January 25, 20242 yr #401 15 hours ago, sigsaye said: I still would have only counted for 1 stripe. I think some one has the dates incorrect I have the dates correct. I was however, incorrect...he served on Five surface ships (I forgot about his Holland tours and and the Procyon). USS Alert (AS-4) Dec 30, 1915 - Oct 20, 1917 USS K-7 Feb 1, 1918 - Nov 14, 1918 U.S. Submarine Base, San Pedro December 31, 1918 - February 15, 1919 USS Alert (AS-4) March 31, 1919 - August 22, 1919 USS H-3 June 1, 1920 - September 2, 1922 USS O-11 September 30, 1922 - December 15, 1922 USS O-16 December 15, 1922 - September 30, 1923 USS O-7 November 2, 1923 - April 7, 1924 USS Camden (AS-6) April 28, 1924 - June 12, 1926 USS S-49 August 2, 1926 - November 8, 1926 USS California (BB-44) January 11, 1927 - May 24, 1927 Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI May 24, 1927 - October 25, 1927 Course of Instruction, Torpedo School USS Procyon (AG-11) October 31, 1927 - December 1, 1927 USS S-24 December 3, 1927 - June 12, 1928 USS R-14 June 12, 1928 - October 6, 1928 USS Holland (AS-3) October 23, 1928 - October 27, 1928 USS S-28 October 27, 1928 - February 23, 1929 U.S. Submarine Base, Coco Solo, C.Z. February 23, 1929 - March 2, 1929 USS S-15 March 2, 1929 - April 8, 1929 Receiving Ship, San Francisco, CA April 19, 1929 - May 4, 1929 USS S-26 May 4, 1929 - August 19, 1929 U.S. Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, T.H. November 21, 1930 - February 16, 1931 USS S-19 February 16, 1931 - April 5, 1933 USS S-1 April 5, 1933 - December 1, 1933 U.S. Submarine Base December 1, 1933 - October 20, 1934 USS Bushnell October 20, 1934 - December 4, 1934 Receiving ship, San Diego, CA December 4, 1934 Transferred to Fleet Reserve U.S. Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, T.H. August 5, 1940 Recalled to active duty USS Pompano (SS-181) August 10, 1940 - February 9, 1941 U.S. Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, T.H. February 9, 1941 -January 3, 1945 USS Holland (AS-3) June 6, 1945 Transferred to Fleet Reserve
January 25, 20242 yr #402 3 hours ago, 67Rally said: I have the dates correct. I was however, incorrect...he served on Five surface ships (I forgot about his Holland tours and and the Procyon). USS Alert (AS-4) Dec 30, 1915 - Oct 20, 1917 USS K-7 Feb 1, 1918 - Nov 14, 1918 U.S. Submarine Base, San Pedro December 31, 1918 - February 15, 1919 USS Alert (AS-4) March 31, 1919 - August 22, 1919 USS H-3 June 1, 1920 - September 2, 1922 USS O-11 September 30, 1922 - December 15, 1922 USS O-16 December 15, 1922 - September 30, 1923 USS O-7 November 2, 1923 - April 7, 1924 USS Camden (AS-6) April 28, 1924 - June 12, 1926 USS S-49 August 2, 1926 - November 8, 1926 USS California (BB-44) January 11, 1927 - May 24, 1927 Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI May 24, 1927 - October 25, 1927 Course of Instruction, Torpedo School USS Procyon (AG-11) October 31, 1927 - December 1, 1927 USS S-24 December 3, 1927 - June 12, 1928 USS R-14 June 12, 1928 - October 6, 1928 USS Holland (AS-3) October 23, 1928 - October 27, 1928 USS S-28 October 27, 1928 - February 23, 1929 U.S. Submarine Base, Coco Solo, C.Z. February 23, 1929 - March 2, 1929 USS S-15 March 2, 1929 - April 8, 1929 Receiving Ship, San Francisco, CA April 19, 1929 - May 4, 1929 USS S-26 May 4, 1929 - August 19, 1929 U.S. Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, T.H. November 21, 1930 - February 16, 1931 USS S-19 February 16, 1931 - April 5, 1933 USS S-1 April 5, 1933 - December 1, 1933 U.S. Submarine Base December 1, 1933 - October 20, 1934 USS Bushnell October 20, 1934 - December 4, 1934 Receiving ship, San Diego, CA December 4, 1934 Transferred to Fleet Reserve U.S. Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, T.H. August 5, 1940 Recalled to active duty USS Pompano (SS-181) August 10, 1940 - February 9, 1941 U.S. Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, T.H. February 9, 1941 -January 3, 1945 USS Holland (AS-3) June 6, 1945 Transferred to Fleet Reserve You are correct, I mis counted the stripes. They reflect actual active service for 24 years.
February 26, 20242 yr #403 Antique store find in Portland , OR yesterday. Slate gray with CPO M.O. (Motor Machinist Mate) Crow with a gray backed ruptured duck. Unfortunately there are no service hash marks on the sleeves. I don’t see these very often so I picked it up.
February 26, 20242 yr #404 Assuming you don’t mean a service stripe was removed: It was common for technically proficient civilians to go directly into the Navy as a CPO in order to have more authority in their role. So you will find WW2 CPO jackets where the original owner had less than 4 years of service and hence no service stripe. Nice WW2 jacket with an obsolete rate
February 26, 20242 yr #406 1 hour ago, Justin B. said: Nice to see the gray duck, I think this is the first one in the thread. I missed that. Really nice - rarely see them. Rare as ducks' teeth.
February 27, 20242 yr #407 21 hours ago, easterneagle87 said: Antique store find in Portland , OR yesterday. Slate gray with CPO M.O. (Motor Machinist Mate) Crow with a gray backed ruptured duck. Unfortunately there are no service hash marks on the sleeves. I don’t see these very often so I picked it up. Interesting story about “Slick Sleeve” Chiefs. Direct ascension, was still happening when I was training recruits, Great Lakes, 1985-1990. Normally, it was things like CB ratings, coming in as PO3/2. But, I had one sister company who had a recruit, that upon completion of recruit training, was advanced to MAC (Chief Master At Arms). He had been a police LT, who had been in drug enforcement His Company Commander, who was a PO2, had to take him to the Exchange, and so he could get his Chiefs uniforms, after graduation.
February 27, 20242 yr #408 2 minutes ago, sigsaye said: Interesting story about “Slick Sleeve” Chiefs. Direct ascension, was still happening when I was training recruits, Great Lakes, 1985-1990. Normally, it was things like CB ratings, coming in as PO3/2. But, I had one sister company who had a recruit, that upon completion of recruit training, was advanced to MAC (Chief Master At Arms). He had been a police LT, who had been in drug enforcement His Company Commander, who was a PO2, had to take him to the Exchange, and so he could get his Chiefs uniforms, after graduation. Cool term - “slick sleeve chief”.
February 27, 20242 yr #410 1 hour ago, KurtA said: Cool term - “slick sleeve chief”. My dad went into the navy in 1947. He and his buddies, over the course of his career, used that term, or “Slick Arm”. Another was “Tojo Chief”. WW2 guys, like my uncle, who would never have made Chief without WW2. My uncle skipped PO1, going from PO2, straight to CPO. Dad worked for a BMC, who had been on the Houston. Captured as a Seaman Second Class, was advanced to Chief upon reenlisting at the end of the war. He said he was a nice guy, didn’t know anything, but a nice guy.
February 27, 20242 yr #411 Another example. Close friend of my parents gave me this for my collection years ago. He was a physical education major in college. Joined the Navy to be a pilot, but that didn't work out. So, he worked as a Physical Training Instructor for the Navy. Aviation Cadet, then CPO, then discharged. Too bad he didn't put a gray duck on his uniform!
February 27, 20242 yr #413 3 hours ago, Salvage Sailor said: 'Slick Arm Chief' I'd lay odds that one was a Seabee CCM.
February 28, 20242 yr #414 On 2/27/2024 at 11:56 AM, KurtA said: Another example. Close friend of my parents gave me this for my collection years ago. He was a physical education major in college. Joined the Navy to be a pilot, but that didn't work out. So, he worked as a Physical Training Instructor for the Navy. Aviation Cadet, then CPO, then discharged. Too bad he didn't put a gray duck on his uniform! Great stitch job. What do they call that, a "chain stitch?"
February 28, 20242 yr #416 37 minutes ago, Slobo said: Great stitch job. What do they call that, a "chain stitch?" It has a few different identifications. Some call it an X-pattern while others refer to it as a crossing stitch. Chainstitch three-dimensional for depth and is done with a machine. All of the green seen here is chainstitch. The soutache is a rolling chain while the stitching in the center is the back side of the lettering - the front of which is on the right.
March 10, 20242 yr #419 This was a little unexpected: John Dall as a fugitive lamming in a stolen uniform in the 1950 movie Gun Crazy.
March 10, 20242 yr #421 29 minutes ago, Salvage Sailor said: another rediscovered treasure WWII Chief Radarman Sometimes. I think period Hashmarks are the hardest things to find.
March 11, 20242 yr #422 I hit up a fellow collector today at the Sacramento Antique Street Faire. I got a stack of Navy shoulder boards from him that I told him I'd sell for him. When I checked the rest of what was in the lots he'd bought, I got these boards; Still in the cellophane a pair of slate gray Ensign, a MINT boxed set of Wolf Brown, in the cellophane LT and a single LT JG. It is crazy as you start finding one of something, then others come to light. PS.. the slate gray CPO jacket I found is up for sale on the "bay" selling site.
March 11, 20242 yr #423 I pulled this out of my collection storage a few days ago. I am looking for a few others that I am certain are still in the collection.
March 11, 20242 yr #424 I don't know who wore this CPO Airship Rigger Rate but it would have been worn on a US Navy gray uniform.
March 11, 20242 yr #425 This was posted a few years ago in the Rare Rating Badges thread, but it fits here too I hope.
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