Salvage Sailor Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share #51 Posted August 18, 2020 USS PARICUTIN (AE-18) Mount Hood class ammunition ship in service 1945 to 1971. During the Korean war and operating from U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, she rearmed the carrier task forces off both coasts of Korea, surface bombardment and blockading forces, and shore based Marine air groups. During the Vietnam war she supplied Seventh Fleet units with ammunition on a rotational basis with her sister ships during Western Pacific deployments. USS PARICUTIN earned seven battle stars for Korean War service and ten campaign stars for Vietnam War service 5" Japanese made patch, Vietnam era USS Paricutin (AE-18) rearming USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) in the South China Sea, 26 February 1965. US Navy photo USS Paricutin (AE 18) underway, for I Corp, Vietnam with full deck load of ammunition, looking forward., date unknown. (navsource.com) USS Paricutin (AE 18) breaking out 2000 lbs. bombs. for unrep off the coast of Vietnam, 1967. (navsource.com) USS PARICUTIN (AE-18) Mount Hood class ammunition ship in service 1945 to 1971. ROOTIN! TOOTIN! PARICUTIN AE 18 ENJOY YOUR BANG, Japanese made, Vietnam Era Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share #52 Posted December 11, 2021 USS NITRO (AE-23) Class leader in service 1959 to 1995 (Others in the class were the USS PYRO & USS HALEAKALA) USS Nitro (AE-23) during a westbound UNREP in the Atlantic in early 1979. Photo taken from USS Canisteo (AO-99) by Stephen P. Swierczek CDR, USNR Ret. USS Nitro DCA 1977-80 OOPS! Please don't bang up the Ammunition ship (or the Aircraft Carrier) USS Nitro (AE-23) colliding with USS Oriskany (CVA-34) the night of 28 June 1972 off Da Nang, South Vietnam. Neither ship was seriously damaged. Visible damage to Nitro included her port bow holed and damage to her forward port side 40mm gun mount. There were no casualties. US Navy photos from the USS Oriskany 1972-73 Cruisebook USS Nitro (AE-23) at right conducts an underway replenishment of ammunition with USS Forrestal (CV-59) while USS Altair (AKS-32) at left simultaneously conducts an underway replenishment of general stores, Tyrrhenian Sea, 8 January 1965. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine July 1965. (Thanks to Ken Killmeyer, USS Forrestal Association Historian, who found out where and when the photo had been taken.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share #53 Posted January 10, 2022 On 11/25/2017 at 9:37 AM, Salvage Sailor said: FT School - FTM Fire Control Missiles & FTG Fire Control Guns Fire Control Technician (A) School, Great Lakes, Illinois Another favorite from my USN weapons related patch collection - "The Okie City" as we called her at that time. USS OKLAHOMA CITY (CG-5) 1975-1979 6" FG Division GUN BATTERY Rate patch, 7th Fleet Flagship, Yokosuka, Japan, The Foreign Legion FTG Fire Control Technician Guns - GMG Gunners Mate Guns GMG - FTG SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES (SAM) Her CLG-5 (pre-1975) & CG-5 (post 1975) patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share #54 Posted April 7, 2022 On 12/30/2017 at 1:42 PM, Salvage Sailor said: 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" The Second USS MOUNT BAKER (AE-34) Kilauea class ammunition vessel in service 1972 to 1996, USNS service 1996 to 2010 She is the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, and is named for Mount Baker, a 10,781-foot volcano in the Cascade Range of Washington. Swiss Tex commissioning patch circa 1972 Two different sizes of the Swiss Tex emblem circa 1972 1980's & 1990's version of her patch USS MOUNT BAKER (AE-34) WE DELIVER -- WITH CLASS 1990's version of her patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share #55 Posted October 18, 2022 LANTFLTWPNTRAFAC ATLANTIC FLEET WEAPONS TRAINING FACILITY VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO The former Vieques Naval installation is a 23,000-acre facility located on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico (I've left my share of ordnance here and now it's a major EPA superfund clean up site) Scheduled as Requested (to dump your ordnance) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share #56 Posted October 18, 2022 Naval Weapons Evaluation Facility (NWEF) The Rio Grande Navy, i.e. the glow in the dark boys (Drop your Nukes here Cowboy) The Naval Weapons Evaluation Facility (NWEF) operated through the Cold War investigating aircraft-weapon interfaces to provide United States Navy aircraft with nuclear weapons delivery capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share #57 Posted October 18, 2022 Guided Missile Unit 51 (GMU-51) Regulus Missiles Regulus Guided Missile Unit Fifty One (GMU-51) was established on 15 October 1955 at the Yorktown Naval Mine Depot in Virginia with CDR Eugene Pridinoff as (OinC). It was disestablished on 30 June 1959 and its Regulus missiles were transferred to (GMU-90) at Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor T.H. in support of the USS TUNNY (SSG-282) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share #58 Posted December 27, 2022 USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CVA-67) Air Launched Missile Division Cold War/Vietnam Era (pre-1975) USS SARATOGA (CV-60) G DIVISION BOMB PUSHERS 6th Fleet Mediterranean Sea Cold War/Vietnam Era (pre-1975) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share #59 Posted May 15, 2023 USS WRANGEL (AE-12) Mount Hood class ammunition vessel in service 1944 to 1970 USS Massachusetts (BB-59) replenishing from USS Wrangell (AE-12). Wrangell then retired to San Pedro Bay, Leyte, for upkeep and repairs. Wrangell subsequently returned to the open sea on 8 July 1945 and rendezvoused with TG 30.8 (the redesignated TG 50.8) on the 17th. From 20 July to 1 August 1945, she rearmed 35 ships and hit a high point of transferring 700 tons of ammunition in a single day. Gemsco patch WRANGEL earned three battle stars for her World War II service and a five campaign stars for Vietnam War service Crewmember designed bullion AE-12 Mediterranean Cruise 1959 & 1961 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 3, 2023 Author Share #60 Posted July 3, 2023 On 3/28/2017 at 7:35 AM, Salvage Sailor said: USN Hawaii Ordnance Units Naval Ammunition Depot Oahu Hawaii - Naval Magazine Lualualei Naval Torpedo Station Hawaii Detachment The torpedo retrievers, we worked with them quite often at Port Allen, Kauai off of the Barking Sands range I spent many a day in the Kauai Channel providing armed security, chasing off fishing boats, pakalolo smugglers, looky loos, retrieving test torpedoes and uh, secret stuff (nuff said) NAVAL MAGAZINE LUALUALEI, OAHU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share #61 Posted August 27, 2023 USS MAZAMA (AE-9) Lassen class ammunition vessel in service 1944 to 1970 Struck by Kaiten in 1944 On 1 November, Mazama departed for Kossol Roads and Ulithi Atoll. While at anchor in the latter, 20 November, she witnessed the first successful attack of the kaiten. By 1 December she was beaded for Espiritu Santo to replenish her cargo; returning to Ulithi 5 January 1945. There, at 0650 12 January, a suspicious object was sighted off the starboard quarter. Four minutes later an explosion rocked the ship. She developed a 2° list to port and was down at the head. Pumps were immediately started to counteract flooding, later ballast was emptied to reduce the forward draft which had increased to 35 from 23 feet; the change in draft aft, from 25 to 21 feet. By midafternoon, having suffered the loss of eight men, one dead and seven seriously injured, she began to transfer serviceable ammunition; unserviceable munitions were dumped at sea USS MAZAMA (AE-9) during an underway replenishment with USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42) and her air wing Carrier Air Wing One (CVW-1) in the Mediterranean Sea, circa 1962-64. Aircraft spotted on deck belong to Attack Squadron Twelve (VA-12) "Flying Ubangis" USS MAZAMA earned three battle stars for World War II service and four campaign stars for Vietnam War service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share #62 Posted September 24, 2023 USS SPERRY (AS-12) Submarine Tender W-3 (WEPONS) DIVISION SUBROC (SUBMARINE ROCKET) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share #63 Posted October 2, 2023 On 5/4/2019 at 4:31 PM, Salvage Sailor said: 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) This.... U.S. Naval Air Missile Test Center Aug 1, 1949 - Naval Air Station Jun 16, 1958 Became This.... Pacific Missile Range A U.S. Navy controlled range from May 1958 to 1 July 1964 based at Point Mugu, California and downrange sites in the central Pacific. Transferred to the U.S.A.F. and renamed Air Force Western Test Range shortened in 1979 to Western Test Range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share #64 Posted December 5, 2023 Naval Weapons Station Concord California Quality Assurance Department Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted December 16, 2023 Author Share #65 Posted December 16, 2023 On 4/30/2017 at 4:15 PM, Salvage Sailor said: The short lived (1966 to 1970) Underwater Weapons Research and Engineering Station, Newport Rhode Island, Formerly the Naval Torpedo Station RI, which became NUWC 1966-1970 1966-1970 1966-1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearmon Posted January 22 Share #66 Posted January 22 GMU 7 stationed at Point Magu Weapons Station GMU 41 also at Point Magu An Un- finished Missile Div Guided Missile Group 1 USS Bonnie Dick det Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 4 Author Share #67 Posted February 4 On 7/27/2019 at 8:56 AM, Salvage Sailor said: 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. 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. Before Trident, and before Poseidon, there was Polaris... POLARIS MATERIAL OFFICE PACIFIC FLEET (PMOPAC) Commissioned on 16 April 1964 Hilborn Hamburger USS CANOPUS (AS-34) Polaris Missiles, Japanese made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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