DD DDE DDR DESTROYERS Greyhounds of the Fleet

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Great looking patches EsEE

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I quit for awhile!!!

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

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

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Can you please PM me a pic?

Thanks

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

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75thFIS.jpg

 

 

 

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

 

 

Probably in a scrap book. Nice looking patch.

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Do you know when they went to this color combination?

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

 

• 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

 

 

 

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

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SAVAGE Those are some sweet looking patches.

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The Fletcher class Destroyers of Destroyer Division 172 - Korean War 1950-1953

10 1/2" DESDIV 172 Jacket patch and ships patch from an USS ERBEN (DD-631) crewman

 

 

Fletcher class destroyer USS ERBEN (DD-631) In service 1943 to 1958

Patch from veteran DESDIV 172 1950-1953

 

 

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USS TWINING (DD-540) Fletcher class in service 1943 to 1971

DESDIV 172 1950-1953

 

U.S.S.TWINING DD 540 EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

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USS COLAHAN (DD-658) Fletcher class destroyer In service 1943-1966

DESDIV 172 1950-1953 "Made In Japan"

 

 

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USS SHIELDS (DD-586) Fletcher class destroyer in service 1945 to 1972

DESDIV 172 1950-1953 and her DESPAC DESRON 17 patch

 

 

DESTROYERS PACIFIC - USS SHIELDS (DD-596) and DESRON 17 (including the ships of DESDIV 172) At San Diego Naval Base, 1955

 

 

These are the right hand and left hand versions (reverse colors) of the DESRON 17 Seahorse