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Nice one. What state is that in?

 

Naval Air Rocket Test Station, Lake Denmark, Dover, N.J.; NARTS; in 1960 taken over by the Army and became Liquid Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, LRPL, at Picatinny Arsenal

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USS CHARLES S. SPERRY (DD-697) Allen M Sumner class in service 1944 to 1973, Call sign REAR GUARD

Charles S. Sperry received four battle stars for her service in World War II, and four battle stars for the Korean War.

Gemsco patch circa 1960's

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Great thread and many thanks for sharing these photos. There was two sizes available for the US Navy Chuting Stars patch manufactured by GEMSCO.

 

4" patch worn on blue blazers, 5" patch worn on jumpsuits & jackets.

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US NAVAL AIR MISSILE TEST CENTER, Point Mugu, California - Gemsco 1950's

 

Mugu beach is believed to be the site where Juan Cabrillo landed on October 10, 1542. "Muwu" was the capital village of the Chumash Indians located along the shores of Mugu Lagoon. Most of its early history centers around ranching, farming, and the famous Mugu fish camp.
The history of most of the Navy's Guided Missile and Drone programs is the early history of the Navy at Point Mugu. During World War II, the Navy simultaneously had efforts underway to develop sites where both missiles and pilotless aircraft could be tested. In 1947, Congress appropriated funding to establish a permanent Navy presence here for this purpose. Since the mid-1940's, Point Mugu has had several "Center Names", all with the mission to develop, test, and evaluate missiles and related systems, and for drones to use in naval test programs. Oct 1, 1946 - U.S. Naval Air Missile Test Center Aug 1, 1949 - Naval Air Station Jun 16, 1958 - Pacific Missile Range Jan 7, 1959 - Naval Missile Center Apr 26, 1975 - Pacific Missile Test Center Jan 21, 1992 - Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division and Naval Air Weapons Station
Source: Historic California Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields - Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu
(Antiaircraft Training Center, Pt Mugu; Naval Air Station, Point Mugu;Naval Air Missile Test Center; Pacific Missile Range, Naval Missile Center; Pacific Missile Test Center; Channel Islands Air National Guard Base)

 

 

 

"The history of most of the Navy's Guided Missile and Drone programs is the early history of the Navy at Point Mugu."

 

Drones baby, Drones, they ain't new, the Navy's had them since the 1940's......and the first Dogfighters too.....

US NAVAL AIR MISSILE TEST CENTER DRONES Point Mugu CA Gemsco 001.jpg

US NAVAL AIR MISSILE TEST CENTER Point Mugu CA Gemsco 001.jpg

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USS PURSUIT (AGS-17) Converted Auk class minesweeper (AM-108) In service from 1943-1960. PURSUIT earned 8 battle stars for World War II service (as AM-108)

Gemsco 1950's

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Recommissioned 15 February 1950, Pursuit left Texas and proceeded off Labrador and Greenland as part of Hydrographic Survey Group 2. For the next three years she spent the winter survey season operating in the Caribbean, and the summer months in the northern latitudes off Labrador and Greenland. Reclassified AGS–17, 15 August 1951, Pursuit continued that employment schedule until mid-1954 when she set course for İskenderun, Turkey, 6 October, returning to Norfolk, Virginia, 23 March 1955. On 15 July she was underway for a survey and resupply mission along the Arctic "DEW Line". Having sounded previously uncharted waters both above and below the Arctic Circle, she returned to the east coast, at New York, 10 October.

 

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During 1956, 1957, and 1958 Pursuit again conducted hydrographic and oceanographic surveys off the coast of Turkey. On her return she resumed surveys in the Caribbean. Reassigned to the Pacific in 1960, Pursuit departed New York on 15 February for Pearl Harbor, arriving 14 April. She operated in Hawaiian waters until May when she sailed for Long Beach, California. Mooring there 9 May, she began inactivation and decommissioned 30 June 1960. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 1 July 1960.

 

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USS NEWMAN K PERRY (DD-883) Gearing class in service 1945 to 1981

 

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Gemsco DD-883 version, she was reclassified as a radar picket destroyer (DDR) from 1950 to 1965

 

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Gemsco DD & DDR versions, she was reclassified as a radar picket destroyer (DDR) from 1950 to 1965

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MARINE DETACHMENT - Protecting the Poseidon ballistic missiles and their nuclear warheads (note the Submarine Dolphins on the top of the patch)



USS CANOPUS (AS-34) Submarine Tender in service 1965 to 1994. Gemsco 1970's, Poseidon's were introduced to replace the Polaris missiles in 1972


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NAS NEW ORLEANS - Naval Air Station New Orleans, Gemsco version 1960's

 

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USS FURSE (DDR-882) Gearing class in service 1945 to 1972.  Built and commissioned as a DD, she was reclassified as a DDR radar picket destroyer in 1949 until her FRAM conversion back to a (DD) destroyer in 1963.

 

Gemsco DDR Radar Picket patch circa 1950's

 

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USS RAY (SSN-653) Sturgeon class nuclear attack submarine in service 1967 to 1993

 

Gemsco version 1960's

 

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USS JOHNSTON (DD-821) Gearing class destroyer in service 1946 to 1981

 

DD 821 USS JOHNSTON Gemsco 001.jpg

 

DD 821 USS JOHNSTON Gemsco 002.jpg

 

DD 821 USS JOHNSTON Gemsco 003.jpg

 

 

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USS NEREUS (AS-17) Fulton class submarine tender in service 1945 to 1971

 

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1966 GEMSCO with a 1950's GEMSCO version

 

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United States First Fleet, U.S. Navy

 

1ST FIRST FLEET 003 Gemsco.jpg

 

(The patch on the right below)

 

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1ST FIRST FLEET 002.jpg

 

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USS TULLIBEE (SSN-597) In service 1960 to 1988. 

She was a very unique submarine as she was was the smallest nuclear-powered attack submarine in the fleet

 

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Tullibee was the result of Project Nobska, a study ordered in 1956 by Admiral Arleigh Burke, then Chief of Naval Operations, from the Committee on Undersea Warfare of the National Academy of Sciences. That report emphasized the need for deeper-diving, ultraquiet submarine designs using long-range sonar to accomplish the anti-submarine (ASW) 'hunter-killer' mission. Tullibee incorporated three design innovations inspired by Project Nobska.  First, it incorporated the first bow-mounted spherical sonar array. This required the second innovation: angled torpedo tubes amidships. Thirdly, Tullibee was propelled by a very quiet turbo-electric transmission powered by a S2C reactor and producing 2500shp

 

During her career, Tullibee achieved much and conducted many submarine firsts. During her commissioned service she submerged and surfaced 730 times and traveled approximately 325,000 nautical miles (602,000 km; 374,000 mi) equal to the distance from the earth to the moon and halfway back.

 

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For the Coasties

 

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USCGC DECISIVE (WMEC-629) Medium Endurance Cutter commissioned in 1968, still in service

 

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USS SHENANDOAH (AD-26) destroyer tender class leader in service 1945 to 1980

 

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USS WILLIAM C. LAWE (DD-763)

Gearing class in service 1946 to 1983

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Gemsco 1950's

 

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USS ENGLISH (DD-696)

Allen M. Sumner class in service 1944 to 1970

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USS LOWRY (DD-770)

Allen M. Sumner class three war destroyer in service 1944 to 1973

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Gemsco Versions of USS GLENNON (DD-840), Gearing class in service 1945 to 1976

 

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