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

[Salvage Sailor]

Naval Air Facility (NAF) Sigonella, Italy

Full size Zippo Type, Rothco, Japan

 

 

 

 

[yokota57]

USN / Guided Missile Group 1 (GMGRU-1). "Regulus". NAS Barbers Point, TH/HI. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[yokota57]

USN / USS Oriskany CVA-34. Japanese-made "Penguin".

[yokota57]

USN / USS Woodpecker (MSC-209) Bluebird-class Coastal Minesweeper. Commissioned: 1956 Decommissioned: 1970. LT Victor George Reiling, Jr. USNA'62 (1940-2021). CO Feb 1968-Sept 1969. "Market Time" RVN. Japanese-made "Prince Rocky".

[Salvage Sailor]

On 12/25/2017 at 4:29 PM, Charlie Flick said:

Salvage Sailor:

 

Neat lighters. I have a few Naval lighters as well, mostly aviation units but a few others also. I will post some of them as time permits.

 

This one is from the Ship Repair Facility at Guam in the Mariana Islands. Nothing on the back side. The maker is a little obscure, O.S.C. of Japan.

 

 

Regards,

Charlie

Here's the patch that matches your lighter Charlie

 

SHIP REPAIR FACILITY GUAM, MARIANAS

Gateway to the Pacific

 

[Salvage Sailor]

On 2/21/2022 at 3:43 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

USS SERRANO (AGS-24) ex-ATF-112 - Charting for the Future

(And the Brown Water Navy in the Mekong Delta)

1968 Dated slim line chrome Zippo

 

USS SERRANO (AGS-24) She was a Fleet Tug (ATF-112), a WWII and China occupation vet decommissioned in 1950. While her Salvage sister's were commissioned for Korean combat service, she sat out the 1950's but was then specifically recommissioned in 1960 as a shallow water survey ship to remap the Pacific waters. Unlike the other AGS types which were much larger and dedicated to scientific endeavors, SERRANO still had her Fleet Tug armament, 3" gun, 40 mm's, 20 mm's, .50 cals and small arms. Perfect for an Indochina holiday cruise. She spent many a day cruising the waterways of Vietnam from Da Nang to Vung Tau to Hue peacefully surveying the coastlines and rivers along with those of disputed Korean, Chinese and Taiwanese territories. She was awarded six Vietnam campaign stars and decommissioned in 1970 after a job well done.

 

USS SERRANO (AGS-24) and her larger partner USS MAURY (AGS-16) in Vietnam

 

 

1967 Full size Zippo

 

 

 

USS SERRANO's mother ship, USS MAURY (AGS-16) charting the Mekong River and the Delta waterways for the Brown Water Navy in RVN

 

USS MAURY (AGS-16) PATHFINDER OF THE SEAS

Penguin lighter

 

 

USS SERRANO & USS MAURY in RVN

 

[Salvage Sailor]

USS MUNSEE (ATF-107) Fleet Tug

In service 1943 to 1969

Full size Zippo 1969

 

Full size Prince Rocky

 

Vietnam Era Gemsco & Penguin

Full size Penguin

[yokota57]

USN / VAW-33 (Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron Thirty-Three) "Nighthawks" 1959-1968. AD-5Q (EA-1F) AD-5W (EA-1E) TF-1Q (EC-1A "Electric Trader"). Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[Salvage Sailor]

On 11/22/2022 at 12:04 PM, yokota57 said:

USN / Fleet Air Wing 1 / U.S. Taiwan Patrol Force (post 1959). Japanese-made "Prince Rocky".

 

FLEET AIR WING ONE

COMMANDER U.S. TAIWAN PATROL FORCE

[yokota57]

USN / US Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eleven. Dong Ha, RVN 1967. Japanese-made "Konwal" (Tall).

[yokota57]

USN / Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron Eleven (FASRON 11). NAS Atsugi, Japan. Japanese-made "Vulcan" & "Wellington".

[yokota57]

USN / Photographic Squadron Sixty-One (VJ-61). AJ-2P. NAS Miramar, CA. Japanese-made "Wellington".

[yokota57]

USN / Fleet All-Weather Training Unit, Atlantic (FAWTULANT). NAS Key West, FL. F3D-2 '53-'58. F4D-1 '56-'58. Disestablished: 2 May 1958. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[yokota57]

USN / Patrol Squadron Six (VP-6) "Blue Sharks". NAS Barber's Point, TH/HI. Lockheed P2V-5F "Neptune". Japanese-made "Rafu".

[yokota57]

USN / Patrol Squadron Six (VP-6) "Blue Sharks" 1958. P2V-5F "Neptune". Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[yokota57]

USN / USS Fortify (MSO-446) Aggressive-class Minesweeper, Ocean. Market Time / Vietnam. Japanese-made "Super Ace".

[yokota57]

USN / Air Anti-Submarine Squadron Twenty-Nine (VS-29) "Tromboners". Grumman S2F-1(S-2A) "Tracker". USS Kearsarge CVS-33. Japanese-made "No-Name".

[yokota57]

USN / River Patrol Flotilla Five (RivPatFlot-5). Republic of Vietnam. Japanese-made "Konwal Super".

[yokota57]

USN / USS Pledge (MSO-492). Aggressive-class Minesweeper, Ocean. Commissioned: 1956. Decommissioned: 1994. Multiple WestPac/Vietnam deployments. Japanese-made "Prince Rocky". 

[yokota57]

USN / Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Six (HS-6). NAAS Reem Field, CA. Established: 1 Jun 1956. HO4S-3 HSS-1N HSS-2 (SH-3A/H). Japanese-made "Penguin".

[yokota57]

USN / Air Anti-Submarine Squadron Twenty-Two (VS-22). NAS Norfolk, VA. TBM-3S / TBM-3W. USA-made (Kalamazoo, MI) "Bowers No.10".

[yokota57]

USN / USS Cusk (SS-348) Balao-class. This insignia was in use after the missile launch system was removed. Cusks' AN/BPQ-1 (XN-1) equipment continued to provide guidance and tracking support to the Regulus Missile Program (1957-1962). **Note the "electo-beams" emanating from King Neptune's trident to the "Regulus" passing overhead**. Japanese-made "Penguin".

[easterneagle87]

Posted this VULCAN on another forum topic. 

HEDRON,  FLEET MARINE FORCE, ATLANTIC

[yokota57]

USN / Fighter Squadron Thirty-Three (VF-33) "Tarsiers". F8U-1E, F8U-2NE (F-8B/E) 1961-1964. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

[yokota57]

USN & RAN / These three were obtained from the son of a former USS Frank E. Evans crewmember. The RAN/HMAS Melbourne (R21) was involved in the 3 Jun 1969 tragedy in the South China Sea that sadly resulted in the loss of 74 of the Evans' crew. USS Frank E. Evans DD-754 (Allen M. Sumner-class): Japanese-made "Penguin". Destroyer Squadron Thirteen (DESRON 13): Japanese-made "Marksman". HMAS Melbourne (Majestic-class): Japanese-made "Penguin".