Salvage Sailor Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Philippine made USS RANGER (CV-61) West Pac 1980-1981 Iranian Crisis cruise patch (note the yellow ribbon for the hostages) TOP GUN IS A 10 A bit of Naval trivia, RANGER's nick-name was TOP GUN as shown on this patch, well before the 1986 movie was filmed on her decks Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 USS STICKELL WEST-PAC {style_image_url}/attachicon.gif USS STICKELL( DD-888), 1966 WEST-PAC.jpg I just picked up one today. It was her only WESTPAC CRUISE . Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted March 10, 2018 Share Posted March 10, 2018 USS RECLAIMER (ARS-42) DIVERS - WESTPAC 1980 made in the PI Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
US82Bravo Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 From the USS Ronald Reagan - Larry Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 TASK GROUP 70.4 1955-1956 ASW HUNTER KILLER (HUK) GROUP - TYPHOON SEASON - LOUISE, MARGE, NORA, OPAL, PATSY RUTH USS POINT CRUZ (CVE-119) HUK TO BUCK-ANEERS - Commencement Bay class Escort Carrier Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) 6" x 6" Mediterranean Cruise 1980-1981, Spain, Italy, Greece, Israel, France, Egypt Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) The Big E - 1986 World Cruise - Any Fleet, Any Time - Pacific, Atlantic Indian Ocean, Suez, Mediterranean During this cruise the Big E 'chopped' with the First, Second, Third, Sixth and Seventh Fleets Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) The Big E - 1986 World Cruise - Any Fleet, Any Time - Pacific, Atlantic Indian Ocean, Suez, Mediterranean 1986 25th Anniversary World Cruise Book https://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvn65-86/001.htm Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 USS RAMSEY (FFG-2) Brooke class guided missile destroyer escort in service 1967 to 1988. She was redesignated from DEG-2 to FFG-2 in 1975 1976-1977 WESTPAC INDIAN OCEAN Cruise - 7" Round cruise jacket size Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 USS PAUL F FOSTER (DD-964) Persian Gulf North Arabian Gulf Deployment 1992 6" Jacket patch - Death points the way..... Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43) Midway class carrier in service 1947 to 1990 Japanese made removed from a work jacket. Far East Cruise 1963 - This was the end of an era, for the rest of the decade the Far East faded away and from 1964 on WESTPAC meant a Vietnam War cruise Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 USS CORAL SEA (CVA-43) Midway class carrier in service 1947 to 1990 Japanese made removed from a work jacket. Far East Cruise 1963 - This was the end of an era, for the rest of the decade the Far East faded away and from 1964 on WESTPAC meant a Vietnam War cruise Great looking patch ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
skio Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 A recent find. The WESTPAC 1969 is in gold tinsel thread and was hard to capture in the photo Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 USS SAMPSON (DDG-10) Charles F. Adams class in service 1961 to 1991. She was an Atlantic Fleet Cold Warrior and her final cruise was Desert Shield in 1990-1991 before heading to the scrapyard On August 7, 1990 the Sampson deployed with the USS Saratoga battle group in support of Desert Shield/Storm. Once there the Sampson performed the final Adams class guided missile destroyer deployment as a unit of the Maritime Interception Force, conducting the first boarding and search of a merchant on 28 AUG 1990, during OPERATION DESERT SHIELD and the first diversion of a ship with prohibited cargo. After conducting the first-ever exercise ASROC shot in the Red Sea, USS SAMPSON operated with ships of various NATO navies conducting surveillance and protection of shipping in the approaches to the Suez Canal. Sampson was decommissioned on 24 June 1991 exactly 30 years after commissioning, Mediterranean Cruise 90-91 / Red Sea Operation Desert Shield Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 USS COURTNEY DE-1021 1972 Med Cruise. Approx 6" Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 VA-23 YANKEE TEAM USS ORISKANY 1969 Japanese made Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 VA-23 YANKEE TEAM USS ORISKANY 1969 Japanese made Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Great patch USS ESSEX (CVS-9) October-November 1963 Middle East Cruise - During the days the Kennedy assassination her cold war ASW srike group had been deployed to the Eastern Mediterranean. USS Essex (CVS-9) steaming next to the Pakistani anti-submarine frigate PNS Tughril (261)— formerly HMS Onslaught (G04)—on 22 November 1963, in the Arabian Sea. Admiral James S. Russell is being transferred during Midling VI exercises. View of the collapsed mast on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVS-9) in the aftermath of the carrier encountering a storm in the North Atlantic while returning from a deployment, 17 December 1963. Essex, with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 60 (CVSG-60), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 1 October to 20 December 1963. The mast damaged a Douglas A-4B Skyhawk of Marine Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 32 (H&MS-32) Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 USS ESSEX (CVS-9) with assigned Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 60 (CVSG-60), was deployed to the Mediterranean Sea from 1 October to 20 December 1963 Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Generic CR Div Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Generic Japanese made Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Rare early Vietnam and Submarine cruise patch Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 USS Hancock Operation Frequent Wind and Eagle Pull Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Large Japanese made Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
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