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Well, Let's give it a try.....

 

Post your patches and items for Groups, Squadrons, Divisions, Flotilla, Development, etc

Including but not limited to SUBRON, SUBGRU, SUBDIV, SUBFLOT, SUBDEV, SUB BASE, SUB TENDERS (Flagships)...........

 

SUBRON 3, SUBDIV 32 - Submarine Division 32 with their assigned ASR Submarine Rescue ship and Rescue Chamber (Diving Bell)

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Submarine Development Group One (SUBDEVGRU 1) Established in 1967 at San Diego Submarine Base

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Large 6" Submarine Development Group Two (SUBDEVGRU 2) Atlantic Fleet

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Reverse - Science Technology Tactics

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COMSUBRON SIX Flagship USS ORION (AS-18) Submarine Tender - Commander Submarine Squadron Six embarked aboard

Patch circa 1945 to 1949

 

ORION joined the Atlantic Fleet on 15 September 1945 and was stationed at Balboa, Canal Zone, Panama, where she began her new assignment as the tender for Submarine Squadron SIX until May 1949, when she departed Panama for a homeport of Norfolk, Virginia - Ship's History, USS ORION Change of Command booklet

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Submarine Tender USS ORION (AS-18), Flagship Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet

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Current SUBRON 3 patch, Submarine Squadron Three, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

 

How do you identify them when there is no wording on the patch?

  • In general terms (there are always exceptions), if you see a pennant or number in BLUE or a Roman Numeral, it's a Submarine Squadron as shown in this example.
  • If you see a pennant or number in RED, it's a Submarine Division as shown in the first post (Submarine Division 32).
  • The first number is the Squadron (3) and the second number is the Division 3(2). i.e. SUBDIV 32 (voiced as 'three-two', the Second Division of SUBRON THREE)
  • For Squadrons and Groups, (NOT Divisions) Odd numbers are Pacific Fleet units, Even numbers are Atlantic Fleet units.

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Examples - 1950's SUBRON THREE Set

 

The number is Red, but it's a Roman Numeral

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SUBRON THREE - DE PROFUNDIS TRIDENS Submarine Squadron 3 (Roman Numeral, Odd number = Pacific Fleet)

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SUBDIV THIRTY ONE - DE PROFUNDIS TRIDENS Submarine Division 31, SUBRON THREE

 

Roman Numeral (SUBRON), Red Pennant (SUBDIV), Odd Numbered Squadron (Pacific Fleet)

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COMSUBRON THREE embarked aboard the Flagship USS SPERRY (AS-12) Fulton class Submarine Tender in service 1942 to 1982

DE PROFUNDIS TRIDENS - Roman Numeral Three - SUBRON THREE, Odd number = Pacific Fleet

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....And here's an exception to the rule

 

SUBRON FIFTEEN - The number is in Red, but it obviously has wording identifying it as Submarine Squadron 15, Pacific Fleet (Pearl Harbor, Guam, North Pacific Ocean)

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Submarine Squadron Two - Atlantic Fleet

SUBRON 2, SUBDIV 21 & SUBDIV 22

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Commander Submarine Group Western Pacific

7th Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan

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Commander Submarine Flotilla Seven

7th Fleet, Yokosuka, Japan

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Commander Submarine Division Seventy Two

SUBFLOT 7, SUBDIV 72 Yokosuka, Japan

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SUBDIV 81 - SUBRON EIGHT, Submarine Division Eighty One, Atlantic Fleet

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SUBRON TEN - Submarine Squadron Ten, Atlantic Fleet

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SUBRON TEN - Submarine Squadron Ten, Atlantic Fleet

Different version

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SUBRON TWELVE - Submarine Squadron Twelve, Atlantic Fleet, Key West Florida

Cut Edge with the Conch Shell typical to Key West units

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SUBRON TWELVE - Submarine Squadron Twelve, Atlantic Fleet, Key West Florida

Merrowed Edge with the Conch Shell typical to Key West units

 

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USS BUSHNELL (AS-15) Fulton class Submarine Tender to SUBRON 12, in service 1943 to 1970 "The Burning Bush"

 

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In 1965, she suffered a serious fire in some electrical generation equipment — and earned the nickname "the burning Bush". There was only one minor injury in that incident, and it didn't affect operations for long. She returned to Key West in 1967 to continue her service to the submarine fleet. In 1968, she celebrated her 25th year of service. She continued to supply services to SubRon 12 as well as support services to other ships in the Caribbean and Gulf Coast regions. She made regular visits to New Orleans, Mobile, Fort Lauderdale and Kingston, Jamaica.
 
In 1969, Bushnell was the Navy response ship for Hurricane Camille. She and her crew rebuilt Pilottown, Louisiana, so that river traffic could again move on the Mississippi. Unfortunately, however, her nickname came to haunt her when in early 1970 a high pressure airline ruptured in the bilge, atomizing the oil and other liquids resulting in an explosion and fire that damaged the ship beyond repair. Her own crew did all of her own decommissioning work (not in a shipyard) in early 1970.
 
She was replaced in Key West by her sister ship Howard W. Gilmore and sunk as a target.

 

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USS HOWARD W. GILMORE, Fulton class Submarine Tender for SUBRON 12 from 1970 until she became the sub tender for the Sixth Fleet in La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy 1973 to 1980

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SUBRON FOURTEEN - SUBRON 14 Boomer squadron based at Holy Loch, Scotland until 1992

Gemsco patch

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SUBRON 14 - 1960's cut edge removed from coveralls

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SUBRON SIXTEEN - Submarine Squadron Sixteen first established in World War II. It was credited with sinking more than 500,000 tons of enemy shipping and was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation and six Navy Unit Commendations.

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SUBRON SIXTEEN - Boomers in Rota, Spain

 

Squadron 16 was recommissioned in Charleston, South Carolina on October 18, 1963 and was given command of the second nuclear-missile submarine squadron to exist in the US Navy. The Squadron was deployed to Rota, Spain on January 28, 1964, from which it conducted routine Cold War deterrent patrols.

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SUBRON SIXTEEN - Cold War Boomers in Kings Bay, Georgia

 

Following treaty renegotiations between the United States and Spain in 1975, Squadron 16 withdrew from Rota and moved to the Kings Bay Naval Base in southeastern Georgia

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SUBDEVRON FIVE - Submarine Development Squadron 5, Bangor Washington

 

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SUBDEVRON 5 is charged with multiple submarine warfare mission areas to include submarine rescue operations and the activities of its three Seawolf-Class submarines. SUBDEVRON 5 is responsible for developing and testing new submarine warfare capabilities, including the use of Unmanned Undersea Vehicles.

 

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SUBRON 18 - Submarine Squadron Eighteen, SSBN Boomers at Charleston, SC

SUBRON 18 EIGHTEEN 001.jpg

 

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