Thank you Mr. Dentino.  Appreciate your extra effort.

Not many Navy rate collectors out there but these Chief Petty Officer Airship Rigger rates are pretty rare.

4 hours ago, 0bx said:

Not many Navy rate collectors out there but these Chief Petty Officer Airship Rigger rates are pretty rare.

These are really great!

Thanks for the comments.

On 10/21/2023 at 10:00 AM, Salvage Sailor said:

 

USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN-65)

"HAWAIIAN OCCUPATION"

i.e. the unintended consequences of an interrupted Vietnam wartime cruise due to an ordnance accident

January 14th, 1969 to March 4th, 1969

 

Jan 14 1969:  Flight Deck Explosion rocks USS Enterprise

 

An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise kills 27 people in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on this day in 1969. A rocket accidentally detonated, destroying 15 planes and injuring more than 300 people.

 

 

The Enterprise was the first-ever nuclear-powered aircraft carrier when it was launched in 1960. It has eight nuclear reactors, six more than all subsequent nuclear carriers. The massive ship is over 1,100 feet long and carries 4,600 crew members.

 

 

At 8:19 a.m. on January 14, a MK-32 Zuni rocket that was loaded on an F-4 Phantom jet overheated due to the exhaust from another vehicle. The rocket blew up, setting off a chain reaction of explosions. Fires broke out across the deck of the ship, and when jet fuel flowed into the carrier’s interior, other fires were sparked. Many of the Enterprise’s fire-protection features failed to work properly, but the crew worked heroically and tirelessly to extinguish the fire.

 

 

In all, 27 sailors lost their lives and another 314 were seriously injured. Although 15 aircraft (out of the 32 stationed on the Enterprise at the time) were destroyed by the explosions and fire, the Enterprise itself was never threatened.

 

 

The USS Enterprise was repaired over several months at Pearl Harbor and returned to action later in the year.

Source: History.com

 

From a VA-145 squadron member aboard in 1969

 

 

 

 

 

 

While going through my non-SSI Engineer collection, I remembered these two from Canada, but I have yet to see other patches from this company since purchasing the patches.  The backing on the RCAF Station patch is the same as Fort Pepperrell.

12 hours ago, rtd_sf_eng said:

While going through my non-SSI Engineer collection, I remembered these two from Canada, but I have yet to see other patches from this company since purchasing the patches.  The backing on the RCAF Station patch is the same as Fort Pepperrell.

US patches made in Canada, never  heard of that.

I would of loved if in WWII the U.S. government would of OKed the making of British Army Formation Signs in the American manner here in America, that's Fully Embroidered via Lead Lease, guess no one thought of it.

My pfp is probably my most rare. I think it is a one off made for a fighter pilot. This is what I was told. I love it and it is the jewel of my collection.

 

And the second is an 82nd patch from WW1, told it was the officer patch? I haven't seen others like it. It is clearly 82nd, but it isn't the 82nd you know and love.