Salvage Sailor Posted December 10, 2017 Share #26 Posted December 10, 2017 On 6/17/2017 at 11:55 AM, Salvage Sailor said: O.H. Perry class USS ESTOCSIN (FFG-15) In service 1981 to 2003, Swiss Tex patch USS ESTOCSIN (FFG-15) O.H. Perry class in service 1981 to 2003, Swiss Tex patch 1981 One clean, one faded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 27, 2018 Share #27 Posted January 27, 2018 USS CLIFTON SPRAGUE (FFG-16) Oliver Hazard Perry class (short hull) guided missile frigate in service 1981 to 1995 Swiss-Tex patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 27, 2018 Share #28 Posted January 27, 2018 Note: FFG-17 & FFG-18 Were built for and commissioned into the Australian Navy as HMAS ADELAIDE & HMAS CANBERRA USS JOHN A. MOORE (FFG-19) O.H. Perry class In service 1981 to 2000 USS JOHN A. MOORE (FFG-19) O.H. Perry class In service 1981 to 2000 Officer and Enlisted ball cap patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 24, 2018 Share #29 Posted March 24, 2018 USS CARR (FFG-52) O.H. Perry class in service 1985 to 2013 Operation Earnest Will Carr's original homeport was in Charleston, South Carolina. Her first operational deployment was to the Persian Gulf, where Carr was involved in Operation Earnest Will, escorting re-flagged oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. While Commander, Destroyer Squadron 14, was the senior officer present, Commander Wade C. Johnson, the captain of Carr, was the next senior officer in the area and was routinely assigned the duties of Convoy Commander during escort missions. During one of these, Iranian small boats approached the tankers and were chased off by bullets from Carr's deck-mounted M2 .50-caliber machine guns and the Bushmaster 25mm chain gun on the starboard main deck. For her professionalism in the rescue of 89 crew members of the attack submarine USS BONEFISH which flooded and caught fire at sea in 1988, CARR was awarded a Meritorious Unit Commendation. First ship to enter Charleston harbor after hurricane Hugo in 1989. For this response to the natural disaster, CARR was awarded the Humanitarian Service Medal. USS CARR (FFG-52) MEF Middle East Force 1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 17, 2018 Share #30 Posted April 17, 2018 USS FLATLEY (FFG-21) O.H. Perry class in service 1981 to 1996 Swiss Tex patch 1981 - Have Courage USS FLATLEY (FFG-21) O.H. Perry class in service 1981 to 1996 Unknown maker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 19, 2018 Share #31 Posted May 19, 2018 USS GALLERY (FFG-26) O.H. Perry class in service 1981 to 1995 Swiss Tex patch circa 1981 Ball cap patch and rocker Oil Tanker escort, Persian Gulf 1989 Desert Storm Cruise 1991 Final Cruise - Middle East Force 1995, Red Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 16, 2018 Share #32 Posted June 16, 2018 USS FAHRION (FFG-22) O.H. Perry class short hull guided missile frigate in service 1982 to 1998 Master Chief ball cap patch and VIP patch USS FAHRION (FFG-22) O.H. Perry class short hull guided missile frigate in service 1982 to 1998 - Swiss Tex patch Operations and Missions Multinational Peacekeeping Force Beirut Lebanon - Oct. 1983 - March 1984 Operation Earnest Will -MEF 2–86 Tanker Escort Persian Gulf Operation Earnest Will -MEF 2–88 (May 1988 – Sept 1988) Baltops 89 (June 1989 – Sept 1989) Baltic Sea Great Lakes Cruise (June 1990 – September 1990) Operation Able Vigil (June 1994 – August 1994) Cuban boatlift UNITAS 36–95 (27 June 1995 - December 1995) Great Lakes Cruise (June 1997 – September 1997) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 18, 2018 Share #33 Posted July 18, 2018 USS LEWIS B PULLER (FFG-23) O.H. Perry class short hull guided missile frigate in service 1982 to 1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 21, 2018 Share #34 Posted July 21, 2018 On 11/19/2016 at 10:08 AM, Salvage Sailor said: updated photo, USS RAMSEY (DEG-2/FFG-2) USS RAMSEY (FFG-2) Brooke class guided missile destroyer escort in service 1967 to 1988. She was redesignated from DEG-2 to FFG-2 in 1975 1976-1977 WESTPAC INDIAN OCEAN Cruise - 7" Round cruise jacket size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 25, 2018 Share #35 Posted August 25, 2018 USS JACK WILLIAMS (FFG-24) O.H. Perry class short hull guided missile frigate in service 1981 to 1996 Now part of the Bahrainian Navy Jack Williams was born in Harrison, Ark. on 18 October 1924 and enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve in June 1943. He received recruit training at Naval Training Station, San Diego, Cal. and was promoted to Seaman, Second Class in July 1943. Williams completed Hospital Corps training at Naval Hospital, San Diego and his rating was changed to Hospital Apprentice that September. In November, he was promoted to Hospital Apprentice First Class. In January 1944, Williams received orders to the Field Medical School Battalion, Camp Elliott, San Diego, and transferred a few months later to Headquarters, Fifth Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, Cal. In May 1944, Williams was promoted to Pharmacist's Mate, Third Class. With the Third Battalion, Twenty-eighth Marines, Fifth Marine Division, he participated in the Battle of Iwo Jima. On 3 March 1945, when a Marine was wounded forward of the front lines, Williams courageously went to assist him and was hit by enemy fire. With determination, he completed his mission of mercy, dressed his own wounds, and rendered aid to another fallen Marine. On his way back to the rear, Williams was hit by an enemy sniper and died later that day. For his actions that day he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Jack Williams is buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield Mo. USS JACK WILLIAMS (FFG 24) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (photo from FFG 24 Launch Pamphlet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 9, 2018 Share #36 Posted October 9, 2018 USS COPELAND (FFG-25) O.H. Perry class guided missile frigate in service 1982 to 1996 Named for the hero of Taffy 3, Robert W. Copeland, CO of the Samuel B. Roberts at the battle of Samar. USS COPELAND (FFG-25) O.H. Perry class guided missile frigate in service 1982 to 1996 Now in service with the Egyptian navy as Alexandria (F911) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 7, 2018 Share #37 Posted December 7, 2018 USS MAHLON S. TISDALE (FFG-27) O.H. Perry class short-hull frigate in service 1982 to 1996 Now in Turkish service as TCG Gökçeada (F 494) Somewhere around here I've also got the Tisdale "Just Cruising" waterskiing duck patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 22, 2019 Share #38 Posted February 22, 2019 On 11/19/2016 at 10:20 AM, Salvage Sailor said: Updated photo, class leader USS BROOKE (DEG-1/FFG-1) Another one for the BROOKE USS BROOKE (FFG-1) Class leader in service 1966 to 1988. 6" x 5" circa 1975 after her redesignation from DEG-1 to FFG-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted March 15, 2019 Share #39 Posted March 15, 2019 USS DOYLE (FFG-39) O.H. Perry class long hull in service 1983 to 2011 - Valiant Mariner North Atlantic Cruise 8" Combat Systems - OS, EW, STG, TM, ET, DS, GM, FC, IC Cold War rate patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 14, 2019 Share #40 Posted April 14, 2019 USS FORD (FFG-54) Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate in service 1985 to 2013 named for Gunner's Mate Patrick O. Ford (1942–1968). Ford was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism as a PBR Gunner in the Vietnam War. TENACIOUS - This History Provided By Ralph J. Fries, River Section 535 (9/67 - 6/68) I just attended a RS-535 mini reunion in IIlinois on 22 August 2009. In attendance were four of the six men on patrol that day and night, 21 June 1968, that the 750 was hit. We talked about the men on PBR-750 and how they died. Ford was the after .50 gunner. When the boat took a B-40 rocket in the port fuel tank, it blew and started a fire in the coxswain flat where BM1 Delph, the boat captain was killed instantly. Patrol officer, Lt. William Dennis was standing at the entrance to the coxswain flat talking on the radio. He was blown overboard, hitting his head on the canopy railing, and drowned. His body was picked up later on that day. The engineer, EN1 Knott was wounded while either standing on the engine covers, or close by the forward bulkhead of the engine compartment on the starboard side of the boat. I would assume he was on the engine covers manning the M-60 machine gun or Honeywell grenade launcher that was attached to the engine cover splinter shields. GMGSN Barry Johnson was in the forward .50 gun mount and was wounded from the blast of the port fuel tank. Ford left the after .50 and pushed EN1 Knott into the water, then he pulled GMGSN Johnson from the forward .50 gun mount and put him into water. Ford, I assume, went to the coxswain flat and put the starboard engine throttle full speed ahead and straightened out the rudder to head straight to the beach as the boat was going in circles. After the boat hit the beach, Ford manned his gun until he was out of ammunition. This is when the VC captured him, before the cover boat could arrive on scene. When the cover boat arrived, they picked up Knott and Johnson out of the water. The survivors stated that during the late evening and night of June 21st, they could hear screams that made their hair stand on end from a man on the land in the under brush, close by where Ford was captured near his boat. They knew that Ford was alive but being tortured most unmercifully. They retrieved Ford's mutilated body on the 25th. Patrick Ford was not killed by a burst of fire after leaving the boat, he was captured and tortured to death. USS FORD (FFG-54) Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate in service 1985 to 2013 When do pigs fly? HSL-49 DET-1 SCORPIONS - PIGS WITH WINGS - Flight Hogs First Deployment Desert Storm 91 aboard USS FORD (FFG-54) Hawaii - Philippines - Bahrain - Mauritius - India - Thailand - Diego Garcia HSM-49 was redesignated on 1 April 2015, formerly being Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 49 (HSL-49). HSL-49 was established on 23 March 1990 as the U.S. Navy transitioned the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light community from the SH-2 Seasprite to the SH-60B Seahawk. The Scorpions first deployed in November 1990 with Detachment 1 embarked in USS Ford (FFG-54). The squadron - then and now - deploys its personnel and aircraft in an expeditionary model. Detachments are led by an Officer-in-Charge, normally a Lieutenant Commander, and typically deploy with one or two helicopters, and a complement of pilots, Naval Aircrewmen, mechanics and technicians. More Pigs aboard the USS FORD (FFG-54)..... HSL-43 DET-1 BATTLE CATS - FORD RANGERS. WE DON'T RENT PIGS - 'TAKIN THE SHOW ON THE ROAD' Desert Storm 1991 Multinational Coalition Puget Sound Bound - Change of Homeport During the first week of 1994, Naval Station Puget Sound personnel moved to the recently completed fleet support and administration buildings, and on Jan. 4, 1994, officially began operating at Naval Station Everett. On April 8, 1994, the official dedication ceremony was conducted with more than 1,000 guests attending. On Sept. 3, 1994, USS Ingraham (FFG 61) and USS Ford (FFG 54) arrived as the first of seven ships to be assigned here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 14, 2019 Share #41 Posted July 14, 2019 On 4/30/2017 at 2:35 PM, Salvage Sailor said: Class Leader USS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (FFG-7) In service 1977 to 1997. Cut edge commissioning patch The FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry class of Gas Turbine Guided Missile Frigates were the next step in the evolution of the USN during the 1970's Cold War era. They came online intended to be a class of lighter and less expensive escort ships to complement the other new class being commissioned, the Spruance class destroyers. There were 51 Perry frigates commissioned between 1977 and 1989, the last going out of service in 2015. 1977 Swiss Tex commissioning patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 6, 2019 Share #42 Posted September 6, 2019 USS HALYBURTON (FFG-40) Oliver Hazard Perry class gas turbine frigate in service 1984 to 2014 Cold Warrior, Gulf of Sidra, Persian Gulf Escort, Maersk Alabama piracy. The ship’s crest is designed to represent the heroic action of Pharmacist’s Mate 2d Class William D. Halyburton, Jr. The scarlet and gold bars in the shield denote service in a land action with the U.S. Marines; the alternating colors of the bars symbolize the exchange of fire with an opposing force. The heraldic lion rampart in the midst of the field denotes a single of great courage, i.e., Halyburton placing himself in the line of fire, in complete disregard of his own safety, in order to shield from further harm, and render medical aid to, a fallen Marine, thereby giving his own life in exchange. The lion is blue, the color of the Medal of Honor ribbon, and is strewn with thirteen stars, as is that decoration, the nation’s highest. The gold laurel wreath, inverted, is symbolic of the posthumous awards to Halyburton in addition to the Medal of Honor: the Purple Heart, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. The anchor and cross denote naval service and provision of medical care on the battlefield. 8" fully embroidered Engineering Department rate patch - Super Snipes Masters of Mobility Signalman rating patch, Cold War - Signalman was disestablished in 2003 Gulf of Sidra, Libya - Spring Break 1986 Line of Death, made in the Philippines Battleship Iowa (BB-61) refuels Halyburton during NATO exercise Ocean Safari ’85, 6 September 1985. (Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Jeff Hilton, Defense Visual Information Center Photograph DN-ST-86-02523) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 2, 2020 Share #43 Posted August 2, 2020 On 12/18/2016 at 12:47 PM, Salvage Sailor said: O.H. Perry class gas turbine frigate USS STARK (FFG-31) two years before being struck by 2 Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war USS STARK, On Fire http://www.navybook.com/no-higher-honor/timeline/uss-stark-on-fire/ US Navy ordered to hit back after exocet kills 28 https://www.theguardian.com/world/1987/may/19/iraq.davidhirst More from the USS STARK (FFG-31) Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigate in service 1982 to 1999 NATO Standing Naval Forces Atlantic (SNFL) Cruise 1990 with Detachment 6 of HSL-36 LAMPLIGHTERS aboard. Hounding the Commie Subs in the North Atlantic at the end of the Cold War. USS STARK (FFG-31) RETURNS! Her 1991-1992 cruise was her first deployment with the Middle East Force in the Persian Gulf since the Iraqi Exocet attack in 1987. She was deployed with the NATO Standing Naval Forces Atlantic (shown above) just prior to Operation Desert Storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 22, 2021 Share #44 Posted December 22, 2021 USS BOONE (FFG-28) "Don't Tread On Me" Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigate in service 1982 to 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 28, 2022 Share #45 Posted November 28, 2022 Stephen W. Groves (1917 - 04 June 1942) Was born in East Millinocket, Maine and graduated Schenck High School in 1934. After receiving a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Maine, he joined the Navy in December 1940 and was commissioned in April 1941. Becoming a Naval Aviator he joined USS Hornet in December ‘41. In April 1942 the Hornet transported Lt. Col. James Doolittle‘s Army Air Corps bombers to Japanese waters. This attack set the stage for the Battle of Midway on 04 to 7 June 1942, considered to be one of the most important battles of the war. During that battle Ens. Groves took off nine times and was one of six American planes that fought off a vastly superior Japanese force trying to finish off the Hornet. Ens. Groves never returned from his last flight and was awarded the Navy Cross. USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29) is the first ship named in his honor. (from the USS Stephen W. Groves Website) Oliver Hazard Perry class in service 1982 to 2012 Swiss-Tex Commissioning patch Red Sea Highway Patrol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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