patches Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share #126 Posted June 15, 2022 Date given is 1916-1917, crew training for Landing Party duty, ship believed to be USS Melville, a Destroyer Tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share #127 Posted August 3, 2022 1907 Puerto Cortes Honduras during the Honduran Nicaraguan War. Marines and Sailors land and take up garrison in cities of Trujillo, Ceiba, Puerto Cortez, San Pedro, Laguna and Choloma to protect American lives and property Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share #128 Posted November 30, 2022 Culebra Island near Puerto Rico. Sixth Detachment Division Landing Party from USS Florida (BB-30) marches on Culebra Island. U.S. Naval Officers included are: Commander Richard Wainwright, USN; Lieutenant Harold Dodd, USN; Lieutenant Junior Grade F. Coswell, USN; Ensign Robertson J. Weeks, USN; Ensign Lunsford L. Hunter, USN; and Ensign Edward O. McDonnell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share #129 Posted December 4, 2022 From the 50s-60s interestingly enough, USS Topeka (CLG-8) landing party school, Dam Neck, VA, circa 1960. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max0073 Posted December 4, 2022 Share #130 Posted December 4, 2022 On 1/8/2022 at 3:43 AM, Salvage Sailor said: Original RPPC detail Hello do you know what is this jacket please ? thanks, Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygary Posted December 6, 2022 Share #131 Posted December 6, 2022 I think that is just the summer white Chief Petty Officer double breasted coat that has been dyed with coffee or whatever the ship he was on was using for makeshift camoflague. This CPO has closed the top of the coat so it looks a little odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC_COLLECTOR Posted December 6, 2022 Share #132 Posted December 6, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 7:43 PM, Salvage Sailor said: Note his uniform, CPO "whites" dyed for camouflage, Words straight from Salvage sailor earlier in the thread... 1 hour ago, jerseygary said: I think that is just the summer white Chief Petty Officer double breasted coat that has been dyed with coffee or whatever the ship he was on was using for makeshift camoflague. This CPO has closed the top of the coat so it looks a little odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max0073 Posted December 6, 2022 Share #133 Posted December 6, 2022 I missed this sentence ! thanks ! Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygary Posted December 7, 2022 Share #134 Posted December 7, 2022 I didn't see Salvage Sailor's explanation on the photo above. I don't know what color this CPO's uniform was dyed on the USS Michigan, but I can add that the whites were dyed in the following fashion on these ships: USS New Jersey Battalion: Dyed their whites in vats of coffee which had a brownish shade. Officers borrowed USMC worn with naval shoulder board rank and campaign hats. USS South Carolina Battalion: Boiled their whites in water with iron rust. USS Arkansas: Dyed whites in iodine which started out tan but turned to a flaming red hue in the sun! USS Florida: Wore their blues. USS Utah: Wore their blues, but switched to whites after April 22, 1914. From page 173 of "Armies of the Mexican Revolution" by Mike Blake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share #135 Posted December 8, 2022 Cuba 1909, Ships Company Unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share #136 Posted January 18, 2023 Russia 1919, see just like in the Army, all armed with Mosin Nagant Rifles Photo comes from this site. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1969/february/our-russian-war-1918-1919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share #137 Posted January 18, 2023 Civil War reenactors as Landing Party people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stbryson Posted January 22, 2023 Share #138 Posted January 22, 2023 Hello, This gentleman served in USS Guam of the U.S. Navy's Yangtze Patrol in the early 1930s. In the photo where he has the Thompson SMG, I believe he is part of a landing force. In the photo where he has the BAR, I believe he was on armed guard duty on a steamer. Take care, Steve Bryson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share #139 Posted February 24, 2023 Date given as 1899, but no location nor ship off of. Probably at home here at some Navy Yard, with the men doing a spot of ground training for landing parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted February 25, 2023 Share #140 Posted February 25, 2023 Admiral Mark L. Bristol, USN, CiC Asiatic Fleet inspects landing force personnel at the Shanghai racetrack, Shanghai, China, circa 1928. Admiral Bristol is at left. In center is Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr., USN, Commander, Yangtze Patrol. Also present is the Commander of the 4th Marine Regiment, Colonel Henry Davis, USMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share #141 Posted March 20, 2023 China, in the 20s I think, interesting that they are going about without their rifles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 25, 2023 Share #142 Posted March 25, 2023 Members of a landing force from Pittsburgh (CA-4) in a boat, off Shanghai, China, in 1927. Note steel helmets and M1910 infantry equipment worn by these men. Several picks are in evidence, but few spades. Sailor on the left of the group seated on the gunwale has a non-standard entrenching axe on his pack. There are also three litter bearers present (at left), and a number of Chinese men on the far side of the boat (NH 50794). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 25, 2023 Share #143 Posted March 25, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 8:30 PM, patches said: China, in the 20s I think, interesting that they are going about without their rifles. This is most likely within the guarded walls of the International Settlement, Shanghai, where they had free movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted March 26, 2023 Share #144 Posted March 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Salvage Sailor said: This is most likely within the guarded walls of the International Settlement, Shanghai, where they had free movement. Also interesting is that the middle Sailor is a GunnersMate. He is also wearing the “Seaman Gunner” mark of an exploding bomb. And, he’s a qualified Torpedo man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share #145 Posted April 30, 2023 Bluejackets and Marines stage a landing at Colón, Panama. during what was called the Panama crisis of 1885. These troops are off USS Tennessee (1865), three boats are being towed in by some kind of early powered vessel, while one boat rows in. There may have been a landing party formed also by crews off USS Galena (1880) which was present first in the area and was joined by Tennessee. In addition USS Shenandoah (1862) also showed up and formed a landing party too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted April 30, 2023 Share #146 Posted April 30, 2023 On 3/25/2023 at 7:39 PM, sigsaye said: Also interesting is that the middle Sailor is a GunnersMate. He is also wearing the “Seaman Gunner” mark of an exploding bomb. And, he’s a qualified Torpedo man. This would actually indicate he is the “Gun/Mount Captain” for the ships Torpedo battery”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share #147 Posted August 7, 2023 A Landing Party Illustration from the 1830s,. The Seminole War we should think, the Navy was all down in there landing troops during the course of the Wars against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted September 1, 2023 Share #148 Posted September 1, 2023 On 8/7/2023 at 12:28 AM, patches said: A Landing Party Illustration from the 1830s,. The Seminole War we should think, the Navy was all down in there landing troops during the course of the Wars against them. I hate artists renditions. Almost always wrong. The Enlisted uniforms are completely incorrect. If they had been wearing jackets, they would have been double breasted and worn open. The big floppy straw hats look more British, than us. And, note, they have no gear. Do they get one shot, then fight with bayonets! While I also dislike the Navy’s uniform plates, they are more accurate than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 10, 2023 Author Share #149 Posted September 10, 2023 Once again we see the Sailor as Infantryman in the Great War, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 22, 2023 Author Share #150 Posted September 22, 2023 A group pose on USS Galena 1880s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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