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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

 

Error Patch USS PRATT DDG-44 001.jpg

 

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.....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 ...

 

Station USCG Chetco River 13th District 001.jpg

 

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Another Coastie error patch

 

USCGC EDISTO (WAGB-284), CTF-43 Icebreaker OPERATION DEEP FREEZE

 

"ANTARTIC" vs. ANTARCTIC SUPPORT

 

WAGB 284 USCGC EDISTO Operation Deep Freeze CTF 4.3 001.jpg

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USS JOSEPH HEWES (FF-1078) Knox class in service 1971 to 1994 - Med Cruise 1987

 

Error patch, should be FF-1078 not FF-1087

 

FF 1078 USS JOSEPH HEWES Error Patch 001.jpg

 

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USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH-11) Shellback patch

 

LPH 11 USS NEW ORLEANS Shellback Error Patch 001.jpg

 

OOPS! - Wrong hull number again..... LPH-10 instead of LPH-11

 

LPH 11 USS NEW ORLEANS Shellback Error Patch 002.jpg

 

LPH 11 USS NEW ORLEANS Shellback Error Patch 003.jpg

 

 

 

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USNS MERCY (AH-19) 1987 Maiden voyage of misspelling?

 

T AH 19 USNS MERCY 1987 001.jpg

 

Oops, aren't we supposed to be USNS T-AH-19?

 

T AH 19 USNS MERCY 1987 002.jpg

 

There we go.....

 

T AH 19 USNS MERCY 1987 005.jpg

 

USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) Maiden Voyage of Mercy to the Philippines, 1987

 

T AH 19 USNS MERCY 1987 007.jpg

 

T AH 19 USNS MERCY 1987 004.jpg

 

 

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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

 

CVA 31 USS BON HOMME RICHARD 001.jpg

 

As often is the case with Japanese patches, 'Phillipines' is misspelled (Philippines)

 

CVA 31 USS BON HOMME RICHARD 002.jpg

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Leahy Class USS RICHMOND K TURNER (DLG-20)

 

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Leahy Class USS RICHMOND K TURNER (DLG-20), error patch 'DG' rather than 'DLG' or perhaps 'CG', her new 1975 designation

 

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Another major blooper, or is it...

 

USS INGRAHAM (DD-694) Three war Allen M. Sumner class in service 1944 to 1971

 

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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.

 

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USS NORMANDY (CG-60) Ticonderoga class cruiser - One that slipped by the Leonard Corp. quality control before it was packaged

 

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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

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Sylvester J. Pussycat - USS SALISBURY SOUND (AV-13)

Seaplane Tender on Taiwan Patrol screening Formosa from the Red Chinese, 1950's (misspelled too - SALISUBRY)

 

AV13USSSALISBURYSOUND002.jpg.6528117bcd005cfbceb636e240d7e844.jpg

 

Three time academy award winner, first appearance - 1939 - "Sufferin' succotash!"

 

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AV13USSSALISBURYSOUND003.jpg.11d3c3a5a91d0f381bed2905eacf2616.jpg

 

 

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