Justin B. Posted April 6, 2021 Share #226 Posted April 6, 2021 21 minutes ago, David Minton said: My understanding is gray was to replace khaki, which King felt more appropriate for land forces. Tough to dispute his logic. According to the biography by Tom Buell, King did push for a heaver wool version of the grays to replace blues for ordinary duty, leaving blues and whites as dress uniforms, but was told it was out of the question because of material supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 15, 2021 Share #227 Posted May 15, 2021 Hey here's Popeye wearing a Gray Uniform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 15, 2021 Share #228 Posted May 15, 2021 Faded Khakis, as they should be, from being haze grey and underway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
67Rally Posted May 15, 2021 Share #229 Posted May 15, 2021 This is the 1944 Sampson Naval Training Station team with Johnny "Double-No-Hit" Vander Meer in the second row, third from the left. The LTJG is wearing the grays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted May 15, 2021 Share #230 Posted May 15, 2021 As I'm going through items that I've had stored for decades, I keep coming across more Grey boards, hats, rates, buttons, insignia, etc. This is the box I rediscovered today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Minton Posted May 17, 2021 Share #231 Posted May 17, 2021 Not sure if I have shared these before, but some recent “harder to find” gray shoulder boards for US Navy, US Maritime Service, and US Public Health Service. I have not come across another USPHS Dental Officer board. The USMS boards too me years to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted May 25, 2021 Share #232 Posted May 25, 2021 RAdm Gerald Bogan and Commodore Arleigh Burke, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, United States, summer 1946 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 2, 2021 Share #233 Posted July 2, 2021 "Here is 'Bilgewater,' the mascot of the Coast Guard Academy, circa 1944. He's modeling the new wartime grey cadet uniform." Note the black chinstrap & black buttons with a Midshipmans' anchor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted August 27, 2021 Share #234 Posted August 27, 2021 Crew of USS Whale, SS-239, end of 8th war patrol, July 1944. Note officer center front, behind flag. Wearing grays. Also, CPO in the second row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted August 30, 2021 Share #235 Posted August 30, 2021 Is this Merchant Mariner wearing the gray uniform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted September 8, 2021 Share #236 Posted September 8, 2021 A chief signalman receiving the Bronze Star, 1945. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-69000/NH-69408.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted September 8, 2021 Share #237 Posted September 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, Justin B. said: A chief signalman receiving the Bronze Star, 1945. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-69000/NH-69408.html Chief Signalman! Crusty looking old Salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted September 8, 2021 Share #238 Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, sigsaye said: Chief Signalman! Crusty looking old Salt. You know I had to include the rate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted September 8, 2021 Share #239 Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Justin B. said: You know I had to include the rate! I really like how casual they are. Chiefs cap is to the back of his head, belt tip not dressed with the buckle. I know active duty guys that would have a brain aneurysm looking at this ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted September 9, 2021 Share #240 Posted September 9, 2021 Grays on the quarterdeck watch, USS Eldorado, April 1945. That's a pretty dark helmet on Admiral Nimitz, too. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-317000/80-G-317765.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 9, 2021 Share #241 Posted September 9, 2021 Chaplain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted September 9, 2021 Share #242 Posted September 9, 2021 ^ That's Joseph O'Callahan, Medal of Honor recipient for actions aboard USS Franklin in 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 14, 2021 Share #243 Posted September 14, 2021 Medal Of Honor recipient Vice Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, photographed at Recife, Brazil while serving as Commander Fourth Fleet and Commander South Atlantic Force, U.S. Atlantic, circa 1942-1944. He has two ribbons, one either a Navy Cross or DSM and the other with a rosette, above his Medal Of Honor ribbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 15, 2021 Share #244 Posted September 15, 2021 Is Admiral Nimitz wearing a gray uniform and khaki cap in this picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 15, 2021 Share #245 Posted September 15, 2021 Mildred H. McAfee takes the oath of office to become a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve and Director of the Navy's Women's Reserve, at the Navy Department, 3 August 1942. Administering the oath is Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Looking on are Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Chief of Naval Operations and Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet (left), and Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, Chief of Naval Personnel (right). https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/m/mcafee-mildred-h-horton-informal-views/nh-95017.html Photo caption reads: "On the morning of March 27, 1945 during Okinawa preparations four suicide planes attacked the light cruiser USS Biloxi. Three were shot down in flames but the fourth broke through the umbrella of ack-ack to smash itself against the cruiser's side. Later investigation revealed a 500-kilogram bomb which failed to explode. Rendered harmless, the bomb became the prized possession of the quarterdeck where it is shown being examined by Major Anthony V. Ragusin (right) of Biloxi, Miss., and Ensign Jack Fisher, USNR, of Natchitoches, La., both of whom are attached to the staff of the Commander in Chief Pacific Ocean Areas. (Quoted from the original caption released with this photograph on 7 September 1945.)" Gray uniform worn aboard the U.S.S. Spokane in 1948. Description: (CL-120) Crewmen attach a plaque commemorating Spokane's receipt of the 1947-1948 Battle Efficiency Pennant for ships of her type. Taken during ceremonies at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y., on 2 September 1948. The officer at left is Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Joseph D. Sandling, USN. The ship's historical data plaque is also mounted on this bulkhead. Commissioning of LST-767. Ship's commissioning crew, photographed circa September-October 1944. She had a U.S. Coast Guard crew. Her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant R.B. Seidman, USCGR, is seated in the front row, center. Officers are wearing a combination of gray and khaki uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 18, 2021 Share #246 Posted September 18, 2021 Is this Chief wearing a Grey one??? If he is he seems to be wearing a Red Rate and a Red Hashmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted September 18, 2021 Share #247 Posted September 18, 2021 On 9/15/2021 at 5:29 AM, seanmc1114 said: Is Admiral Nimitz wearing a gray uniform and khaki cap in this picture? I'd say almost certainly not. On 9/15/2021 at 5:46 AM, seanmc1114 said: Looking on are Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Chief of Naval Operations and Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet (left), and Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, Chief of Naval Personnel (right). That is King's green HBT uniform in his experimental phase. 29 minutes ago, patches said: Is this Chief wearing a Grey one??? If he is he seems to be wearing a Red Rate and a Red Hashmark. Those are greens, note the shoulder loops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 18, 2021 Share #248 Posted September 18, 2021 17 hours ago, Justin B. said: I'd say almost certainly not. That is King's green HBT uniform in his experimental phase. Those are greens, note the shoulder loops. Then the Red insinia was the right type to wear then, thought it was Black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin B. Posted September 18, 2021 Share #249 Posted September 18, 2021 26 minutes ago, patches said: Then the Red insinia was the right type to wear then, thought it was Black. The dark blue stripes were official, but the early regulations were a little vague and red and gold stripes were definitely worn, especially earlier in the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanmc1114 Posted September 28, 2021 Share #250 Posted September 28, 2021 James V. Forrestal takes oath of office as 40th Secretary of the Navy. Rear Admiral Thomas L. Gatch, Judge Advocate of the Navy, administers the oath, while Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet looks on. Photograph released May 19, 1944. Lieutenant Harold R. Fleck, USNR, poses against a photograph of his ship USS LST 386, as he recalls how the giant landing craft underweight the experiments which made it the first “junior aircraft carrier.” The event took place in North Africa. A light flight runway had been installed aboard the LST, “the plane took off like a bird leaving a tree,” Lieutenant Fleck says. He described the first combat use of the LST as a “carrier” during the Sicilian landings at Licata as a “matter of routine.” Released September 19, 1944. Cairo, Egypt, Conference, November 22-26, 1943. Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, pauses on the steps of Mena House. Adm. Ernest J. KIng in his HBT uniform. "White House, July 29, 1942. From left to right: Admiral Ernest J. King, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations; Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy; and General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army." Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. 1945 L to R, Lt. George Elsey, Captain James Vardaman, and ship's clerk Edwin L. Hoying stand on the deck of the U. S. S. Augusta. July 1945. President Harry S Truman inspecting the U. S. S. Augusta. On the way to the Postsdam Conference. July 1945. Assemblage of officers and civilians, including President Harry S Truman, on the deck of the U.S.S. Augusta as it steams into Chesapeake Bay upon returning from the Postsdam Conference. July 1945. Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy and Lieutenant Eddlestein. Photograph released: August 1945. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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