Salvage Sailor Posted December 22, 2019 Share #101 Posted December 22, 2019 This carrier patch has it all USS RANGER (CV-61) Operation Desert Storm 1991 WAR IN THE GULF - Battlegroup Echo - COMCARGRU 7 - CVW-2 - We Own The Night In 1991 BATTLE GROUP ECHO CONSISTED OF USS RANGER (CV-61) with COMCARGRU-7 & CVW-2 embarked, USS WABASH (AOR 5), AND USS MAUNA KEA (AOE 22) and CRUISER DESTROYER GROUP THREE - USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50), USS CHOSIN (CG 62), USS KINKAID (DD 965), USS HARRY W. HILL (DD-986), USS KIRK (FF 1087) Operation Desert Storm saw the Ranger do a three-month stint in the Persian Gulf, arriving Jan. 15 following a 39-day transit. Less than 48 hours after arriving, the Ranger’s air wing began pounding Iraqi troops in Iraq and Kuwait. The planes flew more than 4,200 sorties against the enemy and dropped more than 4.3-million pounds of bombs. One aircraft with two pilots aboard was lost. “The sense of patriotism and mission were clear,” said Capt. Jay Campbell, a Vietnam veteran who commanded the 2,200-man air wing. “Our fighting crew was disappointed that we didn’t have more of an opportunity to engage them (Iraqi warplanes),” he said. Los Angeles Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toko-Ri Posted August 19, 2020 Share #102 Posted August 19, 2020 USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB/CVA/CV-42) Not sure when this dates from 50's 60s? I'm not very knowledgeable about USN patches. This is on the front of a 1950 G-1 with a blue bolts patch, the jacket also has Korean war VF-112 and CAG-11 patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 25, 2021 Share #103 Posted February 25, 2021 USS PRINCETON (CV-37) later CVA-37, CVS-37 and LPH-5. 'Long hull' Essex class carrier in service 1945 to 1970 Anti-submarine carrier (1954–1959) In January 1954, Princeton was reclassified CVS-37 and, after conversion at Bremerton, Washington, took up antisubmarine/ Hunter-Killer (HUK) training operations in the eastern Pacific. For the next five years she alternated HUK exercises off the West Coast with similar operations in the western Pacific and, in late 1957-early 1958, in the Indian Ocean–Persian Gulf area. Printed on woven fabric circa 1954-1959 Same patch design (1954-1959) cut edge USS PRINCETON (CVS-37) Hunter Killer Tiger patch circa 1954-1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 6, 2021 Share #104 Posted November 6, 2021 On 2/17/2018 at 7:38 AM, bronxboymike said: Great Screw patch, "Olongapo's Own". I need to start up a topic on USN patches with Screws or Screwed depicted on them, there's over a hundred of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 7, 2021 Share #105 Posted November 7, 2021 USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) 25th Anniversary WESTPAC 1985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 7, 2021 Share #106 Posted November 7, 2021 USS SHANGRI-LA (CVA-38) Cold War FOX DIVISION from a crewmember who served aboard in 1961 FOX DIVISION Fire Control - Cold War Mig Killers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 14, 2022 Share #107 Posted January 14, 2022 USS RANGER (CV-4) Named to commemorate five US warships which had previously borne the name. "Ranger" means "one who wanders; military scout." Secretary of the Navy Charles F. Adams assigned the name on December 10, 1930. CV-4 was the first US warship designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier. Sponsored by Mrs. Lou Henry Hoover, wife of Herbert Hoover, the outgoing President of the United States. Mrs. Hoover, who smashed a bottle of Prohibition-era grape juice on the bow of the ship, thus became the first First Lady to christen an aircraft carrier. Poor depiction of the 'Ranger' on this foreign made patch, unknown maker (might be NCHS reproduction) Commissioned on Monday, June 4, 1934. Decommissioned on Friday, October 18, 1946. She served in the Atlantic in 1941–1944, participated in the North African invasion, and the October, 1943 raid on Norway. Used as a training ship from 1944 to the end of the war. Fate: Sold for scrap to Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Chester, Pa., January 28, 1947. Photographed from a Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia, aircraft on 6 July 1944. Note her camouflage paint scheme. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives (photo # 80-G-236719) Starboard view of USS Ranger (CV-4) at Norfolk, 11 July 1944, wearing camouflage 33/1A. Some of the antennas have been censored. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), photo # 80-G-180197. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 13, 2022 Share #108 Posted March 13, 2022 On 11/6/2021 at 3:20 PM, Salvage Sailor said: USS SHANGRI-LA (CVA-38) Cold War FOX DIVISION from a crewmember who served aboard in 1961 FOX DIVISION Fire Control - Cold War Mig Killers ...more from the USS SHANGRI-LA (CVA-38) "The Cats" - CATAPULT TEAM Aerographer Mates - Naval Weather Service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 18, 2022 Share #109 Posted October 18, 2022 USS RANDOLPH (CVS-15) Essex class CV in service 1944 to 1969 From a Radarman of ASW Task Group Alfa (1959-1962) OI DIVISION - EYES AND EARS OF TASK GROUP ALFA FLAGSHIP TASK GROUP ALFA 1962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 20, 2022 Share #110 Posted October 20, 2022 CATCC USS AMERICA (CV-66) 1978 Carrier Air Traffic Control Center (CATCC) "BRING THEM ON" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 17, 2023 Share #111 Posted January 17, 2023 Another USS RANGER TOP GUN patch, personalized by the sailor on his1968-1968 Vietnam cruise Roadrunner patch made by 'WILL' in the S-6 Aviation Supply Division - Top Gun Express USS RANGER (CVA-61) VIETNAM 1968-1969 USS RANGER Supply Department S-6 Division Aviation Supply/Stores Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank2far Posted January 22, 2023 Share #112 Posted January 22, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMI88 Posted January 23, 2023 Share #113 Posted January 23, 2023 I've posted this one elsewhere on the forum, but it seems like it would be a good fit in this thread: U.S.S. Antietam, CV-36. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 19, 2023 Share #114 Posted February 19, 2023 USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) WESTPAC 1985 FIRST CRUISE F/A-18 WESTPAC '85 Indian Ocean In January 1983, Constellation entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a 13-month complex overhaul, during which the ship's Terrier missile system was replaced with NATO Sea Sparrow, the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System was added and modifications were made to allow the carrier to operate the new F/A-18A Hornet strike aircraft. "Go Ahead Make My Day" Connie deployed from February to August 1985 with CVW-14 embarked, marking the first deployment for the F/A-18. As part of this deployment, Constellation, and escorts including USS Jacksonville (SSN-699), USS Worden (CG-18), USS Camden (AOE-2), USS Crommelin (FFG-37) and USS Fletcher (DD-992), made a port call at Mombasa in Kenya. It was during this deployment that Constellation gained her motto, "Go Ahead Make My Day", which was painted on the ship's island; a direct quote from President Ronald Reagan in response to terrorist threats made against Constellation when she responded to the American hostage crisis of 1985 TWA Flight 847. For their performance in 1985, Constellation's crew earned the Meritorious Unit Citation, and the ship herself received the Secretary of the Navy's Environmental Protection Award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 17, 2023 Share #115 Posted March 17, 2023 I have a habit of searching through file folders and cabinets at veteran estates sales, the medals were gone, the uniforms were gone but... This is why... USS LEXINGTON (CVA-116) 'The Blue Ghost', 1957 Cruise Patch & Ships History Lexington was decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, on 23 April 1947, and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet. While in reserve, she was designated attack carrier CVA-16 on 1 October 1952. In September 1953, Lexington entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She received the Essex-class SCB-27C and SCB-125 conversions in one refit, being then able to operate the most modern jet aircraft. The most visible distinguishing features were an angled flight deck, steam catapults, a new island, and the hurricane bow. Lexington was recommissioned on 15 August 1955, Captain A. S. Heyward Jr. in command. Assigned to San Diego as her home port, she operated off California until May 1956, sailing then for a six-month deployment with the 7th Fleet. She based on Yokosuka for exercises, maneuvers, and search and rescue missions off the coast of China, and called at major Far Eastern ports until returning San Diego on 20 December. She next trained Air Group 12, which deployed with her on the next 7th Fleet deployment. Arriving Yokosuka on 1 June 1957, Lexington embarked Rear Admiral H. D. Riley, Commander Carrier Division 1, and sailed as his flagship until returning San Diego on 17 October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor996 Posted March 17, 2023 Share #116 Posted March 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Salvage Sailor said: I have a habit of searching through file folders and cabinets at veteran estates sales, the medals were gone, the uniforms were gone but... This is why... USS LEXINGTON (CVA-116) 'The Blue Ghost', 1957 Cruise Patch & Ships History Lexington was decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, on 23 April 1947, and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet. While in reserve, she was designated attack carrier CVA-16 on 1 October 1952. In September 1953, Lexington entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She received the Essex-class SCB-27C and SCB-125 conversions in one refit, being then able to operate the most modern jet aircraft. The most visible distinguishing features were an angled flight deck, steam catapults, a new island, and the hurricane bow. Lexington was recommissioned on 15 August 1955, Captain A. S. Heyward Jr. in command. Assigned to San Diego as her home port, she operated off California until May 1956, sailing then for a six-month deployment with the 7th Fleet. She based on Yokosuka for exercises, maneuvers, and search and rescue missions off the coast of China, and called at major Far Eastern ports until returning San Diego on 20 December. She next trained Air Group 12, which deployed with her on the next 7th Fleet deployment. Arriving Yokosuka on 1 June 1957, Lexington embarked Rear Admiral H. D. Riley, Commander Carrier Division 1, and sailed as his flagship until returning San Diego on 17 October. shhhhh! don't tell the world!! I do the same thing lol - nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 9, 2023 Share #117 Posted May 9, 2023 On 7/6/2019 at 3:17 PM, Salvage Sailor said: Aloha Dennie, Nice large christmas tree PLAT patch PLAT (Pilot/LSO Landing Aid Television) Another 6" PLAT patch, pre-1975, Japanese made PLATMAN USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43) IC Rate Aviation Interior Communications Electrician PLAT (Pilot/LSO Landing Aid Television) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 20, 2023 Share #118 Posted August 20, 2023 USS HANCOCK (CVA-19) Three war Essex class in service 1944 to 1976 All patches Cold War/Vietnam Era USS Henderson (DD-785) steaming in the wake of USS Keppler (DD-765), alongside USS Hancock (CVA-19) in the South China Sea operations area, 20 February 1967, rendering honors for LT Robert C. Marvin, whose A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 139805, VA-115 "Arabs") crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin on 14 February, during a RESCAP mission. Japanese made A Grumman F11F-1 Tiger assigned to VA-156 "Iron Tigers," modex NL111, on the starboard catapult of USS Hancock (CVA-19), November 1957, as plane NL110 is on the forward elevator. VA-156 was one of the first fleet units to fly F11F's, and, skippered by CDR Jack C. Fruin, was conducting CarQuals aboard Hancock along with VF-154 "Grand Slammers" (equipped with F8U-1 Crusaders) and VA-113 "Stingers" (A4D-1 Skyhawks). San Francisco Naval Shipyard—Hunters Point, Historical Shipyard Photographic Collection 1904-74, NARA Pacific Region (San Francisco). Green Shirts - The Cats (Catapult) 1958 Personalized Patch V-6 Division 1958-1959 Med Cruise USS HANCOCK (CVA-19) COMCARDIV 1, Carrier Air Group 15 embarked USS HANCOCK (CVA) 19 1958 Cruise Book F-8J Crusaders, Fighter Squadron (VF) 211 "Checkmates," Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 21, aboard USS Hancock (CVA-19), Sasebo, Japan, late 1969. USS HANCOCK (CVA-19) AIMD September 1972. This A-4F Skyhawk (NP-302, BuNo 154990) of VA-212 "Rampant Raiders," part of Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21), and flown by LT Weller, had to make an Emergency Barricade Landing after low oil pressure problems. Official US Navy photograph (# CVA-19-9212-A-9-72) USS HANCOCK (CVA-19 REEF RAIDER SKIN DIVING CLUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnersixx5 Posted September 12, 2023 Share #119 Posted September 12, 2023 I got this one not too long ago.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 18, 2023 Share #120 Posted November 18, 2023 Operation Midlink '74 US, UK, IRAN, PAKISTAN & TURKEY sponsored by the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) November 1974 U.S. IN EXERCISE IN IRAN OCEAN By Drew Middleton Nov. 21, 1974 New York Times Ships from the United States, Britain, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, including the 60,000 ton American carrier Constellation, are participating in the largest naval exercise ever held in the Indian Ocean. The exercise, Midlink 74, is sponsored by the Central Treaty Organization, known popularly as CENTO. Britain, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey are full members, and the United States is a member of its military, economic and countersubversion committees. The Constellation heads an eight‐ship American force that includes the command ship La Salle, two guided missile destroyers, two destroyer escorts, a fast support ship and a nuclear‐powered submarine. USS LA SALLE, COMIDEASTFOR, ARABIA SEA According to qualified military sources, the exercise in the Arabian Sea.’ arm of the Indian Ocean, between India and the Arabian peninsula, is designed:. to demonstrate the alliances naval strength in the approaches to the Persian Gulf and the world's richest oil reserves. Soviet air and sea activity, has recently increased in the area. Said to ‘Be for Training' A communique issued at alliance’ headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, described Midlink 74, which will end Nov. 30, as training exercise in joint operations. It was described officially as the largest ever held in the Indian Ocean. In addition to the American squadron, the alliance force includes a British nuclear‐powered submarine, probably of the Valiant class. Destroyers and frigates of the modernized Iranian Navy and destroyers of Pakistan and Turkey are also taking part in the operation. The exercise, according to well‐placed sources, is expected to balance a growing Soviet presence in the area symbolized by the recent’ deployment in the Arabian Sea of the Leningrad, a cruiser‐helicopter carrier, and by the establishment of Russian naval and air facilities at Aden in Southern Yemen, on the island of Socotra, also part of Southern Yemen, at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden and at Berbera, Somaliland. American and British naval sources considered the operation particularly important to Iran. Her position as the primary naval power in the Persian Gulf area has been challenged by frequent visits by Soviet squadrons to Umm Qasr, the Iraqi port at the head of the gulf. View of USS Constellation's starboard quarter Terrier guided-missile installation, including a Mark 10 launcher with two missiles and an SPG-55A guidance radar. Taken in the Indian Ocean during Operation Midlink '74, 16 November 1974, by PHCS(AC) Robert L. Lawson. Aircraft on the carrier's flight deck include an SH-3A Sea King (BuNo 152134) of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (HS) 6 "Indians" and an RA-5C Vigilante (BuNo 156610) of Reconnaissance Attack Squadron (RVAH) 5 "Savage Sons." Many of the crewmen on the flight deck are carrying chairs. The Iraqi Navy has fewer than 20 vessels. Her relations with Iran have deteriorated. A Soviet‐Iraqi treaty of April, 1972, provides that the Soviet Navy can use Umm. Qasr at will and that, in return, Moscow will help strengthen the Iraqi navy. Assistance has taken the form, according to western intelligence analysts, of the supply of Komar and Osa‐class missile patrol boats. Their presence, the source said, measurably reduces Iranian freedom of action in the narrow waters of the Persian Gulf. India Expresses ‘Concern’ Special to The New York Times NEW DELHI, Nov. 20—Defense Minister Swaran Singh told Parliament today of India's “deep concern” about a joint naval exercise in the Indian Ocean by the United States, Britain, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. He said that Pakistan was host to the exercises which he said were the “biggest ever” held under the Central Treaty Organization. “I hope Pakistan would realize it is not in its own interest to embark on an adventurist course in regards to India,” Mr. Singh warned. He did not speak harshly about the United States. In answer to a question of a Communist member on how the Government viewed these exercises because they closely followd a goodwill visit to India by Secretary of State Kissinger. Mr. Singh said: “It's because these actions of the United States we want to improve our relatitis with that comity.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 2, 2023 Share #121 Posted December 2, 2023 On 3/17/2023 at 12:04 PM, Salvage Sailor said: I have a habit of searching through file folders and cabinets at veteran estates sales, the medals were gone, the uniforms were gone but... This is why... USS LEXINGTON (CVA-116) 'The Blue Ghost', 1957 Cruise Patch & Ships History Lexington was decommissioned at Bremerton, Washington, on 23 April 1947, and entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet. While in reserve, she was designated attack carrier CVA-16 on 1 October 1952. In September 1953, Lexington entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. She received the Essex-class SCB-27C and SCB-125 conversions in one refit, being then able to operate the most modern jet aircraft. The most visible distinguishing features were an angled flight deck, steam catapults, a new island, and the hurricane bow. Lexington was recommissioned on 15 August 1955, Captain A. S. Heyward Jr. in command. Assigned to San Diego as her home port, she operated off California until May 1956, sailing then for a six-month deployment with the 7th Fleet. She based on Yokosuka for exercises, maneuvers, and search and rescue missions off the coast of China, and called at major Far Eastern ports until returning San Diego on 20 December. She next trained Air Group 12, which deployed with her on the next 7th Fleet deployment. Arriving Yokosuka on 1 June 1957, Lexington embarked Rear Admiral H. D. Riley, Commander Carrier Division 1, and sailed as his flagship until returning San Diego on 17 October. More from the 'Blue Ghost'... USS LEXINGTON (CV-16), 28 May 1943, off the north-central east coast of the United States, during her shakedown cruise. (Colorized photo.) Note how weathered her paint is after barely 3.5 months in commission. National Archives and Records Administration ID 6922683. National Archives at Boston. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. USS LEXINGTON (CVA-16) Essex class aircraft carrier Initially named Cabot after the Continental Navy brig of that name (1775–1777). Renamed LEXINGTON, 16 June 1942, to honor CV-2 (lost one month earlier at the Battle of the Coral Sea), thus becoming the fifth US warship to bear the name of the town in Massachusetts where Minutemen fought a detachment of British troops, 19 April 1775, opening the Revolutionary War with the "shot heard round the world." The name Cabot was subsequently assigned to CVL-28. FAR EAST patch i.e. WESTPAC Reclassified as an "Attack Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVA-16, 1 October 1952, while in reserve WESTPAC 1961-1962 CVG-14 USS LEXINGTON DENTAL, COMCARDIV ONE TASK FORCE 77 USS LEXINGTON (CVS-16) Reclassified as an "Antisubmarine Warfare Support Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated CVS-16, 1 October 1962 USS LEXINGTON (CVT-16) Replaced USS Antietam (CVS-36) as aviation training carrier in the Gulf of Mexico (homeported at Pensacola), 29 December 1962. Reclassified as a training carrier and redesignated CVT-16, 1 January 1969. CVT designation was rerated as "auxiliary," 23 September 1970 Matsuo Trading Co. Japan, 1972 USS LEXINGTON (AVT-16) Reclassified as auxiliary aircraft landing training ship, and redesignated AVT-16, 1 July 1978. Lexington was the last Essex-class carrier in commission, and the last on the Naval Vessel Register. Following her last qualification period, she had accomplished more than 493,000 arrested landings (493,248 according to DANFS; 493,760 according to "Naval Aviation News," July–August 1991 issue). Swiss Tex 1978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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