Salvage Sailor Posted September 27, 2017 Share #51 Posted September 27, 2017 USS WANDANK (ATA-204), Sotoyomo class auxiliary fleet tug in service 1944 to 1973. This is her Vietnam Era mahogany plaque when she was stationed in Guam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted September 29, 2017 Share #52 Posted September 29, 2017 USD BRULE was part of the Brown Water Navy. She receive 13 Battle Stars. She had a crew of less than 50 sailors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobcat58 Posted October 29, 2017 Share #53 Posted October 29, 2017 Good Morning, My name is Robert E Crispin, Jr Can you tell me how you came by the rickover piece and Can I buy it back? regards Bob The back side.image.jpeg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share #54 Posted October 29, 2017 Good Morning, My name is Robert E Crispin, Jr Can you tell me how you came by the rickover piece and Can I buy it back? regards Bob Hi Bob, I sent you a Private Message, check your messages. Best regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted October 29, 2017 Author Share #55 Posted October 29, 2017 I forgot to add this one. I have had this one for a long time. The original builders plaque from the USS Avoyel ATF-150. This one is heavy, around 40 lbs !! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 29, 2017 Share #56 Posted October 29, 2017 Always nice to see that builders plaque hink....... Bolster class Rescue Salvage vessel USS CONSERVER (ARS-39) The "Connie Maru" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 29, 2017 Share #57 Posted October 29, 2017 I forgot to add this one. I have had this one for a long time. The original builders plaque from the USS Avoyel ATF-150. This one is heavy, around 40 lbs !! Chris image.jpeg One of her sister ships, Achomawi class Fleet Tug USS SALINAN (ATF-161) Key West, Florida - Atlantic Fleet, SERVRON ONE, FOUR & EIGHT in service 1945 to 1978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 15, 2018 Share #58 Posted January 15, 2018 USS SHAKORI (ATF-162) Abnaki class fleet tug in service 1945 to 1980 Around the world on a Fleet Tug, which included a Vietnam campaign tour 1965-1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRIS FORD Posted January 26, 2018 Share #59 Posted January 26, 2018 HTs made many of these..Carpenter Shop doing the wood, (cut, routed, sanded and stained and finished) Machine Shop doing the engraving..and Shipfitter or Pipe Shop pouring molds. We made a TON of wood plaques with brass name plates! MR shop could make a killer name tag too! Actually got sick of doing them at one time..everyone always wanted a hook-up job...but that's how you'd get new coveralls, flight deck boots, or fresh cinnamon rolls delivered to the shop every morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted January 26, 2018 Share #60 Posted January 26, 2018 HTs made many of these..Carpenter Shop doing the wood, (cut, routed, sanded and stained and finished) Machine Shop doing the engraving..and Shipfitter or Pipe Shop pouring molds. We made a TON of wood plaques with brass name plates! MR shop could make a killer name tag too! Actually got sick of doing them at one time..everyone always wanted a hook-up job...but that's how you'd get new coveralls, flight deck boots, or fresh cinnamon rolls delivered to the shop every morning. These plaques were so commonly presented for various awards. I wish I still had mine but I think that it never left the ship with me. I love that you brought up the sailor-bartering system - this is how we took care of each other on the ship. There was nothing like this that I ever experienced since leaving the navy. Side-story about the one MR we had on my first ship. On a Saturday night in San Pedro, I was driving my Mustang through a not-so-friendly neighborhood when I pushed my clutch in to downshift and it dropped to the floor as metal parts went bounding beneath my car and out the back. It was 8-9 pm and I couldn't get my car back to the yards (Todd). I parked it, humped a few miles back to the ship with the broken pieces of the threaded section of the linkage that engaged the clutch fork in my hand). After calling around in search of a parts shop that might be open (none would be open until Monday), the MR3 passed by me on the quarterdeck as I was calling around and said, "come with me." He measured and checked the piece, pulled some stainless steel rod, put it on the lathe and turned it to the correct diameter, machined the proper threads and I was on my way to the car where crawled under with a flashlight and put it all back together enough to get me home. My MR friend wouldn't let me reciprocate with anything - dinner, beers, nothing. He just smiled and was happy to help out a shipmate and fellow car-guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRIS FORD Posted January 27, 2018 Share #61 Posted January 27, 2018 These plaques were so commonly presented for various awards. I wish I still had mine but I think that it never left the ship with me. I love that you brought up the sailor-bartering system - this is how we took care of each other on the ship. There was nothing like this that I ever experienced since leaving the navy. Side-story about the one MR we had on my first ship. On a Saturday night in San Pedro, I was driving my Mustang through a not-so-friendly neighborhood when I pushed my clutch in to downshift and it dropped to the floor as metal parts went bounding beneath my car and out the back. It was 8-9 pm and I couldn't get my car back to the yards (Todd). I parked it, humped a few miles back to the ship with the broken pieces of the threaded section of the linkage that engaged the clutch fork in my hand). After calling around in search of a parts shop that might be open (none would be open until Monday), the MR3 passed by me on the quarterdeck as I was calling around and said, "come with me." He measured and checked the piece, pulled some stainless steel rod, put it on the lathe and turned it to the correct diameter, machined the proper threads and I was on my way to the car where crawled under with a flashlight and put it all back together enough to get me home. My MR friend wouldn't let me reciprocate with anything - dinner, beers, nothing. He just smiled and was happy to help out a shipmate and fellow car-guy. LOVE IT! Yep! That's a MR for ya..we had a Sh-t hot MR2, cool guy..and I recall him making a VERY important shaft for some pump..for the plant..no sweat. One of our R Div Chiefs was a MR..HTs and MRs are brothers for sure! It was the MS's that would drive you batty..we were always doing stainless work for them on the mess decks. It'd go like this: "..well..I'm supposed to make a work order for this...CHENG might not sign off on that..but me and my boy HTFN Riffe can come knock that out for ya..hey...was that cheese cake/cake/pie/rolls/steaks..etc I saw last night at mid-rats? Could we have a couple pans of that..bring it down to the Shipfitter Shop @ 0 dark thirty, and you'll get your ___ done ___ by ___..." Oh SK2, you need a storage rack cut out? I need coveralls.. And so it went and sure still goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 25, 2018 Share #62 Posted February 25, 2018 Navy plaques are made from many different materials. Brass, Bronze, Ceramic, Aluminum, Resin, Bakelite, Plastic, etc. This is an example of a Resin plaque from the Radar Picket USS LOWE (DER-325) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 25, 2018 Share #63 Posted February 25, 2018 ....and these are some molds used in shipboard machine shops to make the plaques, in this instance from the Submarine Rescue ship USS COUCAL (ASR-8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 25, 2018 Share #64 Posted February 25, 2018 ....Aluminum with scrap pot metal (heavy, but non-ferrous) USS SPERRY (AS-12) WWII Submarine Tender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 25, 2018 Share #65 Posted February 25, 2018 Large Ceramic (very fragile) USS Catskill (LSV-1) earned three battle stars for World War II service and as USS Catskill (MCS-1) earned five campaign stars for Vietnam War service USS CATSKILL (MCS-1) Mine Counter Measures vessel Vietnam War - Class leader in service 1944 to 1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRIS FORD Posted February 26, 2018 Share #66 Posted February 26, 2018 Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 4, 2018 Share #67 Posted March 4, 2018 These are my oldest USN Plaques, made from Bakelite during World War II. They belonged to Rear Admiral J.H. "Babe" Brown, Jr., who at that time was the acting commander (COMSUBPAC), and then the deputy commander of US Pacific Fleet Submarines at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. RADM Brown (USNA 1914) Had a long career with the USN submarine forces serving 43 years spanning both World Wars and the Korean War. He was awarded the DSM for his work with COMSUBPAC and in particular for establishing the Submarine Lifeguard League in the Pacific http://www.subsowespac.org/the-patrol-zone/submarine-lifeguard-league.shtml Sub Base Pearl Harbor - 1944 Bakelite (WWII) and ceramic (1960's) John "Babe" Brown was in the Annapolis Naval Academy Graduating Class of 1914. He was assigned to SUBCOMPAC commander at the Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor during WWII. This was after Commander Rear Admiral Robert English was killed in a plane crash in January of 1943. Captain Brown took over the duties of Admiral English until a replacement could be found. He was relieved of his temporary command by Rear Admiral Charles Lockwood Jr. who was assigned to that command. Brown remained on Lockwood's staff and before the war ended. Lockwood had him promoted to Rear Admiral. His commands were Sea of Japan patrols, Submarine Squadron Four. His other accomplishments included a training program, torpedo tests and the organization of Pacific wolf packs. Brown was a wonderful officer and worked endlessly to keep the war effort going. This was also his, a bakelite plaque of the then brand new Vulcan class repair tender USS HECTOR (AR-7) which was initially assigned to Submarine Force Pearl Harbor. Brown, John H., Jr. - As commander of Submarine Squadron Four, "Babe" Brown salvaged the career of "Mush" Morton, who later went on to become a legend in the submarine force. Brown established an intensive training program at Pearl Harbor, which included a TDC (Torpedo Data Computer) school to improve proficiency in submarine fire control. An early advocate of wolf packs, he commanded a wolf pack in the Sea of Japan in the summer of 1943, becoming the oldest officer to make a war patrol during the war. Brown took temporary command of the Pacific Fleet submarine force following the death of Admiral English until relieved by Lockwood. Lockwood developed a high opinion of Brown and even tried to persuade the Bureau of Personnel to have Brown relieve Christie. When Brown was finally promoted to rear admiral, Lockwood tried to have him sent to command the Atlantic submarines. When this posting was denied, Brown was made deputy commander of Pacific submarines under Lockwood. Denied a submarine command, Brown instead took command of Cruiser Division 1 and of North Pacific Force in the closing months of the war. During one of his sweeps, his force destroyed 11 small ships off the Kuriles. Brown was "a huge and likable character" (ref. Clay Blair 1975) who had been a football coach at Annapolis. Command Service record 1924-11-20 Lieutenant - Commander, USS S-42 1930-05-15 Lieutenant Commander - Commander, USS Narwhal 1941-10-01 Captain - Commander, CL USS Richmond 1942-03-30 Commander, Submarine Squadron Four 1943-01-21 Acting commander, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet 1944-04-14 Rear Admiral Commander, Cruiser Division 1 1945 Commander, North Pacific Force (Kurile Islands) 1951-06-29 Commander, 4 Naval District Below: Machine Shop aluminum ashtray made aboard USS HECTOR (AR-7) for RADM Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 24, 2018 Share #68 Posted March 24, 2018 USS GRAPPLE (ARS-7) Diver class Salvage ship - Ceramic plaque and Meritorious Conduct Ashore Award plaque presented by the Royal Navy in Hong Kong 1959 & 1960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 26, 2018 Share #69 Posted May 26, 2018 HCU ONE - Harbor Clearance Unit One, Alpha Docks, Pearl Harbor 1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 26, 2018 Share #70 Posted May 26, 2018 HCU ONE, TEAM 1 - Harbor Clearance Unit One, Team One, Subic Bay, Philippines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 14, 2018 Share #71 Posted October 14, 2018 Service Force Sixth Fleet - Service Squadron Six (SERVRON 6) Mediterranean Sea More Here ---> SERVRON - Service Squadrons http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/299471-servgru-servron-service-groups-and-squadrons/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USARV72 Posted October 15, 2018 Share #72 Posted October 15, 2018 Here,s the only Navy one not packed up. Same time I was over there, assignment was for durationfor this crypto teletype Sailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plankowner Posted October 18, 2018 Share #73 Posted October 18, 2018 This is the plaque that the Navy gave me along with a cruise book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBG Posted October 24, 2018 Share #74 Posted October 24, 2018 This interesting US Navy plaque was on ebay a while back. It's not mine, did someone here get it? Photo Photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 24, 2018 Share #75 Posted October 24, 2018 Interesting indeed, It's a 5"/38 caliber gun firing pin and firing key (trigger) most likely used on the last Naval Gunfire Support missions fired by the Fletcher class destroyer USS WEDDERBURN on her last cruise in 1969. She was decommissioned and scrapped later in 1969. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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