Salvage Sailor Posted July 26, 2019 Share #1 Posted July 26, 2019 Aloha Everyone, Here's something you don't see often as there weren't very many US Navy Harbor Pilots in the service and at present there are still less than 20 on active duty. 2004 News Article: NAS Key West Sailor Selected to be Navy Harbor Pilot USN Harbor Pilot Port/Harbor Operations, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Da Nang United States Naval Forces Vietnam (USNAVFORV) Harbor Pilot Dies in Rough Seas Accident, October 23, 1966 SUMMARY: On October 23, 1966, Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate (BMCS) Charles F. Busby, was fatally injured while serving as the chief harbor pilot at Da Nang Harbor, Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam. Busby, assigned to Port/Harbor Operations, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Da Nang, United States Naval Forces Vietnam (USNAVFORV), was to safely pilot ships to the pier in the busy port. He was boarding a merchant freighter from his tugboat (YTL-452) in rough seas, when he fell and was crushed between the two vessels. Busby was one of 11 men from NSA Da Nang who made the ultimate sacrifice during that 1965-1966 tour. FULL DETAILS -->> HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted July 26, 2019 ....and a USN Harbor Pilot 1951 hat from an auction listing for reference (not mine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted July 26, 2019 USN Harbor Pilot plaque, Naval Base Yokosuka, Japan Home port of the US 7th Fleet -The Foreign Legion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted July 26, 2019 Other Port Services patches from my collection. Sasebo, Japan - an often used port by the 7th Fleet junk boat sailors aboard ARS's, ASR's, ATF's and Minesweepers Harbor Pilots were primarily BM's and QM's who trained on YTB's and other yard tugs in Port Service groups (Fleet Activities) before being designated as Harbor Pilots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted July 26, 2019 Port Control Naval Station Adak Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted July 26, 2019 Port Services La Maddalena, Sardinia (Sixth Fleet in the Med) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted July 26, 2019 Naval Station Norfolk Port Operation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted February 10, 2020 USN Harbor Pilots (in khaki on right) guiding the Ticonderoga class Cruiser USS SHILOH (CG-67) into the Yokosuka dry dock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRIS FORD Posted February 11, 2020 Share #9 Posted February 11, 2020 Never knew about these guys! I do recall Egyptian pilots coming on board for our Suez transits in a CVN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bx Posted February 11, 2020 Share #10 Posted February 11, 2020 Very nice collection and very unusual. Really like seeing US Navy related insignia. Thanks for sharing Salvage Sailor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted January 18, 2022 NAVAL STATION EVERETT WASHINGTON, PORT OPERATIONS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share #12 Posted April 16, 2023 Caption: Harbor Pilots of the U.S. Naval Support Activity relax at their barracks between jobs and talk over the events of the day. From left: Master Chief Boatswain's Mate John Gonzales, Chief Boatswain's Mate William G. Fischer, and Chief Boatswain's Mate Harold W. Hurst. At Da Nang, Republic of Vietnam, May 1968. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvage Sailor Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share #13 Posted April 16, 2023 James Warren David Harbor Pilot South Korea He served in WWII, driving the Higgins boats as a barely-18 year-old coxswain in the Solomon Islands. He served in Korea as a harbor pilot and in Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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