Salvage Sailor Posted February 22, 2016 Share #51 Posted February 22, 2016 USS GREGORY (DD-802) Flagship of the 8 Fletcher class destroyers of DESRON 17 during the Korean War and into the Cold War Destroyer Squadron 17, photographed at the foot of Broadway, San Diego, California, in March 1955. Destroyers in front row include (left to right): USS Twining (DD-540); USS Erben (DD-631); USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) and USS Gregory (DD-802). Behind them are (left to right): USS Shields (DD-596); USS Colahan (DD-658); USS Marshall (DD-676) and USS Porterfield (DD-682). USS Kearsarge (CVA-33) is tied up in the left distance, at Naval Air Station, North Island. Structure in the bottom center is the "Naval Destroyer Boat House". U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. COMDESRON 17 embarked aboard USS GREGORY (DD-802) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 22, 2016 Share #52 Posted February 22, 2016 USS HOLDER (DDE-819) and the Korean War Gearing class destroyers of DESRON 36, removed from a work jacket Photo: USS Rich (DD-820), USS Holder (DD-819) and USS New (DD-818) of DesRon 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share #53 Posted April 30, 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_Squadron_26 DESRON 26 has the most variety in their patches with several different patterns developed over the decades The motto on the patch at lower right says, "No sooner said than done" I believe the patch with the trident and 26 is actually PATRON 26 from it's days in JAX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 11, 2016 Share #54 Posted August 11, 2016 DESRON 27 - This is a special one and very easy to date USS DE HAVEN (DD-727) Allen M. Sumner class in service 1944 to 1973. The typical DE HAVEN patch has a gyro-copter in the upper right hand corner. In April 1962 she became the initiator and namesake of the DESOTO patrols (DEhaven Special Operations off TsingtaO) this duty also being designated as DESRON 27 derived from her hull number. So if you ever see a USS DE HAVEN patch with the DESRON 27 designation, it's a circa 1962 Hilborn-Hamburger Wiki https://en.wikipedia...i/DESOTO_patrol Declassified NSA document - DESOTO Patrols and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (Yep, it was also a DESOTO patrol although we denied we were snooping on Red China at the time) https://www.nsa.gov/...dent_desoto.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 24, 2016 Share #55 Posted November 24, 2016 10 1/2" Deck Jacket Patch - Korean War Fletcher class Destroyer Division 172 of DESRON 17 from a USS ERBEN (DD-631) crewman who served aboard from 1951-1953 Guns, ASW, Torpedoes, Plane Guard/SAR Detail hull numbers TWINING, SHIELDS, ERBEN, COLAHAN Destroyer Division 172 - Korean War Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 3, 2016 Share #56 Posted December 3, 2016 Around the World with the Greyhounds of DESRON 19 - Fletcher class Destroyer USS PRICHETT (DD-561) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Boghots Posted February 8, 2017 Share #57 Posted February 8, 2017 On 12/13/2015 at 7:45 AM, Salvage Sailor said: .....and the Kama Aina squadron, DESRON 33 - homeport Pearl Harbor 1960's to 1970's Great to see this patch!! My patch is still sewn on my blue work jacket, along with a USS WHIPPLE DE-1062 (motto: "Resources Beyond Calculations") patch, and a 1062 ships tab on the shoulder. Later wore it in Lebanon on BB-62, NEW JERSEY. - Same skipper, oddly enough; RADM (ret) Richard D. Milligan. I Left my first period of active duty in '75, from the 1062, DESRON 33 Pearl Harbor -The Pineapple Fleet. Thanks Salvage !! Best regards, Paul Walker Klamath Falls, Oregon Thought I'd follow up with a few pic's: Salvage & Others, You got me motivated to dig into my old sea bag cache !! Please bear with me, I May not get this stuff categorized correcttly, so please move them where they need to be with my blessings and appreciation . . . From ship's store in 1974. Bought several to mail home, etc. kept one to wear and a couple for trading stock. If buckles go in another place, let me know. I've got mor buckles and lighters that don't pertain to the WHIPPLLE, 1O62. --- Ash trays too. Paul The backside . . . So in Nov. / Dec. 1974 we went from Subic to Ambon, Indonesia on a "Project Hand Clasp" junket. You can find on the internet how it got a bit "complicated" by the presence of 3 Russian built frigates, and the international incident that followed. This is just prior to the Mayeguez incident by a couple months. But that's another story . . . I traded one of my Whipple Zippo buckles for an Indonesian buckle, and saved it in my Whipple buckle's Zippo box. During "Handclasp" we painted a grade school, visited a mosque, paid through the nose for high grade bunker charlie fuel, and got extorted for port fees. But the people were great. Other than the scrambling of F-4's from Clark Field in the Philippines, we had a great time. - Heineken had a subsidiary brewery there, as it was a former Dutch colony, so a warm seven pack of green bottle beer tied together with twine was only a couple bucks. -- the people were great. We entered the long channel to Ambon using Japanese hydrographic charts from 1944. Our escorts were porpoises in our 15 knot. wake. A truly beautiful place !! Back side of Indonesian buckle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Boghots Posted February 10, 2017 Share #58 Posted February 10, 2017 On 12/2/2016 at 2:52 PM, Salvage Sailor said: Around the World with the Greyhounds of DESRON 19 - Fletcher class Destroyer USS PRICHETT (DD-561) From my uncle's CSC book. He was a Chief Machinist Mate aboard PRICHETT. -- Served from 1934-'54, Retired as CMM. Best regards, Paul Back from PRITCHETT DD-561, to be plank owner on RICHARD B. ANDERSON, DD-786. --- ANDERSON-786 shows up in some scenes from movie The Caine Mutiny Humphrey Bogart. And with my Dad, Ken Walker on same trip home. First time they'd seen each other in four years. Back home on the ranch in Oregon. Best regards, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 11, 2017 Share #59 Posted February 11, 2017 On 2/7/2017 at 8:06 PM, Sgt. Boghots said: Great to see this patch!! My patch is still sewn on my blue work jacket, along with a USS WHIPPLE DE-1062 (motto: "Resources Beyond Calculations") patch, and a 1062 ships tab on the shoulder. Later wore it in Lebanon on BB-62, NEW JERSEY. - Same skipper, oddly enough; RADM (ret) Richard D. Milligan. I Left my first period of active duty in '75, from the 1062, DESRON 33 Pearl Harbor -The Pineapple Fleet. Thanks Salvage !! Best regards, Paul Walker Klamath Falls, Oregon Outstanding work jacket and ballcap Paul. I've posted mine elsewhere on the forum and it's always nice to see another swabbie who kept his all these years. I'd see WHIPPLE quite often as I was with the Salvage squadron aboard GRASP and then BOLSTER at Alpha Docks along with HCU-1 and SERVRON FIVE. I was assigned TDY to STODDERT, EDWARDS & PREBLE plus a couple of FF's (Ouellete?) when we were in the Drydock as they needed OS's to shoot up Kaho‘olawe and of course to tear up ocean and scare fish. Nothing like a squadron of DD's & DDG's at flank speed with a bone in their teeth. Here are both the Red & Black versions of DESRON TWELVE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 27, 2017 Share #60 Posted March 27, 2017 When DESRON 33 was disestablished, the remaining ships and sailors were folded into the other Pearl Harbor destroyer squadron, DESRON 31 You can see the DESRON 33 mask and canoe in the earlier version of their patch on the right DESRON 31 & 33 - Pearl Harbor Naval Station, Hawaii 1970's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 28, 2017 Share #61 Posted March 28, 2017 Gearing class USS BENNER (DD-807) DESRON 9 In service 1945 to 1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 4, 2017 Share #62 Posted April 4, 2017 DESRON 6 - COMDESFLOT SIX - Naval Station Charleston, SC Cold War era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 14, 2017 Share #63 Posted April 14, 2017 Difficult to collect this older Korean War to Market Time version DESRON 7 - USS LOFBERG (DD-759) Flagship during the Korean War - DESRON 7 is now forward deployed overseas at Singapore Destroyer Squadron SEVEN was first established in September 1920 as a reserve squadron of 15 ships home-ported at Charleston, South Carolina. The squadron was deactivated from July 1922 until April 1939 when it was reorganized in San Diego, California. In December 1940, the squadron was reformed at Newport, Rhode Island and, until the end of the European War, was actively engaged in escort duties throughout the Atlantic and Mediterranean Theaters. In May 1945, the squadron was reformed at San Diego, California and operated with Pacific Fleet for the remainder of World War II. In November 1945, the squadron was deactivated and in January 1946, DESRON SIXTY was re-designated DESRON SEVEN. Ships of the squadron participated in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and saw extended action during the Korean War, including the invasion of Inchon. During the Vietnam conflict, the squadron again saw action on the Market Time patrol and engaged in the bombardment of North Vietnam. In January and February 1979, the squadron participated in the evacuation of Americans from Iran. During Operation Desert Storm, COMDESRON SEVEN saw extensive combat action. As the North Arabian Gulf Local Anti-Surface Warfare Commander, COMDESRON SEVEN directed multi-national forces in offensive operations which eliminated the Iraqi Navy. In May 2004 COMDESRON SEVEN embarked USS RONALD REAGAN, the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, to serve as the Sea Combat Commander for the RONALD REAGAN STRIKE GROUP. As Sea Combat Commander the DESRON is responsible to the Strike Group Commander for the overall planning and execution of maritime operations including Surface and Subsurface Warfare, Maritime Interdiction Operations, Mine Warfare, and Force Protection. In December 2012, COMDESRON SEVEN executed a historic homeport shift to Southeast Asia in support of America's Rebalance to the Pacific. COMDESRON 7 is currently tasked as tactical commander of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) rotationally deployed to Singapore, and also leads the execution of the entire Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) series for Commander, Task Force 73. Pearl Harbor based USS LOFBERG (DD-759) Vietnam era DESRON 31 - Decommissioned in 1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 26, 2017 Share #64 Posted April 26, 2017 Interesting that that these two DD/DE reserve squadrons (RESDESRON 34 and RESCORTRON 4) have the same heraldry Bearmons 34, topcdnuts 34, my 4 PS - the CORTRON topic for Destroyer Escort Squadrons is here http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/287363-cortron-destroyer-escort-squadrons-post-yours-too/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 3, 2017 Share #65 Posted May 3, 2017 1950's - 60's 5" Japanese cut edge DESRON 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 17, 2017 Share #66 Posted May 17, 2017 USS ROBERT L WILSON (DDE-847) Flagship DESDIV 362 (DESRON 36) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 3, 2017 Share #67 Posted June 3, 2017 DESRON 35 USS HAROLD E. HOLT (FF-1074) Persian Gulf 1991 Desert Shield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 6, 2017 Share #68 Posted June 6, 2017 COMDESRON 24 Plaque and Patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 12, 2017 Share #69 Posted June 12, 2017 DESRON 19 - DESDIV 192 USS CHUSHING (DD-797) Fletcher class in service 1944 to 1960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 12, 2017 Share #70 Posted August 12, 2017 On 12/13/2015 at 7:37 AM, Salvage Sailor said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_Squadron_26 DESRON 26 has the most variety in their patches with several different patterns developed over the decades The motto on the patch at lower right says, "No sooner said than done" Yet another version of DESRON 26 made by Swiss Tex around 1973 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 14, 2017 Share #71 Posted October 14, 2017 Japanese made DESRON 15 "Champion of Freedom" from a LCDR Surface Warfare officer who served aboard the Forrest Sherman class USS MULLINNIX (DD-944) Homeport Yokosuka, Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share #72 Posted October 17, 2017 DESDIV 252 Japanese manufacture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 24, 2017 Share #73 Posted November 24, 2017 On 12/13/2015 at 6:25 AM, Salvage Sailor said: DESRON 9 http://ussdehaven.org/desron9.htm Killer patch Bearmon Older black cut edge version of DESRON 9 Destroyer Squadron Nine History http://ussdehaven.org/desron9.htm White cut edge version of DESRON 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted January 14, 2018 Share #74 Posted January 14, 2018 I realize that I placed this patch in the wrong thread. Here is a recently acquired Japanese-made DESRON 12 patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 2, 2018 Share #75 Posted April 2, 2018 On 12/8/2013 at 8:53 AM, topdcnut said: desron10 DESRON 10 - Different Version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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