2 nice Navy patches

[Bill]

Picked these 2 up at a garage sale yesterday for a quarter each.

 

The lady said these were left over from an estate sale a few years ago.

 

The large patch is about 5 1/2 " H x 3 1/2" W

 

The small patch is about 3 1/2"

 

Some info below the picture.

 

Bill

 

 

Career

Name: USS Waccamaw

Namesake: The Waccamaw River in South Carolina

Builder: Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.

Laid down: 28 April 1945

Launched: 30 March 1946

Commissioned: 25 June 1946

Decommissioned: 24 February 1975

Honors and

awards: 1 battle star and Meritorious Unit Commendation (Vietnam)

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Jordan)

Fate:

 

Transferred to the Military Sealift Command.

 

Withdrawn from the Maritime Administrations Reserve Fleet, 11 October 2005.

Final Disposition, scrapped at Brownsville, TX.