USN LIGHTERS Zippo, Penguin, Vulcan, Prince Rocky, Ronson, Konwal,etc.

[yokota57]

USN / Electronic Countermeasures Squadron One (VQ-1). NAS Iwakuni, Japan 1955-1960. P4M-1Q // A3D-1Q. Japanese-made "Prince Rocky".

[yokota57]

On 8/12/2024 at 4:48 PM, yokota57 said:

USN / Electronic Countermeasures Squadron One (VQ-1). NAS Iwakuni, Japan 1955-1960. P4M-1Q // A3D-1Q. Japanese-made "Prince Rocky".

Typo/Error: Should be "MCAS" (Not "NAS")

[yokota57]

USN / USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 (Essex-class) Commissioned: 1944, Final Decommissioning: 1971. WW2-Korea-Vietnam. Japanese-made "Penguin".

[yokota57]

USN / USS Washoe County LST-1165 (Terrebonne Parish-class landing ship tank). Commissioned: 1953 Decommissioned: 1971. Atlantic/Carribean/Med/WestPac/Vietnam. Japanese-made "Penguin".

[Salvage Sailor]

OK, so what is this?

 

Here's a clue...

[Salvage Sailor]

Still not sure?

 

 

Note the USN jeep on the left

 

[Salvage Sailor]

Engraving machine making a USN Junk Force Lighter, June 1965 in Saigon

 

 

Source:  National Archives, USN film reel (1st scene) -->>  MARKET TIME Saigon Area

 

[yokota57]

USN / Heavy Attack Squadron Eight (VAH-8) "Fireballers". NAS Whidbey Island, WA 1957-1968. A3D-2 // A-3B // KA-3B. Japanese-made unbranded.

[yokota57]

USN / US Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133. Danang (East) / Phu Bai Combat Base / "Camp Wilkinson" Gia Le, RVN. 1967 Japanese-made "Konwal Super". 

[yokota57]

On 3/4/2024 at 4:41 PM, yokota57 said:

USN / Light Attack Squadron Four (VAL-4). "Yellow Jacket" insignia approved by the CNO: 7 Mar 1969. Established: 3 Jan 1969. Disestablished: 10 Apr 1972.  OV-10A "Bronco". Binh Thuy AB, RVN (Det Alpha) & Vung Tau AB, RVN (Det Bravo). Japanese-made "Prince Rocky".

Nice sign guys!

[yokota57]

USN / US Naval Support Activity Detachment Binh-Thuy, RVN. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[yokota57]

USN / USS Washtenaw County (LST-1166) Terrebone Parish-class Landing Ship, Tank. Commissioned: 1953 Decommissioned: 1973. Japanese-made "Penguin"

[yokota57]

USN / Heavy Attack Squadron Ten (VAH-10) "Vikings". A3D-2 / A-3B / KA-3B. 1961-1970. Japanese-made "Penguin".

[yokota57]

USN / Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Three (VQ-3) "Ironmen". NAS Patuxent River, MD & NAS Agana, Guam. EC-130Q (TACAMO). Japanese-made 1968 "Konwal Super".

[yokota57]

USN / Attack Squadron 23 (VA-23) "Black Knights". A4D-2 / A-4E / A-4F "Skyhawk" 1959-1970. Japanese-made "Prince Rocky".

[AlexeiK]

USN / Merely a black crackle WWII Zippo 1942-1945 with the US Navy badge.

 

[yokota57]

USN / VF-142 "Fighting Falcons". F9F-6 "Cougar". Japanese-made "Wellington" w/mid-1950s #251 Zippo insert.

[yokota57]

USN / Fleet Air Gunnery Unit Pacific (FAGUPAC). NAS El Centro, CA / MCAS Yuma AZ. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[AlexeiK]

USN / USS Tutuila ARG-4 (Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship). Commissioned: 8 April 1944, Final Decommissioning: 21 February 1972.

 

The engraving reads (thanks to my colleague – an expert in Vietnamese):

 

“Mến tặng (heartfelt gift) HQ (= Hải quân ‘Navy’) th. uy (= thượng uý ‘lieutenant’) XP (= xung phong ‘volunteer’) K. Anh, 27.10.71”

 

“Heartfelt gift to Navy lieutenant Nguyen Van Bay from volunteer Kim Anh, 27.10.71”

 

Two things remain unclear:

1) Why did “XP” get inserted within the date. Possibly, two military ranks, HQ & XP, were firstly engraved in sans-serif script as the easiest part of the inscription. Then the rest was engraved in the typical Vietnamese hand-written script, but it didn’t fit the available space.

2) Why were dots used in the date (27.10.71) and not slashes (Vietnamese standard: 27/10/71).

 

[AlexeiK]

To be precise:

“Mến tặng [heartfelt gift] HQ [= Hải quân ‘Navy’] th. uy [= thượng uý ‘lieutenant’] Ng.̃ [= Nguyễn] văn Bẩy XP [= xung phong ‘volunteer’] K. Anh, 27.10.71”

“Heartfelt gift to Navy lieutenant Nguyen Van Bay from volunteer Kim Anh, 27.10.71”

 

US-made Zippo 1968