Salvage Sailor Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 USS HALYBURTON (FFG-40) SUPER SNIPES - ENGINEERING - MASTERS OF MOBILITY 8" Engineering Department jacket patch Gas Turbine System Technician, Engineman, Machinery Repairman, Hull Maintenance Technician, Electrician's Mate GS - EN - MR - HT - EM Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Dialing back 60 years.....for those of us who recall when vacuum tubes were 'high tech' Electronics Officer, circa 1956, taken from a USS REDFISH (SS-395) Officers foul weather jacket The rubber band holding it together is a nice touch, shows true confidence in one's abilities and equipment. Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Bearmon Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 USS Coral Sea CVA 43 O.E. Division, "Electronics" nice cruise patch from '67-'68 Link to post Share on other sites
Bearmon Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 USS FDR COMMS patch ACE NOVELTY manufacture Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Westpac used to be fun before the Iranian Crisis - Haze grey and underway.....if this patch could talk "In 1980, IKE's second extended deployment tallied 254 days at sea with only a five-day stopover in Singapore." USS EISEHNOWER (CVN-69) Nimitz class commissioned in 1977 W(eapons) Division Indian Ocean Cruise 1980 http://www.navysite.de/cruisebooks/cvn69-80/index.html Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 Two Ace Novelty Vietnam era patches, both 5" high USS SARATOGA (CVA-60) Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 USS SARATOGA (CVA-60) 5" V4 (FUELS) DIVISION she was reclassified CV-60 in 1972 Goofy Grape Gas Gang Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted October 19, 2015 Author Share Posted October 19, 2015 USS SARATOGA (CVA-60) SIXTH FLEET Carrier, 5" high OI DIVISION (RD - Radarmen, later changed to OS) Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
firefighter Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Great looking patches ASMIC #1098 Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 M Division, main propulsion - Machinist's Mates USS FRANCIS HAMMOND (FF-1067) STEAM 'TIL THE APOCALYPSE Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 USS SARATOGA (CVA-60) M Division West Pac 1972 Her last Vietnam Cruise before rejoining the Cold War Atlantic Fleet Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 Reverse - 1972 Vietnam Cruise Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 USS SARATOGA (CVA-60) G Division Bomb Pushers Cold War Atlantic/Sixth Fleet patch PS - Bearmon, that Coral Sea Tonkin Gulf patch is Ichiban Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Spruance class Destroyer USS PAUL F. FOSTER (DD-964) Snipe patch (Engineering Rates) In commissioned service 1976 - 2003, Still in service as Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme, CA "Paul F. Foster has been reconfigured as the Self-Defense Test Ship to provide the Navy an at-sea, remotely controlled, engineering test and evaluation platform without the risk to personnel or operational assets." Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
busternfo Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Love those Dept. patches. Thanks for sharing! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 G Division - Main Deck, USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59) Med Cruise 1969-70 Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 Reverse Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 From a USS AMERICA (CVA-66) crewman 1974 Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 USS AMERICA (CVA-66) AM (Aircraft Missiles) Division with E circa 1974 Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 USS AMERICA (CVA-66) Captain's Gig Crew during the 1974 Mediterranean Sea deployment Had to be a squared away sailor to be on the gig crew. Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 Sonar NTDS console on the Boomer USS ALABAMA (SSBN-731) In service since 1985 Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 Surface to Air Missiles - 5" Vietnam War Era Rates - Gunner's Mate Missiles (GMM) and Fire Control Technician Missiles (FTM) Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 Reverse - GMM & FTM Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted November 25, 2016 Author Share Posted November 25, 2016 Operations Department - Kitty Hawk class Supercarrier USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) 5" Philippine made, Cold War Era Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
Salvage Sailor Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 1950's Japanese cut edge OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT RD (OS), SM, YN, ET - Nice detail on the S M semaphore flags denoting S ignal M an Anchor's AweighMemberNational Association of Fleet Tug Sailors - The Salvage Navy! Link to post Share on other sites
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