DD DDE DDR DESTROYERS Greyhounds of the Fleet

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

USS DEHAVEN (DD-727)

 

 

Initiator of the DeSoto Patrols (DeHaven Special Operations off TsingtaO)

 

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I am looking for the DE HAVEN Sea Gall!

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USS JENKINS (DDE- 447)

 

 

USS BOYD (DD- 544)

 

 

USS COLAHAN (DD- 658)

 

USS ALLEN M SUMNER (DD- 692)

 

 

USS WILLARD KEITH (DD- 775) Hank Ketcham creator of Dennis the Menace was given a VIP ride on the Willard Keith in 1954, from San Francisco to Long Beach, CA.. To show his appreciation he designed the ships plaque and this is the patch that came from that design!

 

 

USS SAMUEL B. Roberts

 

 

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USS ISHERWOOD (DD-520) Fletcher class destroyer in service 1943 to 1961

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

Both styles of Fletcher class USS TRATHEN (DD-530) In service 1943 to 1965

 

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Those are great patches!

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

USS COWELL (DD-547) Fletcher class In service 1943 to 1971 HAVE GUNS WILL TRAVEL, Vietnam Gunline

 

 

....with the Welcome Aboard pamphlet

 

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

USS HAILEY (DD-556) Fletcher class destroyer in service 1943 to 1960

 

 

 

 

USS ROSS (DD-563) Fletcher class destroyer in service 1944 to 1959

 

 

 

 

USS LEWIS HANCOCK (DD-675) Fletcher class destroyer in service 1943 to 1957

 

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USS HERBERT J. THOMAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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USS HUGH PURVIS (DD-709) Allen M. Sumner class destroyer in service 1945 to 1972

The patch on the right is made by GEMSCO

 

USS LYMAN K. SWENSON (DD-729) Allen M. Sumner class in service 1944 to 1971

 

 

Three different Japanese made patches, one marked 'Made in Japan'

The larger patch only has five diamonds on the sail rather than the usual six

 

 

USS FECHTELER (DDR-870) Gearing class.  She was a radar picket destroyer from 1953 to 1963

A felt and an embroidered patch

 

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Fletcher Class Destroyer

 

 

 

 

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USS BUCK DD-761

 

 

 

USS CAPERTON DD-650

 

 

 

USS LAWS DD-558

 

 

 

USS MANLEY DD-940

 

 

 

USS TINGEY DD-539

 

 

 

USS VOGELGESANG DD-862

 

 

 

USS GAINARD (DD-706)

 

 

 

USS ZELLARS DD-777

 

 

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USS BORIE (DD-704)

 

 

USS BORIE (DD-704)

 

 

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Class leader USS FORREST SHERMAN (DD-951) In service 1955 to 1982

Three types of her patches, the first one with no name is difficult to find as it usually goes unrecognized as a USN destroyer patch

 

 

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Yes, I agree! I let that patch go by once! I have the other two and looking for the first one.

[Salvage Sailor]

A rarely seen USS Stickell DDR 888

uss stickell ddr 888 (2).jpg

 

Killer patch Bearmon

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

USS O'BANNON (DD-987) Spruance class in service 1979 to 2005, Cold Warrior and Persian Gulf vet

 

 

 

USS O'BANNON DD-987 DISCIPLINE, PRIDE, PERFORMANCE, Swiss-Tex from the ships' store

 

 

Ten years after the 1979 Iranian Crisis, the USN was still on watch in the Persian Gulf as the Iran-Iraq war dragged on

 

 

USS O'BANNON 1989 Persian Gulf cruise just prior to Desert Shield/Storm

 

 

 

...and an encore with the Middle East Force (Bahrain) Persian Gulf Cruise 1995

 

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

USS BENNER (DD-807) DESRON 9 Gearing class in service 1945 to 1970

 

 

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Great pair!

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

USS KEPPLER (DD/DDE-765) Gearing class Destroyer in service 1947 to 1972

 

[Salvage Sailor]

"The Moose was Loose"

USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD-980) Operation Urgent Fury, Invasion of Grenada

She was with the USS Independence Task Group 20.5 off of Saline Point during the landings in 1983

 

 

 

Spruance class destroyer USS MOOSBRUGGER (DD-980) Operation Urgent Fury 1983

 

 

In service 1978 to 2000, Grenada, Gulf War, Swiss-Tex patch from the ships' store

 

 

More Than Required

 

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

USS BLUE (DD-744) Allen M. Sumner class destroyer in service 1944 to 1971

 

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Like the BLUE!

[Salvage Sailor]

 

 

USS BRAINE (DD-630) Fletcher class in service 1943 to 1971, Japanese cut edge

 

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DROOL!