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Set of USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) Cold War patches WESTPAC 1981 - Chasing Ivan around the Seven Seas

 

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San Miguel Philippines made beer

 

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Gotcha Ivan

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USN Nuclear Task Group '75 - North Atlantic Cruise August-September 1975

 

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USS NIMITZ (CVAN-68) Nuclear Aircraft Carrier, Carrier Air Wing Eight embarked

USS SOUTH CAROLINA (CGN-37) Nuclear Cruiser

USS SEAHORSE (SSN-669) Nuclear Submarine

 

USS Nimitz and USS South Carolina got underway from Norfolk, VA August 19, 1975 and rendezvoused five days later with USS Seahorse at sea. Nimitz and South Carolina arrived in Norfolk on September 15, 1975. Ports of Call included Wilhelmshaven/Bremerhaven in (then) West Germany; Edinburgh, Scotland, where teams from Nimitz and South Carolina participated in the world-famous Braemer Games; and Portsmouth, England. Exercises were conducted with the West Germans, NATO's Standing Naval Force, and with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, including four RAF F-4s that operated from the Nimitz, in Exercise NIMEX. The November 1975 issue of All Hands covered the cruise in great detail.

 

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USCGC HARRIET LANE (WMEC-903) US Coast Guard Medium Endurance Cutter in service since 1984. Homeport Portsmouth, VA

 

Swiss Tex 1984 commissioning patch

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USS BEKLNAP (CG-26) Class leader in service 1964 to 1995. Redesignated from DLG-26 to CG-26 in 1975


She was completely rebuilt from 1976 to 1980 after her collision with the JFK in the Med in 1975. Upon recommissioning in 1980 she became the Sixth Fleet Flagship.


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USS SEATTLE (AOE-3) Sacramento class fast combat support ship in service 1969 to 2005

 

Swiss Tex ships' store patch in the plain wrapper circa late 1970's

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Swiss Tex ships' store patch and Swiss Tex Operation Northstar, Scandanavia 1991

 

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USS CALOOSAHATCHEE (AO-98) Cimarron class fleet oiler (Jumboized) in service 1945 to 1990

 

Swiss Tex ships' store patch

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USS BATON ROUGE (SSN-689) Los Angeles class in service 1977 to 1995. Second in her class but first to be decommissioned shortly after a collision with a Russian sub

 

Swiss Tex commissioning patch circa 1977

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USS WOODROW WILSON (SSBN-624) Lafayette class ballistic missile submarine in service 1963 to 1994



Swiss Tex version early 1980's


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Class Leader USS OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (FFG-7) In service 1977 to 1997. 1977 cut edge Swiss Tex commissioning patch

 

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The FFG-7 Oliver Hazard Perry class of Gas Turbine Guided Missile Frigates were the next step in the evolution of the USN during the 1970's Cold War era. They came online intended to be a class of lighter and less expensive escort ships to complement the other new class being commissioned, the Spruance class destroyers. There were 51 Perry frigates commissioned between 1977 and 1989, the last going out of service in 2015.

 

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COMMANDER TASK FORCE 60 (CTF 60) US SIXTH FLEET, Mediterranean Sea, Naples, Italy

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USS SANTA BARBARA (AE-28) Kilauea class Ammunition ship in USN service 1970 to 1998, in MSC service 1998 to 2005 as T-AE-28.

 

Swiss Tex ships' store patch in plain cellophane wrapper

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Recently found this patch from my days on the Forrestal, thought I'd share it you.

 

Thanks for posting that one (and welcome to the forum),

 

Nice early Swiss-Tex patch with the old style (1970-1973) Vietnam era card and logo......Sixth Fleet task force too.

 

Post 'em if you've got 'em members.....

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USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) Raleigh class amphibious transport dock (LPD-3) converted to a miscellaneous command ship in 1972 and assigned to the Persian Gulf during the reign of the Shah of Iran. LA SALLE was in commission from 1964 to 2005. Many of us on this forum will recall that she was the diplomatic flagship homeported at Bahrain in the Persian Gulf (and later flagship of COMMIDEASTFOR). She was painted white and covered with awnings to keep the hot Arabian sun off of the decks. A friend of mine served as an OS aboard her and prior to the Iranian Crisis in 1979, it was considered a hardship assignment, just like Diego Garcia and Antarctic/Arctic service.

 

Swiss-Tex (AGF-3) patch circa 1970's

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USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) - She was known as the"Great White Whale" and also as the "Great White Ghost of the Arabian Coast" when home ported at Bahrain

 

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Grey & white 'Ghost' version of her patch on the bulk blank card made by Swiss Tex and sold aboard in the ships store to her crew.

 

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USS LA SALLE (AGF-3) Flagship of the MEF

The Great White Ghost of the Arabian Coast

 

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USS AMERICA (CV-66) COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT
SM SIGNALMAN, RM RADIOMAN - AROUND THE WORLD IN A FLASH

 

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USS AMERICA (CV-66) Kitty Hawk class supercarrier in service 1965 to 1995

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USS AMERICA (CV-66) - Centurion patch made by Swiss Tex

700 TRAPS! Quite rare to accumulate this many landings

 

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This is the '700-Traps' Centurion patch for the USS America (CV-66). You had to have a total (day & nite) of 700 arrested landings (traps) to earn this patch. These are rare and hard to come by as they were only given to the aircrew that earned them.

 

USS AMERICA (CV-66) Kitty Hawk class supercarrier in service 1965 to 1995

1982-1983 Mediterranean/Red Sea cruise patches made by Swiss Tex

 

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Mediterranean Yacht Club & Suez Canal 1982-1983

 

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USS JOHNSTON (DD-821) Gearing class destroyer in service 1946 to 1981. JOHNSTON served with the Atlantic Fleet and Sixth Fleet in the Med.


She was one of the handful of WWII destroyers under construction at the end of the war that were allowed to be completed rather than cancelled.

 

Swiss Tex patch circa 1973

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Here is one of only a couple of swiss tex patches I have in the original package. Looks to be unfinished as it looks different than another posted for the USS Iowa, missing 1984 date

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USC&GS RESEARCHER (OSS-03) Reflagged from the US Coast and Geodetic Survey to NOAA on 8 October 1970

 

Researcher was built in 1968 as an "ocean survey ship" (OSS) for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey by the American Shipbuilding Company at Toledo, Ohio. The Coast and Geodetic Survey commissioned her in 1970 as USC&GS Researcher (OSS 03). When the Coast and Geodetic Survey and other United States Government agencies merged to form NOAA on 3 October 1970, Researcher became a part of the NOAA fleet as NOAAS Researcher (R 103).

In 1987, Researcher was renamed NOAAS Malcolm Baldrige (R 103). She was decommissioned in 1996

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USAP - NSF - United States Antarctic Program - National Science Foundation made by Swiss Tex, 1980's

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Australia - United States Navy commemorative patch, Battle of the Coral Sea

 

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US Naval Academy (USNA) Annapolis, MD

 

Swiss Tex circa 1970

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USS STARK (FFG-31) Oliver Hazard Perry class gas turbine frigate in service 1982 to 1999.  She was struck by Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf in 1987 (37 KIA, 21 WIA)

 

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Happier days, her Great Lakes cruise in 1985

 

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