and HU-731 NARMU 935 - Naval Air Reserve Maintenance Unit 935, Willow Grove, PA (1965) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted September 27, 2015 Naval Reserve VP Squadrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share #11 Posted August 15, 2016 NASRU F-1 Jacksonville, Florida - A truly obscure unit with only 12 personnel in 1970 Naval Air Systems Command Reserve Unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share #12 Posted August 15, 2016 NAVAL FLEET RESERVE DIV(ISION) 3-7D Large jacket patch 8" h x 7" w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share #13 Posted August 16, 2016 NARDET MOFFETT 1960's cut edge Naval Air Reserve Detachment Moffett Field, CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share #14 Posted August 18, 2016 Naval Air Reserve Unit North Island (NAS North Island - San Diego, CA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted August 19, 2016 Share #15 Posted August 19, 2016 This was supposedly a reserve unit now obsolete since probably 1983 when all UDTs were re-designated Seal Teams but I was never able to find any information on a UDT-121. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted August 19, 2016 Share #16 Posted August 19, 2016 Yes, this was a reserve unit. Mid to late 70's. There was also a UDT 119 but I have not been able to find a patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonomachi Posted August 19, 2016 Share #17 Posted August 19, 2016 Yes, this was a reserve unit. Mid to late 70's. There was also a UDT 119 but I have not been able to find a patch. Thanks for this information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share #18 Posted August 28, 2016 Naval Reserve Readiness Command - 11th Naval District Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share #19 Posted October 2, 2016 Naval Reserve Patrol Squadron 831 (VR-831) NAS Floyd Bennet Field, NY VR-831 Gemsco circa 1963 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share #20 Posted March 30, 2017 Reserve Anti-Submarine Squadron VS-931 Korean War 1951 - 1953 Operated off of the escort carriers USS SICILY (CVE-118) and USS BADOENG STRAIT (CVE-116) VS-931 Antisubmarine Squadron was activated at Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Pennsylvania on March 1, 1951 during the Korean War and was transferred to Los Alamitos Naval Air Station in California. The squadron was sent abroad on the USS Sicily and operated near Japan and Okinawa. Upon transferring to the USS Badoeng Strait, the Squadron went to Korea on two different occasions to protect the US Naval fleet from enemy submarines. There were several transfers back and forth between the two ships and in addition the squadron was stationed on land bases at Atsugi and Itami for brief periods. The squadron returned to the States aboard the USS Sicily. Upon returning to Los Alamitos the squadron's designation was changed from VS-931 to VS-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share #21 Posted April 25, 2017 Reserve Harbor Clearance Unit Hawaii, HCU-1 Pearl Harbor (Alpha Docks) 1970's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted April 27, 2017 Share #22 Posted April 27, 2017 Mare Island Group Pacific Reserve Fleet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share #23 Posted May 13, 2017 NARMU 891 - 6" Naval Air Reserve Maintenance Unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share #24 Posted June 29, 2017 USS TREPANG (SS-412) RESTRASUB Balao class Reserve Training Submarine at Mare Island 1960's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share #25 Posted July 1, 2017 USNR MCB 21 SEABEES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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