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The first USS MOUNT BAKER (AE-4) Lassen class ammunition ship originally named USS KILAUEA. Three war service 1941 to 1969

Vietnam era patch from a USN work jacket - "We Give The Fleet It's Punch"

 

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USS WRANGELL (AE-12) Mount Hood class ammunition ship in service 1944 to 1970

1950's Gemsco patch

 

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Her 1960's cut edge Vietnam era patch, she had 5 battle stars for her Vietnam service

 

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Most of the AE type ammunition ships are named for volcanoes, but there is an exception.....

 

Firedrake - a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings.

 

USS FIREDRAKE (AE-14) Mount Hood class in service 1944 to 1970

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USS FIREDRAKE (AE-14) Mount Hood class in service 1944 to 1970

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On 4/16/2017 at 4:16 AM, Tonomachi said:

Here are two I picked up yesterday at the Bay Area Military Show in Hayward, California.

 

 

 

An older and slightly different version

 

NSWC - Naval Surface Weapons Center Solomons Facility, Maryland

Weapons Systems for the Fleet

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Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn.

Steam Torpedo Division - Proven by Performance

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USS VESUVIUS (AE-15) Mount Hood class ammunition ship in service 1945 to 1973. Vesuvius received two battle stars for World War II, two battle stars for the Korean War, and 10 battle stars for her service in Vietnam.

 

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USS SHASTA (AE-6) Lassen class ammunition ship in service 1942 to 1969

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USS SHASTA (AE-6) FIRE POWER FROM THE SEA

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USS SHASTA (AE-6) WE DELIVER

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USS MAUNA LOA (AE-8) Lassen class ammunition ship in service 1943 to 1971

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USS VIRGO (AE-30)

Three war converted Andromeda class attack cargo ship (AKA-20) 1943 to 1961.

Converted, reclassified and commissioned as an Ammunition ship for the Vietnam War AE-30 1965 to 1971

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Ball cap size

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USS DIAMOND HEAD (AE-19)

Mount Hood class ammunition ship commissioned in 1945 5", 4" & 2"

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USS DIAMOND HEAD (AE-19)

Mount Hood class ammunition ship commissioned in 1945 5" US made, probably a Gemsco

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2" Ballcap size

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USS MOUNT KATMAI (AE-16) Three war Mount Hood class ammunition ship in service 1945 to 1973.

Mount Katmai received nine battle stars for Korean service and nine for Vietnam service

 

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USS MOUNT KATMAI (AE-16) Three war Mount Hood class ammunition ship in service 1945 to 1973.

Korean War, 1950–1953 Task Force 77

Mount Katmai was involved in normal support operation off the Pacific coast when the Korean War began. On 22 July 1950 she deployed from San Francisco to WestPac, arriving in the combat zone on 18 August. She rearmed and replenished combatant ships of TFs 77 and 95 in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. Returning home in November 1951, she departed again for the Korean war theater in April 1952, again supporting units of TFs 77 and 95. Back in the United States in February 1953, she sailed again for the Far East in May 1953. During this deployment, she rearmed approximately 50 ships before the war ended. Mount Katmai received nine battle stars for Korean service

 

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WestPac deployments, 1954–1964

Following the armistice, Mount Katmai returned to CONUS for overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. She got underway for the Far East in May 1954 for a six-month tour, the first of nine WestPac deployments in the following decade, in which she alternated service on the west coast with operations in the Far East. In December 1964 Mount Katmai commenced an extensive overhaul period, including installation of increased communications capabilities and a helicopter deck for vertical replenishment.

 

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Vietnam, 1965–1973 Nine Battle Stars
On 26 February 1965, the ship departed San Francisco, underway to a new war zone to replenish 7th Fleet ships. She arrived Subic Bay on 15 May via Pearl Harbor. Within a few days, she was underway for rearming operations in the South China Sea, servicing the carrier strike groups and combatant ships off Vietnam. Operating out of Subic, Mount Katmai provided logistical support to the operating forces until late November. She departed Hong Kong on 1 December 1965, arriving San Francisco on 16 December.
 
Entering Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard on 17 January 1966 for overhaul, the ship returned to an operational status with Service Force Pacific Fleet on 21 March. She participated in type and 1st Fleet training operations until 1 June when she deployed to WestPac. After a short visit in Hawaii, she arrived in her WestPac home port of Subic Bay on 25 June.
 
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On 5 July she was underway for "Yankee Station", to rearm carriers and their escorts. In addition to providing aircraft ordnance for airstrikes against North Vietnam, the ship also provided ammunition for ships engaged in support and interdiction shore fire missions along the entire Vietnamese coast.
 
Once more homeward bound, Mount Katmai was underway from Subic Bay on 12 January 1967, arriving San Francisco on 7 February. After overhaul in Mare Island Naval Shipyard until 19 July, and type training, the ammunition ship was ready to sail west again. Leaving San Francisco on 7 August 1967, she arrived at Subic Bay on 30 August via Pearl Harbor. Rearming operations were conducted in the South China Sea and off the coast of Vietnam with carriers and fire support ships.
 
Mount Katmai was underway from Subic Bay on 11 March 1968, and arrived San Francisco on 28 March. After a three-month overhaul period and type training, she left San Francisco on 31 August and arrived back at Subic Bay on 24 September. She continued to provide ammunition to U.S. and Allied combatants off the coast of Vietnam into 1973.

 

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USS SURIBACHI (AE-21) Suribachi class leader in service 1956 to 1994. Motto "This Rounds On Us"

First version of patch circa 1950's-1960's

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Hilborn Hamburger version 1960's

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Hilborn Hamburger version 1960's

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Swiss Tex version 1970's

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Ball Cap patch and Rocker, Cold War 1970's-1980's.

The 'Bachi was homeported at Mayport Florida along with my DESRON serving the Atlantic Fleet.

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Operation Desert Shield - The lack of detail in comparison to the older Gemsco, Hilborn Hamburger and Swiss Tex patches is readily apparent

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USS SURIBACHI (AE-21) Suribachi class leader in service 1956 to 1994. Motto "This Rounds On Us"

 

Hilborn Hamburger version 1960's

 

Nice. I have a PI made one, thought I posted it here but cant find it. I’ll get a pic.

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USS RAINIER (AE-5) Lassen class ammunition ship in service 1941 to 1970. "We Deliver, You Fire" Service Force Pacific

She was commissioned two weeks after Pearl Harbor and participated in operations in the Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Island Hopping, Philippines, Okinawa and more.  She also earned four battle stars during the Korean War and eight campaign stars during the Vietnam war.

 

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USS MAUNA KEA (AE-22) Suribachi class ammunition ship in service 1957 to 1995. USS Mauna Kea (AE-22) earned twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service

 

Reactivation booklet 1966

She was specifically reconfigured for Vietnam Service to deliver "Beans, Bullets & Black Oil" to the Seventh Fleet

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USS Mauna Kea (AE-22) earned twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Cut edge Flaming Bomb patch Vietnam era

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Merrowed edge Flaming Bomb patch 1970's - 1980's

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Flaming Bomb patch - glue backs Cold War era

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T-5 Division TALOS Guided Missiles circa 1962

USS COLUMBUS (CG-12) Albany class, ex-Baltimore class WWII all gun heavy cruiser (CA-74)

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USS PYRO (AE-24) Nitro class ammunition ship in service 1959 to 1994. PYRO earned the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal with eight campaigns during the Vietnam War

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Philippine made

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Decommissioning patch 1994

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

 

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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.

 

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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)

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USS MIDWAY (CV-41) Weapons Department

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USS MIDWAY (CV-41) Weapons Department 1983, Foreign Legion, 7th Fleet Yokosuka, Japan

"Riding the Dragon"

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TRIDENT MISSILE

 

Trident missile, American-made submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that succeeded the Poseidon and Polaris missiles in the 1980s and ’90s. It is the sole strategic-range nuclear weapon of the United Kingdom and constitutes the sea-based leg of the United States’ nuclear forces.
 
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Under development from the late 1960s, the Trident developed into two models. The first version, the Trident I, or C-4, was 34 feet (10.4 m) long and 6 feet (1.8 metres) in diameter. It could deliver eight independently targetable 100-kiloton nuclear warheads to a range of 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km). The Trident II, or D-5, is about 46 feet (14 metres) long and carries multiple independently targeted warheads. It has a maximum range of about 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km).
 
The Trident warheads are launched by three solid-fueled booster stages and are dispersed toward their targets by a liquid-fueled “bus” in the missile’s front end. With inertial guidance refined by stellar or satellite navigation, Tridents are more accurate than most land-based ballistic missiles. At the time of their deployment during the Cold War, their accuracy gave them the ability, unprecedented among SLBMs, to threaten hardened missile silos and command bunkers in the Soviet Union, and their extended range allowed their submarines to patrol almost anywhere in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, making detection extremely difficult.

 

Beginning in 1979, Trident I missiles were fitted aboard older U.S. Poseidon-carrying submarines and newer Ohio-class vessels. The Ohio submarines were built with larger missile tubes designed to accommodate the newer Trident II beginning in 1990. Between 1994 and 1999 the United Kingdom commissioned its Vanguard submarines to carry the Trident II, which was fitted with warheads of British design. The British Trident IIs are reported to carry an average of three 100-kiloton warheads each, while the U.S. missiles are variously reported as carrying four, six, eight, or even more 475-kiloton warheads. The numbers of warheads are subject to budget constraints and (in the case of the United States) arms-control treaties with Russia.

 

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US NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON, S.C. - SERVICE TO THE FLEET

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"Always Check Your Six Ivan".........

AIM-9 SIDEWINDER Cold War patch from USS AMERICA (CV-66) 1982 Mediterranean - Indian Ocean cruise

 

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Ammunition Ship USS Chara, AE 31. 8 Battle Stars for Vietnam.

 

Playboy Bunny liberty cuffs tell all.

 

 

 

 

 

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Nice Jumper Wharf,

 

Here's the Vietnam era patch that goes with it.

 

USS CHARA (AE-31) She has an interesting history as (AKA-58) an Andromeda class attack cargo vessel for most of her service history during WWII, Korea & into the Cold War (1944-1959). CHARA was converted to an Ammunition ship for service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1972 to support Rolling Thunder. CHARA received four battle stars for service during World War II, seven for service during the Korean War, and eight for service in Vietnam.

 

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