Garth Thompson Posted July 20, 2014 #1 Posted July 20, 2014 Some recent aquisitions, hope you enjoy them US Coast Guard Air Detachment Kodial Alaska. This is an early one as there is now a full air station at Kodiak.
Garth Thompson Posted July 20, 2014 Author #2 Posted July 20, 2014 Air Station Traverse City MI, this is the earliest one I have found yet. You can approximate the age of the patch by the aircraft depicted and the paint pattern. This patch is a nice embroidered on wool.
Garth Thompson Posted July 20, 2014 Author #3 Posted July 20, 2014 CVS - 18 USS Wasp, embroidered. Here is a brief history of the ship from Wikipedia: USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany, but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous Wasp (CV-7), which was sunk 15 September 1942. Wasp was commissioned in November 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning eight battle stars. Like many of her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, but was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career she operated mainly in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean. She played a prominent role in the manned space program, serving as the recovery ship for five missions: Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, Gemini IX and Gemini XII. She was retired in 1972 and sold for scrap in 1973.
irish Posted July 20, 2014 #4 Posted July 20, 2014 Very nice, the Traverse City is one variation I had not seen before.
Johnny Signor Posted July 20, 2014 #6 Posted July 20, 2014 Grumman Albatross on the first two posted patches
Garth Thompson Posted July 23, 2014 Author #8 Posted July 23, 2014 Couple of new ones I just got the other day. #1 Air Station Chicago, the helo is an HH-52 single rotor, single motor, orange and white people toter #2 Loran Station Cape Atholl Greenland, not one of the more desirable places to be stationed
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