Salvage Sailor Posted May 29, 2019 Share #1 Posted May 29, 2019 Aloha Everyone, Now and then we come across patches which were clearly produced in error or have a grave misteak uh, mistake on them. I'm not referring to patches which are unravelling or have missing fabric, but those with the wrong name, number, colors, ship type, etc. So if you've got some true USN or USCG error patches in your collections, lets see them. DDG-38? First up, my third ship the guided missile destroyer USS STEPHEN B. LUCE (DDG-38). This is her 1984 Mediterranean Indian Ocean Cruise patch made by Swiss Tex alongside of an obvious error on another 1984 Mediterranean Indian Ocean Cruise patch also made by Swiss Tex. The hull number on the USS WILLIAM V. PRATT should be DDG-44, not DDG-38 which is the LUCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted May 29, 2019 .....and for the Coasties Gateway to the 14th District? Brah, it's a long way to Hawaii..... The patch on the left is the USCG Lifeboat Station at Chetco River, Harbor, Oregon which is in the USCG 13th District (Washington, Oregon & Idaho) The Coast Guard's 14th District Headquarters in Honolulu is responsible for the Hawaiian islands, Guam, American Samoa and activities in Saipan, Singapore ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighter Posted May 29, 2019 Share #3 Posted May 29, 2019 The Coastie one is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted June 16, 2019 Another Coastie error patch USCGC EDISTO (WAGB-284), CTF-43 Icebreaker OPERATION DEEP FREEZE "ANTARTIC" vs. ANTARCTIC SUPPORT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted June 29, 2019 USS JOSEPH HEWES (FF-1078) Knox class in service 1971 to 1994 - Med Cruise 1987 Error patch, should be FF-1078 not FF-1087 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted June 18, 2021 USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH-11) Shellback patch OOPS! - Wrong hull number again..... LPH-10 instead of LPH-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted June 26, 2021 USNS MERCY (AH-19) 1987 Maiden voyage of misspelling? Oops, aren't we supposed to be USNS T-AH-19? There we go..... USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) Maiden Voyage of Mercy to the Philippines, 1987 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted June 27, 2021 Essex class aircraft carrier USS BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31) In service 1944 to 1971 Vietnam Era Japanese made jacket patch - Bonnie Dick's Bottom Checkers As often is the case with Japanese patches, 'Phillipines' is misspelled (Philippines) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted October 3, 2021 Leahy Class USS RICHMOND K TURNER (DLG-20) Leahy Class USS RICHMOND K TURNER (DLG-20), error patch 'DG' rather than 'DLG' or perhaps 'CG', her new 1975 designation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted January 6, 2022 Another major blooper, or is it... USS INGRAHAM (DD-694) Three war Allen M. Sumner class in service 1944 to 1971 Uh, INERANAM? Or was this deliberately misspelled during her Vietnam Cruise in 1965-1966? In er a Nam? From her history: Vietnam War, 1965–1966. On 29 September 1965, Ingraham departed Newport for the Western Pacific and service in the Vietnam War, arriving on 31 October 1965 at Yokosuka, Japan. for resupply before operations in the South China Sea. Though acting as a part of the screen for the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga, she also performed fire support missions for ground troops ashore. On 12 November 1965, Ingraham steamed ten miles up the Saigon River in South Vietnam to bombard an enemy supply base, and, on 13 November 1965, shelled a Viet Cong assembly area some 300 miles (480 km) from the site of her action the previous day. In early December 1965, Ingraham maintained regular surveillance on a Soviet submarine off China's Hainan Island, bordering the Gulf of Tonkin. From 1 January 1966 to 24 January, Ingraham operated with Task Force 77 off Vietnam. Ingraham left Vietnamese waters bound for Newport on 4 February 1966 by way of the Suez Canal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted January 17, 2022 USS NORMANDY (CG-60) Ticonderoga class cruiser - One that slipped by the Leonard Corp. quality control before it was packaged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted November 18, 2022 USS OTTERSTETTER (DER-244) Edsall class in service 1943 to 1960 Converted from destroyer escort to radar picket in 1951 Yet another typical Japanese made error patch - misspelling OTTER(S)TETTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 4, 2023 Author Share #13 Posted July 4, 2023 Sylvester J. Pussycat - USS SALISBURY SOUND (AV-13) Seaplane Tender on Taiwan Patrol screening Formosa from the Red Chinese, 1950's (misspelled too - SALISUBRY) Three time academy award winner, first appearance - 1939 - "Sufferin' succotash!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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