yokota57 Posted November 22, 2022 #126 Posted November 22, 2022 USN / Guided Missile Group 1 (GMGRU-1). "Regulus". NAS Barbers Point, TH/HI. Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted November 25, 2022 #127 Posted November 25, 2022 USN / USS Oriskany CVA-34. Japanese-made "Penguin".
yokota57 Posted December 3, 2022 #128 Posted December 3, 2022 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 Posted December 3, 2022 Author #129 Posted December 3, 2022 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 Posted December 3, 2022 Author #130 Posted December 3, 2022 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 Posted December 4, 2022 Author #131 Posted December 4, 2022 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 Posted December 6, 2022 #132 Posted December 6, 2022 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 Posted December 6, 2022 Author #133 Posted December 6, 2022 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 Posted December 9, 2022 #134 Posted December 9, 2022 USN / US Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eleven. Dong Ha, RVN 1967. Japanese-made "Konwal" (Tall).
yokota57 Posted January 14, 2023 #135 Posted January 14, 2023 USN / Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron Eleven (FASRON 11). NAS Atsugi, Japan. Japanese-made "Vulcan" & "Wellington".
yokota57 Posted January 14, 2023 #136 Posted January 14, 2023 USN / Photographic Squadron Sixty-One (VJ-61). AJ-2P. NAS Miramar, CA. Japanese-made "Wellington".
yokota57 Posted January 14, 2023 #137 Posted January 14, 2023 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 Posted January 20, 2023 #138 Posted January 20, 2023 USN / Patrol Squadron Six (VP-6) "Blue Sharks". NAS Barber's Point, TH/HI. Lockheed P2V-5F "Neptune". Japanese-made "Rafu".
yokota57 Posted January 20, 2023 #139 Posted January 20, 2023 USN / Patrol Squadron Six (VP-6) "Blue Sharks" 1958. P2V-5F "Neptune". Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted January 26, 2023 #140 Posted January 26, 2023 USN / USS Fortify (MSO-446) Aggressive-class Minesweeper, Ocean. Market Time / Vietnam. Japanese-made "Super Ace".
yokota57 Posted January 27, 2023 #141 Posted January 27, 2023 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 Posted January 31, 2023 #142 Posted January 31, 2023 USN / River Patrol Flotilla Five (RivPatFlot-5). Republic of Vietnam. Japanese-made "Konwal Super".
yokota57 Posted January 31, 2023 #143 Posted January 31, 2023 USN / USS Pledge (MSO-492). Aggressive-class Minesweeper, Ocean. Commissioned: 1956. Decommissioned: 1994. Multiple WestPac/Vietnam deployments. Japanese-made "Prince Rocky".
yokota57 Posted January 31, 2023 #144 Posted January 31, 2023 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 Posted February 5, 2023 #145 Posted February 5, 2023 USN / Air Anti-Submarine Squadron Twenty-Two (VS-22). NAS Norfolk, VA. TBM-3S / TBM-3W. USA-made (Kalamazoo, MI) "Bowers No.10".
yokota57 Posted February 6, 2023 #146 Posted February 6, 2023 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 February 11, 2023 #147 Posted February 11, 2023 Posted this VULCAN on another forum topic. HEDRON, FLEET MARINE FORCE, ATLANTIC
yokota57 Posted February 14, 2023 #148 Posted February 14, 2023 USN / Fighter Squadron Thirty-Three (VF-33) "Tarsiers". F8U-1E, F8U-2NE (F-8B/E) 1961-1964. Japanese-made "Vulcan".
yokota57 Posted February 19, 2023 #149 Posted February 19, 2023 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".
Salvage Sailor Posted February 19, 2023 Author #150 Posted February 19, 2023 During the Cold War years, Aircraft Carriers "in extremis" have crippled or sunk more Destroyers than have been lost to enemy action, typhoons/hurricanes, mines, reefs, Godzilla...They're the Numbah One, Ichi Ban, No Ka Oi killer of Destroyers on the Seas The USS FRANK EVANS was a very notorious incident which was taught and studied in our maneuvering exercises, along with the HOBSON, BORDELON, BELKNAP (Cruiser), ... USS Wasp (CVA 18) entering New York Harbor on 6 May 1952 after her collision with USS Hobson (DMS 26) on 26 April 1952. From the files of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. USS BORDELON after her close encounter with the USS JFK in 1976 IONIAN SEA, 23 November 1975 - An overhead amidships view of the damaged superstructure of the guided-missile cruiser USS Belknap (CG 26) the day after it collided with the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) during night operations. U.S. Navy photo #DN-SN-87-07295
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