DD DDE DDR DESTROYERS Greyhounds of the Fleet

[Bearmon]

A few more pick ups USS Sterett

[Bearmon]

USS Stickell DD 888

 

USS Stickell West Pac

 

A rarely seen USS Stickell DDR 888

[Bearmon]

USS Eaton DD510

 

USS Cone DD 866 carded

 

USS Norfolk DL1 World Cruise 1968

 

USS Blue DD 744

 

USS Barry DD 933

 

USS Robert Wilson DD 847

 

USS Collett DD 730

[firefighter]

BEARMON those are some great looking patches. The USS Stickell patches are nice. I had a friend that was on the WILSON in Vietnam.

[10esee]

Nice patches. As for the Stickell DDR patch, it does not show up on Nav source, nor Tin Can Sailors!

[10esee]

The Cone is before 1963. I have a GEMSCO Cone dated 1966 if interested in a trade! 10esee@wk.net

[Bearmon]

The Stickell patches all came from the same sailor, I am not sure what you mean by it doesn't show up on those two websites,

Thanks for the offer but not really interested on trading that one.

Thanks for looking

[firefighter]

The Stickell patches all came from the same sailor, I am not sure what you mean by it doesn't show up on those two websites,

Thanks for the offer but not really interested on trading that one.

Thanks for looking

 

I think he means the design you have.

[10esee]

I am saying if I do not see it on Nav. source or Tin Can Sailors, the DDE- 888 must be pretty rare!

[Bearmon]

I am saying if I do not see it on Nav. source or Tin Can Sailors, the DDE- 888 must be pretty rare!

Got it Thank you

[firefighter]

Got it Thank you

 

I actually think it's DDR not DDE. DDR would be a Destroyer Radar Picket ship, lightning bolts.

[Bearmon]

It is DDR, from 1953 to 1964 it was a classified as a DDR

[10esee]

I'm not talking about trading for yours. I have that one anyway! I"m talking about trading mine so you have the mate, for say one of your dups. I may need!

[Bearmon]

oh my mistake looking for anything in particular?

[10esee]

Collecting as many DD,s of all classifications is all that is left of my bucket list. DD's from 800 down! I am also looking for ships of MinDiv 73 USS PLEDGE, USS CONQUEST, & USS ESTEEM.If you send me your e-address, I will send you image of CONE.

Do you know how to get WWII Naval records? I have a Fireman jumper with the mine warfare goodies on it.

Tom

10esee@wk.net

[10esee]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[firefighter]

Great looking patches EsEE

[10esee]

 

 

I quit for awhile!!!

 

 

 

Thanks Fireman, but I still don have enough! While I think of it, do you need a 75th FIS?

10esee

[firefighter]

Thanks Fireman, but I still don have enough! While I think of it, do you need a 75th FIS?

10esee

 

Can you please PM me a pic?

Thanks

[10esee]

 

 

 

 

Have no idea what they used for glue! 4" patch

[firefighter]

75thFIS.jpg

 

 

 

Have no idea what they used for glue! 4" patch

 

 

Probably in a scrap book. Nice looking patch.

[10esee]

 

 

Do you know when they went to this color combination?

[Salvage Sailor]

USS NICHOLAS (DD/DDE-449) Three war Fletcher class destroyer in service from 1942 to 1970

 

Undated, wounded survivors from USS Helena being transferred over the gangplank of the rescue ship USS Nicholas (DD-449) after the Battle of Kula Gulf. Photo and text from "United States Destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe.

 

THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
WASHINGTON

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION to the

UNITED STATES SHIP NICHOLAS
for service as set forth in the following

Citation:
"For outstanding performance in action against enemy Japanese forces off Kolombangara Island, New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands, on the night of July 5–6, 1943. After waging a vigorous battle as part of the small Task Force which destroyed a superior Japanese surface force, the NICHOLAS remained behind with an accompanying destroyer to save the survivors of the torpedoed U.S.S.HELENA. Forced to clear the area on three occasions during rescue operations, she gallantly fought off continuing attacks by Japanese warships emerging from Kula Gulf and, with the other destroyer, sank or damaged an enemy light cruiser and two destroyers with deadly torpedo and gunfire, returning to the area after each onslaught to complete the heroic rescue of more than seven hundred survivors. The valorous achievements of the NICHOLAS reflect great credit upon the United States Naval Service."

For the President,
Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy

 

Undated, USS Nicholas (DD-449) blasts the night with gunfire at the peak of the Battle of Vella Lavella, when U.S. destroyer forces intercepted the enemy's Tokyo Express trying to evacuate remnants of his troops from the Central Solomons. Photo and text from "United States Destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe.

 

• In addition to her Presidential Unit Citation, Nicholas earned 16 battle stars in World War II, placing her among the most decorated US ships of World War II, a total surpassed among destroyers only by her sister ship, USS O'Bannon. She earned five more in the Korean War and nine in the Vietnam War for a total of 30, a number unmatched by any other U.S. Navy ship in the twentieth century.

 

 

These are both her DDE and DD patches

 

Undated, as seen from the USS Nicholas (DD-449), ships of Task Force 18 are shelling Japanese Facilities on Kolombangara and New Georgia. Note No.3 5" /38 mount and wake of the ship. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-K-2751

 

 

USS Nicholas (DD-449) firing her forward 5"/38 guns at Japanese destroyers during the Battle of Vella Lavella, 18 August 1943. Source: United States National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-58874.

 

 

Circa 1968 underway to Vietnam as seen from the USS Intrepid (CVA-11). From the collection of Dennis H. Hough.

[10esee]

Re; USS NICHOLAS DD-449 & DDE-449.. I am drooling!

[firefighter]

SALVAGE Those are some sweet looking patches.