USN dark blue work shirt: USMS vs. CPO/USN

[rmoore456]

I thought this was interesting for USN cold-weather shirts, a USN captain (Leslie Gehres, COMPATWING FOUR) wearing an army enlisted OD wool shirt in the Aleutians, 1942.

 

usn_od_wool_1942.jpg

 

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/alphabetical---donations0/g/ua-480-04-radm-leslie-e--gehres-collection.html

 

 

 

 

Here is mine from a SACO veteran.

 

[29navy]

I had forgotten about this thread. Seeing the OD shirt reminded me of some pictures I have of Naval Aviation types in Alaska wearing OD Wool shirts. I have an OD wool shirt with a Naval Clothing Factory tag in it.. This picture is from October 1943, captioned they were Catalina crew in the Aleutians.

[29navy]

Here's another one from the same batch (from the National Archives). Both pictures are a good study of miscellaneous stuff you'd find in the barracks.

[LucaB]

Hi,

 

I'd like to receive info about this WWII USN CPO shirt that has a label similar to peacoat. Is it original?

Thanks

[PQD]

On 11/7/2019 at 9:03 PM, 29navy said:

I had forgotten about this thread. Seeing the OD shirt reminded me of some pictures I have of Naval Aviation types in Alaska wearing OD Wool shirts. I have an OD wool shirt with a Naval Clothing Factory tag in it.. This picture is from October 1943, captioned they were Catalina crew in the Aleutians.

Since the photo is not in color, we really do not know if any of the depicted shirts are Army O. D. or USN aviation green, the latter not being the same color.  The shirt you have in your collection I believe would be in the USN green, not O. D., and if a contract number is present on the label, we should be able to approximate if wartime or postwar.  

[PQD]

On 8/4/2020 at 1:12 AM, LucaB said:

Hi,

 

I'd like to receive info about this WWII USN CPO shirt that has a label similar to peacoat. Is it original?

Thanks

Yes, it is original.  It is very unusual to see a size for both the chest and neck listed on the label.  These shirts were still in production immediately after the war and this, I think, is one such shirt.

 

Is this yours?  Do you want to sell?