"It's a Gemsco" USN & USCG Patch Manufacturers

[bronxboymike]

[Salvage Sailor]

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Nice patches Mike,

 

I especially like the USCGC TAMAROA, ex-USS ZUNI (ATF-95). Not only was she an Iwo Jima veteran who took casualties and was stranded on Yellow Beach while extracting LST's, she's also the heroic USCG rescue ship in "The Perfect Storm".

[bronxboymike]

Thanks, I mainly got it because she was stationed in NY at the time. You can see the Statue of liberty and Brooklyn bridge in the patch. I believe unfortunately that the Tamaroa was sunk as a reef last year.

[Salvage Sailor]

Yep, we tried to save her for years but she was swamped during Sandy and sunk at the pier. Soon after we made preparations to reef her.

 

This is the patch made during her restoration effort

 

USS ZUNI (ATF-95) USCGC TAMAROA (WMEC-166)

[Salvage Sailor]

USS SHANGRI LA (CVA-38) The Tokyo Express, Essex class long hull in service 1944 to 1971

[Salvage Sailor]

USS SAN BERNARDINO (LST-1189) Gemsco

[Salvage Sailor]

USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY SSBN-657, Benjamin Franklin class ballistic missile nuclear submarine

Commisioned in 1966

 

USS FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (SSBN-657) Red and Blue card Gemsco

[Salvage Sailor]

CGAS Brooklyn, NY Search and Rescue Gemsco

[MastersMate]

US NAVAL STATION ARGENTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND

 

 

Seeing this patch reminded me of the identification of the landmark depicted below the aircraft.. Every surface sailor would identify the hills as Mae West in view..

[Salvage Sailor]

Fleet Air Wings Atlantic - ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare

 

Sep 1948: Commander Fleet Air Wings, Atlantic was established at NAS Norfolk, Va., 1 Jan 1964: Fleet Air Wings, Pacific was established.. Jun–Jul 1973: Fleet air wings were redesignated patrol wings.

[Salvage Sailor]

USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) Class leader in service 1961 to 2009

 

1970's Gemsco

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USS O'HARE (DDR-889) Gearing class in service 1945 to 1973

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USS LAPON (SSN-661) Sturgeon class attack submarine in service 1967 to 1992

[Salvage Sailor]

USS SEAWOLF (SSN-575) In service 1957 to 1987

 

USS Seawolf (SSN-575), a unique submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal cooled (sodium) nuclear reactor known as the Submarine Intermediate Reactor (SIR) or Liquid Metal Fast Reactor (LMFR), later designated S2G. Her overall design was a variant of Nautilus, but with numerous detail changes, such as a conning tower, stepped sail, and the AN/SQS-51 active sonar mounted in the top portion of the bow instead of further below. This sonar arrangement resulted in an unusual bow shape above the water for a U.S. submarine. Her distinctive reactor was later replaced with a standard pressurized water reactor, the replacement process lasting from 12 December 1958 to 30 September 1960

[Salvage Sailor]

USS EUGENE A. GREENE (DDR-711) Gearing class in service 1945 to 1972. She was redesignated DDR-711 on 18 July 1952. Greene reverted to DD-711 on 15 March 1963

 

Gemsco circa 1950's

[Salvage Sailor]

USS BARNEY (DDG-6) Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer in service 1962 to 1990.

 

Gemsco red card version 1960's

[Salvage Sailor]

Air Transport Squadron Twenty Four (VR-24) "The World's Biggest Little Airline" In Service 1946-1993

 

VR-24 Historical Summary:

The primary mission of VR-24 was to service the U.S. Navy 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean, and when called upon, U.S. Naval Forces operating in other parts of the world. VR-24 and its Detachments delivered freight, mail, and personnel to U.S., NATO, and friendly foreign bases, ports of call, and via Carrier-On-deck-Delivery, to U.S. Navy ships at sea. VR-24 also performed life-saving medical evacuations and disaster relief missions throughout its far-flung areas of operation. To accomplish their mission, VR-24 air crews often flew in and out of airports that had only primitive communications and navigation aids, cargo handling equipment, and ground support services. Missions were often completed under the most adverse weather conditions. COD aircrews providing the vital link between land bases and ship at sea, often operated at maximum ranges from austere remote detachment sites. The men and women of VR-24 met these challenges through hard work, long hours, and innovation. VR-24 soon became known as the "world's biggest little airline" that could deliver .....................ANYTHING, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.

 

Excellent History here on the VR-24 Association website http://www.vr-24.org/History.htm

[Salvage Sailor]

ASW GROUP FOUR - Gemsco and Hilborn Hamburger versions

[Salvage Sailor]

USS LYMAN K. SWENSON (DD-729) Allen M. Sumner class in service 1944 to 1971

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2) Class leader in service 1961 to 1993. Iwo Jima earned the Armed Forces Expeditionary Service Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with eight campaign stars for Vietnam War service

 

 

Photo: Hoisting Apollo 13 command module Odyssey on board 1970

 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ROBERT L WILSON (DDE-847) Gearing class in service 1946 to 1974. She was designated as DDE-847 from 1950 to 1962.

 

Gemsco patch circa late 1950's

[Salvage Sailor]

US NAVAL AIR MISSILE TEST CENTER, Point Mugu, California - Gemsco 1950's

 

 

Mugu beach is believed to be the site where Juan Cabrillo landed on October 10, 1542. "Muwu" was the capital village of the Chumash Indians located along the shores of Mugu Lagoon. Most of its early history centers around ranching, farming, and the famous Mugu fish camp.

 

The history of most of the Navy's Guided Missile and Drone programs is the early history of the Navy at Point Mugu. During World War II, the Navy simultaneously had efforts underway to develop sites where both missiles and pilotless aircraft could be tested. In 1947, Congress appropriated funding to establish a permanent Navy presence here for this purpose. Since the mid-1940's, Point Mugu has had several "Center Names", all with the mission to develop, test, and evaluate missiles and related systems, and for drones to use in naval test programs. Oct 1, 1946 - U.S. Naval Air Missile Test Center Aug 1, 1949 - Naval Air Station Jun 16, 1958 - Pacific Missile Range Jan 7, 1959 - Naval Missile Center Apr 26, 1975 - Pacific Missile Test Center Jan 21, 1992 - Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division and Naval Air Weapons Station

 

Source: Historic California Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields - Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu

(Antiaircraft Training Center, Pt Mugu; Naval Air Station, Point Mugu;Naval Air Missile Test Center; Pacific Missile Range, Naval Missile Center; Pacific Missile Test Center; Channel Islands Air National Guard Base)

 

 

 

[bronxboymike]

USS Randolph

[Salvage Sailor]

Shhhh....the Commies may be listening.....

 

NARTS - Naval Air Rocket Test Station, Lake Denmark - Test Evaluation

[bronxboymike]

Nice one. What state is that in?