Salvage Sailor Posted June 22, 2019 Share #76 Posted June 22, 2019 USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY (CG-32) Belknap class in service 1966 to 1994 MEF Middle East Force (The Tanker War) 1989 Auxiliaries Division Persian Gulf Yacht Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 6, 2019 Share #77 Posted July 6, 2019 GONZO STATION - IRANIAN CRISIS 1979 USS MIDWAY (CV-41) - Cut edge Japanese made. MIDWAY was the first Foreign Legion carrier of the 7th Fleet based at Yokosuka, Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 7, 2019 Share #78 Posted July 7, 2019 A decade later...... USS MIDWAY (CV-41) Desert Shield 1990 Persian Gulf Yacht Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 7, 2019 Share #79 Posted July 7, 2019 USS MIDWAY (CV-41) Indian Ocean Station - Foreign Legion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 8, 2019 Share #80 Posted September 8, 2019 Persian Gulf Highway Patrol - 1980's Soon after we began staging P-3s in the Persian Gulf to fly nighttime patrols, patches began appearing, like this Persian Gulf Highway Patrol. Despite the humor, our patrol planes were attacked from time to time, mostly by small caliber fire from Iranian oil drilling platforms and Boghammer patrol boats operated by the Iranian Guards. J. David Rogers' Military Service Persian Gulf Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 19, 2019 Share #81 Posted October 19, 2019 PERSIAN GULF HARBOR PATROL - Desert Storm, 1990 USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) Last of the Forrestal class in service 1959 to 1998 Mother ship of the Persian Gulf Harbor Patrol - Desert Storm 1990 Cruise In June 1990, with Carrier Air Wing 14 embarked, Independence departs San Diego on a routine WESTPAC. On 2 August, in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, Independence was sent to deter further Iraqi aggression during Operation Desert Shield. Arriving on station in the Gulf of Oman on 5 August, Independence was the first carrier to enter the Persian Gulf since 1974. The ship remained on station for 112 days and permanently reestablished a U.S. naval presence in the region. She returned to San Diego on 20 December 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted November 30, 2019 Share #82 Posted November 30, 2019 Recent pick up Approx 3" Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 16, 2019 Share #83 Posted December 16, 2019 USS BELKNAP (DLG-26) Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Club, 1970's.- When you care enough to send the very best. She collided with the JFK off of Sicily in 1975 and after reconstruction was redesignated as CG-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 18, 2019 Share #84 Posted December 18, 2019 USS AMERICA (CV-66) Kitty Hawk class supercarrier in service 1965 to 1995 1982-1983 Mediterranean/Red Sea cruise patches made by Swiss Tex Mediterranean Yacht Club & Suez Canal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 19, 2020 Share #85 Posted January 19, 2020 On 6/22/2019 at 9:55 AM, Salvage Sailor said: USS WILLIAM H. STANDLEY (CG-32) Belknap class in service 1966 to 1994 MEF Middle East Force (Tanker War) 1989, Auxiliaries Division Persian Gulf Yacht Club More from the convoy escorts, Tanker War period, Persian Gulf 1980's Joint Task Force Middle East Following the initial establishment of U.S. Central Command, the boundary between USCENTCOM and U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) was the Strait of Hormuz. To direct forces of multiple services operating over the boundary, Joint Task Force Middle East was established on 20 September 1987 ‘Guerrilla Warfare At Sea’: Persian Gulf, 1987-88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 14, 2020 Share #86 Posted February 14, 2020 GONZO STATION Iranian Crisis USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) Indian Ocean deployment 1980-1981 Medical Department, Philippine made From the same cruise...... USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) Indian Ocean Cruise 1980-1981 Pollywog/Shellback line crossing, Iranian Crisis Philippine made ......and the 1980-1981 INDIAN OCEAN YACHT CLUB from the same Iranian Crisis cruise ....and for kicks, their Indian Ocean Line Crossing patch (Pollywog-Shellback) probably made by Swiss Tex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 6, 2020 Share #87 Posted April 6, 2020 GULF WAR - BLUE DEATH U.S. NAVAL FORCES PERSIAN GULF, Desert Storm 1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 24, 2021 Share #88 Posted January 24, 2021 USS STUMP (DD-978) Spruance class destroyer in service 1978 to 2004 WARZONE (Persian) GULF PATROL in the Iraq/Iran Warzone 1982-1983 just prior to the first Tanker War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 25, 2021 Share #89 Posted February 25, 2021 On 4/18/2018 at 9:21 AM, Salvage Sailor said: Bagel Station, Lebanon - Beirut Crisis 1983 Consequently, the USN began concentrating larger ships off the Lebanese coast, moving the carrier USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) from a station off Libya to a new station east of Cyprus, named “Bagel”. The carrier arrived accompanied with the helicopter carrier USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), which had the troops of the 24th MEU aboard...... .....Meanwhile, the Americans continued their efforts to reinforce the Lebanese Army, supplying it even with a number of M-48 Patton MBTs, and supporting its operations by heavy artillery, in turn making the Lebanese Muslims – and their Iranian and Syrian supporters – even more nervous. Nevertheless, it still came as a terrible surprise when the MNF-troops were hit by a new form of warfare: on 23 October 1983 a suicide-bomber drove a truck filled with explosives into the headquarters of the US Marine compound in Beirut and detonated his murderous load. The terrible explosion completely obliterated the building, killing 241 US troops in the process. Only few seconds later a similar vehicle hit the Headquarters of the French troops in Beirut, killing 58. The MNF troops did not properly recover from these blows, when in another similar assault against an Israeli security post in Tyre, on 4 November 1983, 23 Israeli troops were killed as well. The USA seems not to have had a clear idea how and against who to react at the time, but the French felt it was time for another air raid against one of Druze or Syrian positions. On 17 November 1983 ten Super Etendards bombarded carefully selected bases of the Shi’ia Militia and the Iranians in the Balbek, while four hit the main base of the Jihad-al-Islami – the organization that took the responsibility for bombings of US and French headquarters – with napalm bombs. The French fighter-pilots were confronted by a considerable amount of flak and several SA-7s and their attack was not especially precise, most of their bombs landing in the nearby vineyards. The Shi’ia losses were nevertheless heavy. In the following days the USN reinforced its units off Lebanon, by deploying the carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and her combat group to the Bagel Station. More from Bagel Station, Lebanon - Beirut Crisis 1983 The USA seems not to have had a clear idea how and against who to react at the time, but the French felt it was time for another air raid against one of Druze or Syrian positions. On 17 November 1983 ten Super Etendards bombarded carefully selected bases of the Shi’ia Militia and the Iranians in the Balbek, while four hit the main base of the Jihad-al-Islami – the organization that took the responsibility for bombings of US and French headquarters – with napalm bombs. The French fighter-pilots were confronted by a considerable amount of flak and several SA-7s and their attack was not especially precise, most of their bombs landing in the nearby vineyards. The Shi’ia losses were nevertheless heavy. In the following days the USN reinforced its units off Lebanon, by deploying the carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and her combat group to the Bagel Station. BAGEL STATION USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) Beirut, Lebanon 1983 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 26, 2021 Share #90 Posted June 26, 2021 Yes, it's the actual (NAS) Barbers Point Flying Club, Oahu, Hawaii Honolulu to the right, Barbers Point to the left, Pearl Harbor in the center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 1, 2021 Share #91 Posted July 1, 2021 Here's a seldom mentioned place in the Tonkin Gulf (And it's also an "I was there" Gulf of Tonkin Incident patch) 1964 SHASTA SHOALS - Where the USN carriers dumped their thousands of Shasta soda cans for a decade in the Tonkin Gulf off of the shores of 'French Indo China' from the 'Passage to Freedom' in 1954 to just prior to the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident. Shasta Shoals was later engulfed, pun intended, by the Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club, but the Saline Sailors were there first. USS TICONDEROGA (CVA-14) Essex class carrier in service 1944 to 1973 Vietnam Pre-conflict operations From 1958–1963, Ticonderoga made four more peacetime deployments to the western Pacific. During each, she conducted training operations with other units of the 7th Fleet and made goodwill and liberty port calls throughout the Far East. Early in 1964, she began preparations for her sixth cruise to the western Pacific and, following exercises off the west coast and in the Hawaiian Islands, the carrier cleared Pearl Harbor on 4 May for what began as another peaceful tour of duty in the Far East. The first three months of that deployment brought normal operations—training and port calls. Gulf of Tonkin incident On 2 August, while operating in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin, the destroyer Maddox reported being attacked by units of the (North) Vietnam People's Navy. Within minutes of her receipt of the message, Ticonderoga dispatched four, rocket-armed F8E Crusaders to the destroyer's assistance. Upon arrival, the Crusaders launched Zuni rockets and strafed the North Vietnamese craft with their 20 mm (0.79 in) cannon. After the efforts of Ticonderoga and Maddox, one boat was left dead in the water and the other two damaged. Two days later, late in the evening of 4 August, Ticonderoga received urgent requests from the destroyer Turner Joy — by then on patrol with Maddox — for air support in resisting what the destroyer alleged to be another torpedo boat foray. The carrier again launched aircraft to aid the American surface ships, and Turner Joy directed them. The Navy surface and air team believed it had sunk two boats and damaged another pair. President Lyndon Johnson responded with a reprisal to what he felt at the time to be two unprovoked attacks on American seapower and ordered retaliatory air strikes on selected North Vietnamese motor torpedo boat bases. On 5 August, Ticonderoga and Constellation launched 60 sorties against four bases and their supporting oil storage facilities. The USN attacks reportedly resulted in the destruction of 25 PT-type boats, severe damage to the bases, and almost complete razing of the oil storage depot. For her quick reaction and successful combat actions on those three occasions, Ticonderoga received the Navy Unit Commendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 4, 2021 Share #92 Posted July 4, 2021 I've always been partial to this Japanese made TGYC pattern with the flags USS ORISKANY (CVA-34) Korean war/Vietnam war Essex class in service 1950 to 1976 TONKIN GULF YACHT CLUB Hawaii - Japan - USA - United Nations (Korea/Taiwan Straits) - Philippines - RVN Multiple Tonkin Gulf tours at Dixie & Yankee Station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 12, 2021 Share #93 Posted November 12, 2021 On 3/24/2018 at 9:22 AM, Salvage Sailor said: Gulf of Sidra Yacht Club - Harpooned & I Crossed The Line of Death (made by Silvio Polidoro of Naples) Action in the Gulf of Sidra, Libya (1986) More from the Action in the Gulf of Sidra, Libya (1986) KHADAFY BUSTERS - GULF OF SIDRA YACHT CLUB MED CRUISE 86 "We Aint Afeard of No Ragheads" USS AMERICA (CV-66) CVW-1 Embarked, USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) CVW-13 Embarked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted November 12, 2021 Share #94 Posted November 12, 2021 A few more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collectsmedals Posted November 13, 2021 Share #95 Posted November 13, 2021 Here is one I picked up when I served on the USS Nimitz in 1980. I never even took it out of its plastic wrapper. Not all yacht club, but a few more novelty patches also from that same time period on the Nimitz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 14, 2022 Share #96 Posted January 14, 2022 A new contender for the topic..... CAMELOT STATION - USS RANGER (CV-61) PERSIAN GULF - OPERATION DESERT STORM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 13, 2022 Share #97 Posted March 13, 2022 ...and another one not yet listed DALMATION STATION - OPERATION PROVIDE PROMISE 1992-1993 Adriatic Sea, Bosnia and Herzegovina - the prelude to Operation Deny Flight USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67), Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3) Electronic Attack Squadron 130 "ZAPPERS" (VAQ-130) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 11, 2022 Share #98 Posted December 11, 2022 USS KITTY HAWK (CVA-63) VIETNAM WESTPAC CRUISE 1966-1967 TONKIN GULF YACHT CLUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 14, 2023 Share #99 Posted January 14, 2023 Gonzo Station 1987 Iran Gulf of Oman Yacht Club Satanic Air Pirate - Gonzo Station Indian Ocean Yacht Club (IOYC) Gulf of Oman 1987 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 15, 2023 Share #100 Posted January 15, 2023 Red Sea Yacht & Country Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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