"It's a Hilborn Hamburger" USN & USCG Patch Manufacturers

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USS REASONER (DE-1063) Knox class in service 1970 to 1993.  

 

Reasoner first deployed in 1973 to Southeast Asia and took part in Operation End Sweep (the removal of mines in Haiphong Harbor).

 

 

Hilborn Hamburger 5" patch circa 1970-1975 prior to reclassification as FF-1063

 

 

 

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USS VOGE (DE-1047) Garcia class Destroyer Escort in service 1966 to 1989.  Reclassified as FF-1047 (Fast Frigate) in 1975.

 

 

Hilborn-Hamburger version circa 1968, very similar in construction to the GEMSCO version of this patch.

 

 

 

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USS GREENLING (SSN-614) Permit class in service 1967 to 1994 Cold War attack submarine

 

 

 

 

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WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION, Hilborn-Hamburger, 1960's

 

 

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering.  Established in 1930 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, it is the largest independent oceanographic research institution in the U.S., with staff and students numbering about 1,000.

 

 

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution develops technology for the United States Navy, including ocean battlespace sensors, unmanned undersea vehicles, and acoustic navigation and communication systems for operations in the Arctic.  The Institution is also working on Project Sundance for the Office of Naval Research

 

 

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USS LEXINGTON CVS-16

"The Blue Ghost"

CVS-16 (1962 to 1969)

Far East - Lexington's next Far Eastern tour began late in 1960, and was extended well into 1961 by renewed tension in Laos. Returning to west coast operations, she was ordered in January 1962 to prepare to relieve Antietam as aviation training carrier in the Gulf of Mexico, and she was redesignated CVS-16 on 1 October 1962. However, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, she resumed duty as an attack carrier, and she did not relieve Antietam until 29 December 1962 at Pensacola, Florida.

 

 

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USS RATHBURNE (DE-1057)

Knox class Destroyer Escort/Frigate in service 1970 to 1992

Hilborn Hamburger commissioning patch circa 1970

 

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USS SACRAMENTO (AOE-1)

Sacramento Class leader Fast Combat Support Ship in service 1964 to 2004

 

USS Sacramento earned the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with thirteen campaign stars for Vietnam War service

 

USS Sacramento (AOE-1) resupplying USS Boston (CA-69) on station off the coast of Vietnam. June 1968