Salvage Sailor Posted April 30, 2017 Share #26 Posted April 30, 2017 .....and here's what the ATHENA's are assigned to, another David Taylor patch Towed Systems Branch Code 1541, DTNSRDC - David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share #27 Posted October 4, 2017 Interesting patches Salvage Sailor.I just saw a Research Vessel patch on eBay and was trying to find out some background info about it but did'nt find much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 29, 2018 Share #28 Posted June 29, 2018 USS GRAND RAPIDS (PG-98) US made Gemsco patch & Welcome Aboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 15, 2019 Share #29 Posted January 15, 2019 A pic of the Tacoma,and a second version of her patch,this one is not in my collection. Bicentennial version of USS TACOMA (PG-92) - The Spirit of 92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 6, 2019 Share #30 Posted April 6, 2019 USS READY (PG-87) Asheville class patrol gunboat in service 1968 to 1977. Assigned to Market Time duty in Cam Ranh Bay & Danang from January to July 1970, two battle stars for Vietnam service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted April 6, 2019 Share #31 Posted April 6, 2019 PG-90 USS CANON Saw service in Vietnam Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 16, 2019 Share #32 Posted June 16, 2019 On 4/17/2017 at 3:32 PM, Salvage Sailor said: USS CROCKETT (PG-88) The turbine powered Ski Gator - Sharpshooters USS CROCKETT (PG-88) Asheville class in service 1967 to 1976, Market Time and SEAFLOAT Tours in 1969. History USS Crockett (PG-88) in Vietnam from gunboatriders website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 15, 2019 Share #33 Posted August 15, 2019 CALCULATED AUDACITY USS WELCH (PG-93) Asheville class Patrol Gunboat in service 1969 to 1977. On Market Time service in Vietnam Welch earned two battle stars and the Meritorious Unit Commendation 1970-1972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 14, 2019 Share #34 Posted September 14, 2019 USS MARATHON (PG-89) In service 1968 to 1976. Delayed by mechanical and structural problems in the states, she was the last of the Asheville class gunboats to engage in SEAFLOAT operations in Vietnam. USS MARATHON (PG-89) Asheville class gunboat in service 1968 to 1976 A new home port in Guam Following a tactical exercise in January 1970, and coastal interdiction training in March, Marathon departed San Diego on 2 June for her new home port at Guam in the Marianas Islands. After a quick refueling stop at Pearl Harbor, the gunboat arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam on 25 June. A week later, Marathon sailed for South Vietnam and, after a refueling stop at Subic Bay, Philippines on 8 July, she began Market Time duties out of Cam Ranh Bay on the 11th. Dangerous river patrols One of Marathon's first tasks was to escort battle damaged USS Canon from the mouth of the Bo De River back to Cam Ranh Bay on 15 July. The rocket-propelled grenade and bullet scars in Canon's hull were sober reminders of the dangers the gunboats faced in littoral waters. After receiving a camouflage paint scheme, Marathon spent the next nine weeks conducted uneventful river operations before conducting a few coastal surveillance patrols in October. Relieved by other patrol gunboats, Marathon, USS Gallup and their base ship USS Park County sailed to Guam, via Subic Bay, arriving there on 18 November. Operation Market Time patrols Following a restricted availability in Guam, Marathon returned to South Vietnam in late April 1971, beginning Market Time patrols on the 27th. This monotonous cruising was interrupted in late June by a port visit to Bangkok, Thailand, 28 June to 1 July, before the gunboat returned to Cam Ranh Bay to resume patrols. Marathon fired her guns only once, shelling An Thoi Island on 6 August with unknown results, before arriving home to Guam on 14 September. Once there, Marathon began her second major overhaul, which finished up on 8 December. In a change of pace, the gunboat conducted a short security patrol of the Caroline Islands in mid-December. Marathon returned to South Vietnam on 10 March 1972 and operated out of Vung Tau conducting maritime patrols. These operations were again uneventful and the gunboat received a well-deserved week-long visit to Singapore in late July. After a few more weeks on patrol, the gunboat returned home, arriving in Guam on 30 August. She spent the remainder of the year conducting type training and providing submarine torpedo target services. Photo caption: "USS Marathon Cmdr. Robert Buckley shows the ship's Vietnam campaign ribbons to Debbie Murdock of Medford. The small-scale battleship toured Boston Harbor as part of Maritime Celebration Day yesterday. The Navy presented the ship to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy" Staff photo by Stanley Forman from the 21 May 1977 edition of the Boston Herald American (from navsource.com) Welcome Aboard from my collection USS MARATHON (PG-89) Asheville class gunboat in service 1968 to 1976 First version of her patch (last version detailed in posts below) PI made patch with 40mm and Trident USS MARATHON (PG-89) Ship's Insignia and Welcome Aboard pamphlets from her last two Commanding Officers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 30, 2019 Share #35 Posted December 30, 2019 On 6/15/2019 at 5:37 PM, Salvage Sailor said: USS CROCKETT (PG-88) Asheville class in service 1967 to 1976, Market Time and SEAFLOAT Tours in 1969. USS Crockett (PG-88) in Vietnam from gunboatriders website ....and what became of the USS CROCKETT (PG-88) ? Unlike her sisters, she was not decommissioned and reassigned to ATHENA, CARDEROCK, DAVID TAYLOR, NAVSEA or the other research agencies. She went to the Environmental Protection Agency - (EPA) in 1977 Initially as the R/V CROCKETT (PG-88) Latin: Illegitimus Non Carborundum Est - Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down and then as the EPA Research Vessel R/V RACHEL CARSON Once transferred to the EPA, the vessel was renamed for American environmentalist Rachel Carson. At the time, it was the largest limnological vessel on the Great Lakes, and her initial use was monitoring and analyzing pollution in Lake Erie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted August 14, 2020 Share #36 Posted August 14, 2020 USS Douglass PG 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 18, 2020 Share #37 Posted September 18, 2020 On 4/17/2017 at 4:05 PM, Salvage Sailor said: USS DOUGLAS (PG-100) In USN service 1971 to 1977. Also became a Carderock Research Vessel until she was sunk off the coast of North Carolina USS DOUGLAS (PG-100) In USN service 1971 to 1977. Also became a Carderock Research Vessel until she was sunk off the coast of North Carolina Bullion on Felt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 27, 2021 Share #38 Posted June 27, 2021 USS ANTELOPE (PG-86) Asheville class patrol gunboat in service 1967 to 1977. (previously posted by patchcollector) Decommissioning Her deployment to European waters ended on the last day of July 1977, and she departed Rota, Spain, bound for home. Following stops in the Azores and at Bermuda, she reached Little Creek, Virginia on 21 August and was decommissioned there on 1 October 1977. She was transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency on 17 January 1978 and was placed in service on Lake Michigan as a survey vessel gathering data to determine the impact of waste disposal upon the Great Lakes. Antelope was renamed Oceanographic Survey Vessel (OSV) Peter W. Anderson in June 1985. As of 2009, she is no longer in service to the EPA, replaced by OSV Bold, ex-Bold OSV PETER W. ANDERSON (1985) ex-USS ANTELOPE (PG-86) Ocean Survey Vessel Peter W. Anderson, United States Environmental Protection Agency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 20, 2022 Share #39 Posted February 20, 2022 On 4/20/2017 at 3:08 PM, Salvage Sailor said: Found my R/V ATHENA patch (ex-PG-94 USS CHEHALIS) mixed in with my research ship collection (NOAA, NAVOCEANO, etc) Wisdom, Arts, Industry & Prudent Warfare - David Taylor Research Center I wonder what "Prudent Warfare" signifies? and (again) the photo it was (reverse) modeled from A different version of R/V ATHENA (ex-USS CHEVALIS PG-94) DAVID W. TAYLOR NSRDC - Naval Ship Research and Development Center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 20, 2022 Share #40 Posted February 20, 2022 ...and both ATHENA's together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 20, 2022 Share #41 Posted February 20, 2022 USS BEACON (PG-99) Asheville class patrol gunboat in service 1969 to 1977, transferred to Greece as the ORMI (P-230) in 1989 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Epple Posted August 12, 2022 Share #42 Posted August 12, 2022 On 9/24/2011 at 12:46 AM, Patchcollector said: Found this schedule and a cool pic of Marathon in cammo: THE FOLLOWING PATROL GUNBOAT VIETNAM SEAFLOAT OPERATIONS SCHEDULES ARE THE COURTESY OF DAVE DONALDSON USS ASHEVILLE (PG-84) 11 Jul - 23 Jul 1969 9 Aug - 16 Aug 1969 11 Sep - 14 Sep 1969 11 Mar - 26 Mar 1970 5 Jun - 15 Jun 1970* USS GALLUP (PG-85) 23 Jul - 10 Aug 1969 17 Aug - 12 Sep 1969 15 Dec - 22 Dec 1969 14 Jan - 26 Jan 1970 15 Jul - 24 Jul 1970 7 Aug - 11 Aug 1970 Escorted CANON back to Cam Ranh Bay 17 Aug - 26 Aug 1970* 22 Sep - 4 Oct 1970 USS ANTELOPE (PG-86) 30 Jan - 15 Feb 1970 28 Feb - 11 Mar 1970* 4 Apr - 17 Apr 1970* 25 Apr - 11 May 1970* 14 Jun - 2 Jul 1970 USS CROCKETT (PG-88) 1969 & 1970 Histories missing; following taken from Family Grams, which don't go beyond Sep 1969. 26 Jun - 11 Jul 1969 14 Sep - 25 Sep 1969 ? Oct - ?* USS CANON (PG-90) 9 Jul - 14 Jul 1970 * 9 Aug -10 aug 1970 * USS READY (PG-87) 1Mar - 10 Mar 1970 13 Apr - 6 Jun 1970 ? May - ? Jul 1970 USS MARATHON (PG-89) ? Aug 1970 - 5 Oct 1970 Last PG used at SEAFLOAT Painted in camouflage 21 Aug for SEAFLOAT ops, 1st combatant to be so painted since WWII. Found this online Here's a link to PG boat OPs in Nam Patrol Gunboat OPs in Vietnam A cool pic of the Marathon in her Vietnam wartime Camouflage paint scheme My father Garry Epple served on the Marathon 70-72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 6, 2022 Share #43 Posted October 6, 2022 One of the hardest PG patches to acquire, she was only in commission for 18 months (April 1970 to October 1971) USS BENICIA (PG-96) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 7, 2022 Share #44 Posted October 7, 2022 USS SURPRISE (PG-97) Asheville class in service 1969 to 1973 SWIFT AND LETHAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 7, 2022 Share #45 Posted October 7, 2022 USS ASHEVILLE (PG-84) MARKET TIME Class Leader in service 1966 to 1977 USS ASHEVILLE (PG-84) 1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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