US Navy Plaques

[Salvage Sailor]

On 4/18/2017 at 8:12 AM, Salvage Sailor said:

USS LUCE my third ship. This is her original emblem, later changed to Pride, Power Knowledge crest

 

 

 

 

 

 

...and another one from my third ship - "The Fighting Luce"

 

 

USS STEPHEN B. LUCE (DDG-38), "PRIDE, POWER, KNOWLEDGE"

This was the second version of our ships' crest & motto in tribute to the Admiral

 

Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, USN (1827-1917) The 90 year old Admiral & Educator of the modern U.S. Navy

Naval History and Heritage Command

Description: Oil on canvas, 54 x 40, by Alexander James (1890-1946) after E.P. Vinton.

Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of Stephen B. Luce, 1938. Official U.S. Navy Photograph.color

 

USS LUCE (DLG-7) Plaque with the second crest and motto (yes, it's an old crappy eBay photo, have to shoot a new one)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Zack Miller]

Storage ain’t a problem.  Hung them over the windows in my man cave. 

[Zack Miller]

Close-ups of a few. 

[hink441]

VF-33 Skipper’s plaque with rudder pedals attached. 
 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 9/16/2017 at 11:58 AM, Salvage Sailor said:

Submarine Rescue Ship USS SUNBIRD (ASR-15)

 

 

Later Painted Acrylic Version of USS SUNBIRD (ASR-15)

Submarine Rescue Vessel

 

 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

USS MUNSEE (ATF-107)

Fleet Tug in service 1943 to 1969

Aluminum plaque & Gemsco patch

[67Rally]

This is one of the most visually appealing plaques I have seen. I remember when our CPO mess started presenting these and I always wanted one purely due to their aesthetic.

[collectsmedals]

A plaque from the ship I was stationed on from 1979 to 1983, U.S.S. Nimitz CVN-68

[collectsmedals]

A couple of Coast Guard plaques.

 

First is from the United States Coast Guard Cutter Chautauqua. I like this one because I grew up near Lake Chautauqua in Western New York.

 

The second plaque is to LCDR Herbert J. Nuse, presented on his retirement after 30 years of service, from the Officers and Enlisted Personnel of the Coast Guard Training Center, Cape May New Jersey.

[collectsmedals]

This last set of plaques were presented at various times in his career to Captain Howard Crosby. The "enhanced" photograph is attached to the back of the Commander Antisubmarine Warfare Force Pacific Fleet plaque. Maybe a congratulatory memento of his first command?

[Salvage Sailor]

20 minutes ago, collectsmedals said:

First is from the United States Coast Guard Cutter Chautauqua. I like this one because I grew up near Lake Chautauqua in Western New York.

 

 

Nice Coastie plaque.  

Chautauqua was the only cutter in the 14th District that didn't go to Vietnam

 

[Salvage Sailor]

USS STALLION (ATA-193)

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

...and some plaques are actual works of art

 

USS CHATEAU THIERRY (ex-USAT CHATEAU THIERRY)

In service 1921-1944, shown after her return to the states from her secret Project 19 mission to East Africa

 

 

American sculptor Lawrence Tenney Stevens, (1896-1972) Volunteered for WWI service (Pvt. Lawrence T. Stevens, 469698. 11th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, A.E.F., shipped over on 7/15/1918 as a Chauffeur in the training detachment). He was quite a patriotic yet independent, private individual despite his international awards and fame in the 1920's and 30's. Many of his largest bronze sculptures in public parks and spaces he had melted down for the war effort and then again volunteered for the secret mission Project 19 sent to support the British and Commonwealth forces in North Africa, 1941. This is a bronze commemorative plaque made by Stevens for his fellow members of the Project 19 mission to Eritrea. It is made by Medallic Art co., a foundry which Stevens had knowledge of being a bronze sculptor and client.

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

USS NEWELL (DER-322)

Edsall class in service 1943 as DE-322 and then loaned to the Coast Guard in 1951

Recommissioned at Long Beach as DER-322, assigned to Pearl Harbor, HI. as a unit of the Pacific Barrier, the westward extension of the DEW Line

RADAR PICKETT

WWII Convoy duty vs. the Kriegsmarine in the North Atlantic, Market Time service in Vietnam

Decommissioned at Pearl Harbor September 21st, 1968 and moored with the Mothball Fleet in Westloch (Pearl City, HI)

After her engines were removed, her hulk was used by 20th Century Fox in the making of the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora"

 

[Spike]

A recent Olongapo made acquisition.  I'm fairly sure it's VN era.

[Salvage Sailor]

Three ceramic tile plaques

 

USS KOKA (ATA-195)

SERVGRU ONE

 

 

 

 

USS SIOUX (ATF-75)

Assist and Tow the Fleet

 

 

 

 

USS COCOPA (ATF-101)

 

 

 

 

[hink441]

Here is a rare plaque commemorating the last trap and catapult launch from the USS John F Kennedy CV-67. Has a cut section of the arresting gear cable mounted on the plaque. 
 

 

[Navy H46]

Looking for USS Leyte brass plaque!

Special project in progress!!

[Salvage Sailor]

Fleet Air Support Unit (FASU) Utapao, Thailand

 

RVN made, Painted on Brass, some black and yellow paint loss