USN Nuclear Aircraft Carriers - CVAN, CVN Nuke Carriers

[2Dogs]

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) Served as a Pvt. B Troop, 322nd Cavalry Regt. 1935.

[firefighter]

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) Served as a Pvt. B Troop, 322nd Cavalry Regt. 1935.

 

 

Nice looking patch.I would never have guessed it was for an aircraft carrier.

[2Dogs]

 

 

Nice looking patch.I would never have guessed it was for an aircraft carrier.

I must have looked at a few 100 cav patches trying to find this one.

[Salvage Sailor]

From the 1st or 2nd cruise of the USS NIMITZ (CVN-68), The Sea Sparrow/Phalanx patch is an Ace Novelty

[Salvage Sailor]

USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) from a Gunners Mate

[Salvage Sailor]

From a Gunners Mate

[Salvage Sailor]

Nuclear Super Carrier USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER (CVN-69) Ace Novelty

 

Med Cruise 1982 - G1 Division Hangar Deck (Aviation) Ordnance

 

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN-65) THE BIG "E" The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier in service 1961 to 2012

 

7" Jacket patch early 1960's

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN-65) 3" Swiss Tex early 1970's

[Salvage Sailor]

This patch has got it all. 5" cut edge NTDS Naval Tactical Data Systems and the new (1961) DS Data Systems Technician rate

 

USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN-65) First Vietnam deployement 1965-1966. She was the major shipboard test bed for NTDS with her unique AN-SPS 32/33 Radar antennas on her island.

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

NTDS Part 5, scroll down to ENTERPRISE http://ethw.org/First-Hand:Testing_the_Naval_Tactical_Data_System_-_Chapter_5_of_the_Story_of_the_Naval_Tactical_Data_System

 

31 July 1964 - USS Enterprise (bottom), USS Long Beach (center), and the guided missile frigate USS Bainbridge made up "Task Force One," the first USN nuclear-powered task force. They were among the first ships to be equipped with NTDS, and they sailed around the world in 65 days without refueling or replenishment. .U. S. Navy photo

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ENTERPRISE Reclassified as (CVN-65) in 1975

Swiss tex patches and sticker

[Salvage Sailor]

CTF-77 USS ENTERPRISE (CVN-65) CVW-14 WESTPAC 1978 Cruise patch Hawaii Hong Kong Singapore Philippines Australia

along with a Swiss Tex CVN-65 Australia patch

 

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 PERTH FREMANTLE Westpac 77-78

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ENTERPRISE East African Tomcats

Mombasa, Kenya Westpac 77-78

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 Swiss Tex Indian Ocean Yacht Club 1982-1983 and a Philippine made First Class Mess patch

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 Battle Group CVW-11 embarked RIMPAC 1984 in Hawaiian waters, refresher training with our Alllied fleets on the way to the I.O.

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 CVW-11 Gonzo Station 1984

[Salvage Sailor]

USS ENTERPRISE CVN-65 Dependents Tiger Cruise 5"

[Salvage Sailor]

3 patches from the USS ENTERPRISE CVN-56 / CVW-11 Power in Motion Around the World Cruise 1989-1990

 

Top left 1978 patch and 1978 photo Electronic Warfare system AN/SLQ 17 aboard ENTERPRISE

[Salvage Sailor]

After her 1989 World Cruise ENTERPRISE began a complete overhaul in 1990 and was in the yards during Desert Storm

 

But she was ready in 2003 for Iraq - Deck Ape Boat Detachment

[Salvage Sailor]

ENTERPRISE CARRIER STRIKE GROUP Operation Iraqi Freedom - Enduring Freedom 2003 2004

CCDG-12 CVW-1 CVN-65 DESRON 18 Football gaggle patch

[Salvage Sailor]

USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) Bicentennial Maiden cruise to the Med 1976

 

USS Nimitz, commissioned in 1975, first deployed to the Mediterranean Sea on 7 July 1976 with Carrier Air Wing 8 embarked in company with the nuclear-powered cruisers USS South Carolina and USS California.

[Salvage Sailor]

USS STENNIS (CVN-74) 1998 Norfolk to San Diego Around the World Patched Cruise Jacket from an Aviation Boatswain Mate (AB)

Around the World - Operation Southern Watch - "I Did The Ditch" - Tomcat

[RustyCanteen]

George Washington CVN-73