Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #51 Posted February 24, 2016 USCGC SEBAGO (WHEC-42) Owasco class high endurance cutter In service from 1945 to 1972 https://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Sebago1945.pdf Market Time Vietnam era patch Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #52 Posted February 24, 2016 Another USN Barnegat class seaplane tender turned Coastie oceanographic exploration vessel in service 1941 to 1969 USCGC HUMBOLDT (WAVP-372) later (WHEC-372) https://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Humboldt1949.pdf Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #53 Posted February 24, 2016 A sister Barnegat class seaplane tender, USCGC COOS BAY (WAVP-376), later (WHEC-376) 5" patch In service 1943 to 1966 https://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/CoosBay1949.pdf Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #54 Posted February 24, 2016 ex-USN Barnegat class seaplane tender USCGC UNIMAK (WHEC-379) in service 1943 to 1988 http://www.uscg.mil/tcyorktown/info/History/Cutters/unimak.asp This is her reactivation patch from 1977 when she was assigned to fisheries patrol out of New Bedford, Mass. U.S.C.G.C. UNIMAK "The Lone Ranger" - Fisheries Patrol Enforcement Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #55 Posted February 24, 2016 USCGC CASTLE ROCK (WHEC-383)ex-USN Barnegat class seaplane tender in service 1944 to 1971. Served in Vietnamese waters as part of USCG Squadron 3 and then.... Decommissioned by the Coast Guard, 21 December 1971 Transferred to South Vietnam, renamed RVNS Tran Binh Trong (HQ-5), Fled from Vietnam at the fall of Saigon in circa 1975 Custody assumed by Philippines circa 1975, renamed BRP Francisco Dagahoy (PF-10) Decommissioned by Philippine Navy, date unknown Final Disposition, disposed of, probably scrapped, in March 1993 Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #56 Posted February 24, 2016 180' WWII Coast Guard WLB Buoy Tenders 1939 - 2000 http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/WLB_Photo_Index.asp Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #57 Posted February 24, 2016 1940's Buoy tenders TUPELO, PAPAW and SWEETGUM Tupelo http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Tupelo1943.asp Papaw http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Papaw1943.pdf Sweetgum http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Sweetgum1943.asp Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #58 Posted February 24, 2016 WWII 180' Buoy Tenders USCGC IRIS and USCGC MALLOW 'the black pig of death' IRIS http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/WLB_Photo_Index.asp MALLOW http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Mallow1944.asp Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #59 Posted February 24, 2016 180' Buoy Tenders SPAR (WLB-403) 1944-1997 and ACACIA (WLB-406) 1944-2006, now a museum ship Depend On Me Semper Peratus Always Ready - SPAR http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Spar1944.asp Sentinel of the Door ACACIA Door County Wisconsin http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/acacia1944.pdf Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #60 Posted February 24, 2016 180' Buoy Tender SWEETBRIER (WLB-405) shot down a Kamikaze at Okinawa http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Sweetbrier1944.pdf A black hull grey sky version and 'white' hull blue sky version of her patch Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #61 Posted February 24, 2016 More ACACIA (WLB-406) patches. The one on the left is from the 1990's, the one on the right is her last patch. She was decommissioned in 2006 Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #62 Posted February 24, 2016 Another MALLOW (WLB-396) patch from the early 1980's when her homeport was Honolulu (difficult to read but it's written in black on dark blue at the bottom of the patch. She was decommissioned in 1997 Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #63 Posted February 24, 2016 180' Buoy Tender USCGC SASSAFRAS patch, late 80's early 90's before her homeport was changed to Agana, Guam in 1997 Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #64 Posted February 24, 2016 180' Buoy Tenders USCGC BRAMBLE (WLB-392) 1990's and USCGC SALVIA (WLB-400) 1980's BRAMBLE was decommissioned in 2003 and SALVIA in 1991. SALVIA was returned to the Navy and became the USN Salvage school vessel at Little Creek, VA Link to comment
Bill Scott Posted February 24, 2016 Share #65 Posted February 24, 2016 Salvage Sailor thank you for taking the time to scan and upload all of those beauties.This thread 5 years from now will still be around and teaching the young collectors if you take your time and have a love of the hobby just what you can achieve.Great looking insignia to an under appreciated branch of service.Thanks Scotty Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #66 Posted February 24, 2016 180' Buoy Tenders CONIFER (WLB-301) and PLANETREE (WLB-307) 1980's/90's CONIFER was decommissioned in 2000 and PLANETREE in 1999 Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #67 Posted February 24, 2016 Thanks Scotty, When I was clearing out some stuff in my warehouse I came across these which had been sitting around since the 1990's. Quite a pleasant surprise when I realized how many were in there. I'm almost done with the WLB's, what do you guys want to see next? I've got all classes of ships, groups, stations, aviation, districts, schools etc. Lots of photos and ephemera too. Please members, add your own stuff to the topic. Garth, I know you have a WLB or two in your stash including the BALSAM and Patchcollector has the RUSH Below - Fleet Tug CHEROKEE and high endurance cutter RUSH when she was homeported at San Francisco Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #68 Posted February 24, 2016 USCGC JUNIPER (WLB-201) - This is her plankowner patch and first station patch from 1996. Probably the newest patches in the stash. The USCGC COWSLIP (WLB-277) patches are current gluebacks which I picked up recently, she was decommissioned in 2002. The USCGC SPAR (WLB-206), not to be confused with the SPAR previously posted, is also modern glueback as it is from her 2001 Commissioning and she is still in service homeport Kodiak, Alaska The Aleutian Keeper http://www.uscg.mil/d17/cgcspar/ Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #69 Posted February 24, 2016 180' Buoy Tender USCGC MADRONA (WLB-302) In service 1943 to 2002 5" patch 1960's http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/madrona1943.asp Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #70 Posted February 24, 2016 180' Buoy Tender USCGC LAUREL (WLB-291) In service 1942 to 1999 http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/laurel1942.asp Reverse - Nice 6" high Japanese manufacture Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #71 Posted February 24, 2016 Sister ship to the icebreaker Tug NEAH BAY, USCGC MORRO BAY (WTGB-106) Her Yorktown VA commissioning patch from 1981, currently in service at New London, CT http://www.uscg.mil/tcyorktown/info/History/Cutters/morrobay.asp Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #72 Posted February 24, 2016 Here's an interesting one. President Trumans Pirate Radio Station USCGC COURIER (WTR-410), commissioned as WAGR-410 she was the only Voice of America mobile radio station from 17 July 1952 to 13 August 1964 also earning the distinction of being the longest overseas deployment. Redesignated in 1965 as WTR-410, this patch reflects her reassignment to Reserve Training at Yorktown, VA. President Trumans' Pirate Radio Station http://www.uscg.mil/tcyorktown/info/History/Cutters/courier.asp Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 24, 2016 Share #73 Posted February 24, 2016 Garth posted that terrific Woods Hole Group patch on page one, here's the White class 133' Buoy Tender that worked Woods Hole from 1950 to 1988 USCGC WHITE SAGE (WAGL-544) ATON Aids To Navigation SAR Search And Rescue tender in service 1944 to 1999 http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/White_Sage_1947.asp Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 26, 2016 Share #74 Posted February 26, 2016 One of the class of (15) 65' harbor tugs, all built for service on the US East Coast ports USCGC HAWSER - when she was at Governors Island (New York Harbor), NY. She's currently homeported at Bayonne, NJ 65' WYTL's in service - https://www.uscg.mil/datasheet/65wytl.asp Link to comment
Salvage Sailor Posted February 26, 2016 Share #75 Posted February 26, 2016 Another 65' WYTL although this is an 'error' patch (WTL) USCGC CLEAT (WYTL-65615) the last of the 65's commissioned in 1967 Still working the Philadelphia piers http://www.uscg.mil/d5/cgcCleat/ WYTL patches are on the 'rare' scale as they each only have/had a crew of six Link to comment
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