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USS ROARK (DE/FF-1053) Knox class in service 1969 to 1991

 

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USS ROARK (DE-1053) Destroyer Escort 1969-1975

 

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USS ROARK (FF-1053) Fast Frigate 1975-1991

 

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Knox class USS LANG (DE/FF-1060) In service 1970 to 1991

 

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USS LANG (DE-1060) Destroyer Escort 1970-1975

 

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USS LANG (FF-1060) Fast Frigate 1975 to 1991

 

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Knox class USS AYLWIN (DE/FF-1081) In service 1971 to 1992

 

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USS AYLWIN (DE-1081) Destroyer Escort 1971 to 1975

 

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USS AYLWIN (FF-1081) Fast Frigate 1975 to 1992

 

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Knox class USS AYLWIN (FF-1081) Med Cruise and Rogue Frigate patches

 

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USS AYLWIN (FF-1081) Rogue Frigate - COURAGE CONQUERS THE IMPOSSIBLE

 

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Knox class USS ELMER MONTGOMERY (DE/FF-1082) In service 1971 to 1993

 

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Knox class USS ELMER MONTGOMERY (DE-1082) With plankholder's commissioning pendant attached.

Once in a while I come across patches with them attached.

 

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USS ELMER MONTGOMERY (FF-1082) Fast Frigate 1975 to 1993

 

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Detachment 7 (HSL-36) Lamps Helos MED CRUISE 86-87 aboard FF-1082

 

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USS HAROLD E HOLT (FF-1074) Westpac 1978, Knox class frigate (ex-DE-1074) Homeported in Pearl Harbor in service 1971 to 1992

 

Hey, nice to see another Happy Harry sailor! I was on her from 1985 to 1989, I'm an EW.

 

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Hey, nice to see another Happy Harry sailor! I was on her from 1985 to 1989, I'm an EW.

 

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Welcome Aboard (the Navy board) GOAmules

 

I believe that Bearmon was also an EW

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USS HUSE (DE-145) Edsall class Destroyer Escort in service 1943 to 1965

 

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USS EARLE B. HALL (APD-107) Crosley class High Speed Transport (ex-Rudderow class DE-597) with an error tab

 

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The Versatile Gator aka the Iron Porpoise in service 1945 to 1965. This patch is from her 1961-1965 commissioning period when she was assigned to Cuban blockade duty in the Caribbean. She suffered a major breakdown in 1965 and her entire crew was cross-docked to her newly reactivated sister ship, USS KIRWIN (APD-90)

 

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....and the ship which replaced her, USS KIRWIN (APD-90) ex-DE-229, later 'Amphibious Transport Small' LPR-90

 

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Her 1965 to 1969 patch as APD-90 USS KIRWIN crewed by the men from the USS EARLE B. HALL

 

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Edsall class WWII U Boat killer USS WILHOITE (DE/DER-297) In service 1943 to 1969 - DER 1954 to 1969

From a Vietnam Market Time/Gunline veteran

 

Occasionally, there were periods of excitement to enliven an otherwise tedious duty. On 19 June 1967, Wilhoite relieved Kretschmer on Operation Market Time station and assumed the duties of "mother ship" to two Navy "Swift" (PCF) boats, providing berthing accommodations for extra crew members and supplying them with food, fuel, and fresh water.
 
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At approximately 2000 on 11 July, a "Market Time" patrol aircraft detected a steel-hulled trawler running darkened some 55 miles (89 km) from the coast of South Vietnam, on a westerly heading. Wilhoite, notified by radio of the trawler's course, set hers to close and identify the ship, commencing covert surveillance as soon as she picked up radar contact. The next morning, 12 July, Wilhoite closed for identification purposes but later opened the range.
 
By that point, the trawler had changed course, heading away from the coast; Wilhoite accordingly maintained surveillance for three more days. Entering the "Market Time" area, the trawler drew more pursuers – Gallup, Point Orient, and PCF-79—all under the command of Comdr. C. R. Stephan, embarked in Wilhoite. On 15 July, Wilhoite intercepted the unidentified trawler five miles (8 km) from the beach. Ignoring calls to surrender broadcast by a psychological warfare unit embarked in Point Orient, the trawler was soon taken under fire, running aground in flames on a sandbar at the mouth of the River De Say Ky in Quang Ngai province.
 
Throughout the night, Wilhoite and the other ships intermittently fired into the beached trawler; the following morning, a party went on board the wreck to inspect the damage and learn the nature of her cargo. The holds were found jammed with guns, ammunition, and explosives—the largest arms cache captured during the Vietnam War.

 

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USS JACK W. WILKE (DE-800) Buckley class Destroyer Escort In service 1944 to 1960

USN Fleet Sonar School Key West experimental vessel

 

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USS WEISS (APD-135) Crosley class high speed transport conversion ex-Rudderow class DE-719 in service 1945 to 1970

 

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Another USS WEISS (APD-135) Used as a UDT platform in the Korean and Vietnam wars

 

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USS KYNE (DE-744) Cannon class WWII veteran In service 1944 to 1960

Training vessel for RESCORTRON TWO

 

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On 5/1/2017 at 2:07 PM, 10esee said:

USS PARLE (DE-708)

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Her other patch

The last of the Rudderow class Destroyer Escorts USS PARLE (DE-708) In service 1944 to 1970

 

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USS DELONG (DE-684) Rudderow class In service 1943 to 1962.

Reserve training ship of CORTRON 8 in New York City

 

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Cannon class USS SNYDER (DE-745) In service 1944 to 1960

Reserve Escort Squadron Two, Atlantic Fleet USNR training ship for Third Naval District

 

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USS LOESER (DE-680) Buckley class In service 1943 to 1968. USNR training ship for Washington DC district

 

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Buckley class USS VAMMEN (DE-644) In service 1944 to 1962

 

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Different 1968 to 1975 DE versions Garcia class of USS O'CALLAHAN (DE-1051) In service 1968 to 1988

 

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Garcia class of USS O'CALLAHAN (FF-1051) Fast Frigate In service 1968 to 1988

 

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USS WISEMAN (DE-667) Buckley class Destroyer Escort in service 1944 to 1973

 

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USS McGINTY (DE-365) John C. Butler class in service 1944 to 1968

 

Full size and Ball Cap size

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Ball Cap size

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USS EDWARD H. ALLEN (DE-531) John C. Butler class in service 1943 to 1958.  Primarily a WWII school ship for DE crew training and the post-war Atlantic Fleet Reserve (Note the mortarboard graduate cap on the 6"h patch). She also rescued the captain and crew from the Andrea Doria sinking.

 

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USS CHARLES E. BRANNON (DE-446) John C. Butler class in service 1944 to 1968

Tasked as a Naval Reserve Training Ship at San Diego Naval Station

 

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