firefighter Posted September 12, 2015 Share #26 Posted September 12, 2015 Those are some really cool patches.I like the USS SanPablo.Reminds me of the move The Sand Pebbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share #27 Posted September 12, 2015 On to OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT FIVE aboard the Chauvenet class USNS HARKNESS (T-AGS-32) In service 1971 to 1993 OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT FIVE aboard the Chauvenet class USNS HARKNESS (T-AGS-32) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share #28 Posted September 12, 2015 USNS WILKES (T-AGS-33), Class leader of a shallow draft class of survey ships This is also an Antarctica patch - In service 1971 Patch made by Swiss Tex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share #29 Posted September 12, 2015 USNS H.H. HESS (T-AGS-38) Successor of the MICHELSON, Once the home of OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT THREE http://www.tags-21.info/ship_pages/hess/Hess_index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share #30 Posted September 12, 2015 The North Pole sister ship to the shallow draft WILKES USNS WYMAN (T-AGS-34) Still in the Swiss-Tex wrapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share #31 Posted September 12, 2015 .....and another converted Barnegat class Seaplane Tender USS REHOBOTH (AGS-50) ex-AVP-50 in service 1944 to 1970 Two RVN campaign stars SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOR and SECURE DOMINION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share #32 Posted September 12, 2015 Currently in service USNS PATHFINDER (T-AGS-60) and USNS SUMNER (T-AGS-61) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 12, 2015 Author Share #33 Posted September 12, 2015 The ex-US Maritime Commission Vessel Water Witch, which the Navy converted to a Mermaid..... USNS FLYER (T-AGS-178) Bathymetric Research ship in service 1965-1975 Acquired for "Project Caesar", the cover name of the installation of SOSUS (Sound Surveillance System) by the Military Sealift Command 1960's. Also mis-spelled, MILARY, must have been distracted..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wharfmaster Posted September 12, 2015 Share #34 Posted September 12, 2015 I have a Navy Good Conduct medal group to a Warrant Machinist that served aboard Bowditch from Oct. 41 to August 45. No patches with it however. Wharf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchcollector Posted September 12, 2015 Share #35 Posted September 12, 2015 GREAT collection!I like these types of ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 13, 2015 Author Share #36 Posted September 13, 2015 Found another USNS DUTTON (T-AGS-22) Different manufacturer than the previous one, probably made a decade later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 15, 2015 Author Share #37 Posted September 15, 2015 NAVOCEANO COMMUNICATIONS DETACHMENT (PACIFIC) ADAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share #38 Posted October 19, 2015 USS SERRANO (AGS-24) ex-ATF-112 - Charting for the Future And then there's the USS SERRANO (AGS-24). She was a Fleet Tug (ATF-112), a WWII and China occupation vet decommissioned in 1950. While her Salvage sister's were commissioned for Korean combat service, she sat out the 1950's but was then specifically recommissioned in 1960 as a shallow water survey ship to remap the Pacific waters. Unlike the other AGS types which were much larger and dedicated to scientific endeavors, SERRANO still had her Fleet Tug armament, 3" gun, 40 mm's, 20 mm's, .50 cals and small arms. Perfect for an Indochina holiday cruise. She spent many a day cruising the waterways of Vietnam from Da Nang to Vung Tau to Hue peacefully surveying the coastlines and rivers along with those of disputed Korean, Chinese and Taiwanese territories. She was awarded six Vietnam campaign stars and decommissioned in 1970 after a job well done. USS SERRANO alongside her Southeast Asia surveying partner USS MAURY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share #39 Posted November 20, 2015 On 9/15/2015 at 10:46 AM, Salvage Sailor said: NAVOCEANO COMMUNICATIONS DETACHMENT (PACIFIC) ADAK Predecessor to this patch (post #37). Naval Facility Adak Oceanographic Research - 4" Swiss-Tex patch. Adak (and Diego Garcia) were where our Chiefs would threaten to transfer our asses when we were naughty.....both were "isolated duty" postings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share #40 Posted November 25, 2016 Another version of USS MAURY (AGS-16) Pathfinder of the Seas probably made by Swiss-Tex First version of patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share #41 Posted April 21, 2017 Oceanographic System Pacific, 6" round in different colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share #42 Posted June 6, 2017 On 11/25/2016 at 12:22 PM, Salvage Sailor said: Another verion of Pathfinder of the Seas USS MAURY (AGS-16), probably made by Swiss-Tex Oceanographic Research Vessel USS MAURY (AGS-16) Pathfinder of the Seas Patches and Plaque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share #43 Posted June 12, 2017 On 10/19/2015 at 1:13 PM, Salvage Sailor said: And then there's the USS SERRANO (AGS-24). She was a Fleet Tug (ATF-112), a WWII and China occupation vet decommissioned in 1950. While her Salvage sister's were commissioned for Korean combat service, she sat out the 1950's but was then specifically recommissioned in 1960 as a shallow water survey ship to remap the Pacific waters. Unlike the other AGS types which were much larger and dedicated to scientific endeavors, SERRANO still had her Fleet Tug armament, 3" gun, 40 mm's, 20 mm's, .50 cals and small arms. Perfect for an Indochina holiday cruise. She spent many a day cruising the waterways of Vietnam from Da Nang to Vung Tau to Hue peacefully surveying the coastlines and rivers along with those of disputed Korean, Chinese and Taiwanese territories. She was awarded six vietnam campaign stars and decommissioned in 1970 after a job well done. USS SERRANO (AGS-24) ex-ATF112 Charting for the Future USS SERRANO (AGS-24) USS SERRANO AGS 24 Charting For The Future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share #44 Posted July 23, 2017 Silas Bent class survey ship USNS ELISHA KENT KANE (T-AGS-27) In service 1967 to 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share #45 Posted September 15, 2017 NAVOCEANO - Naval Oceanographic Office 10" Decal, Patch and Ballcap Patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish Posted September 15, 2017 Share #46 Posted September 15, 2017 Great stuff, thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share #47 Posted October 16, 2017 Thanks Irish, Here's another NAVOCEANO vessel Class leader USNS VICTORIOUS (T-AGOS-19) In service since 1991. Manned by 19 civilian mariners under the control of the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and staffed with five sponsors assigned by the U.S. Navy to the Special Missions Program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share #48 Posted December 13, 2017 T-AGOS Project Office, MSC SWATH Ships, the new breed OCEAN SURVEILLANCE SHIPS T-AGOS http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4500&tid=600&ct=4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share #49 Posted January 20, 2018 USNS MIZAR (T-AGOR-11) Eltanin class ice strengthened research ship in service 1958 to 1990 Mizar was built as a small ice-strengthened cargo ship of the Eltanin class on a Maritime Administration type (C1-ME2-13a) hull, by Avondale Marine Ways, Inc. from January 1957. She entered service on March 7, 1958 and served as part of the Military Sea Transportation Service, working around Canada and Greenland, with a single voyage to Antarctica in 1961. In 1963 she was chosen for a major conversion. On April 15, 1964 she was reclassified AGOR-11, designed for deep oceanographic search and research and fitted with a deepsea probe, equipped with strobe lights, cameras, sonar, and magnetometer. She was then operated by the MSTS under the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington. Her major tasks were ocean floor study and service as a floating base for underwater acoustic, chemical, and biological research. She was assigned to Military Sealift Command Pacific in 1975 and underwent another major modification in 1980. Mizar took part in the search operations for USS Thresher (SSN-593), the Palomares Incident in which nuclear weapons were lost off Palomares, Spain, and the extended search for USS Scorpion (SSN-589) - which was found in October, 1968. She has also taken part in searches for foreign wrecks, including Eurydice and Soviet submarines including K-129. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share #50 Posted February 28, 2018 USS TANNER (AGS-15) Survey Ship In service 1945 to 1969 - The first of two Survey ships named in honor of U.S. Navy captain and oceanographer Zera Luther Tanner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zera_Luther_Tanner The other being USNS TANNER (T-AGS-40) Patch circa mid 1950's - Pamina was renamed Tanner in honor of U.S. Navy captain and oceanographer Zera Luther Tanner. After sea trials during November and December, Tanner conducted hydrographic survey operations off the east coast of Mexico. She continued similar activities in the same area, off Labrador, off Trinidad and off Venezuela for the next four years. In January 1951, she began survey work in the Bahamas in connection with a guided missile testing range, work which she continued with only occasional missions elsewhere until the summer of 1952. At that time she returned northward and after a period in New York Naval Shipyard proceeded to northwest Greenland for extensive priority survey work. She concluded the season with a survey of a small island in the Canadian Arctic where a harbor was named "Tanner Bay" in her honor. From 1954 to 1958, Tanner operated primarily off the southern coast of Turkey with 27,255 miles steamed during 139 days in the survey area in the spring and summer of 1956. Again in the Bahamas in 1959, she became part of the Persian Gulf Survey Unit later that year. After extensive work in the Near East, she conducted research in the Barents Sea in 1963, in the deep dive area off Norfolk in 1964, and in the northern Aegean Sea 15 November 1965 to 15 March 1966. Tanner deployed 19 October from Pearl Harbor for survey operations in the South China Sea off the Mekong Delta coast of South Vietnam. She returned to the coast of South Vietnam and to the Gulf of Thailand in 1967 and 1968. Following survey operations in the Western Pacific early in 1969 and with long and distinguished service to her credit, Tanner began her decommissioning process 14 July. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 August and transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal. Pamina/Tanner received one battle star for World War II service and two campaign stars for Vietnam service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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