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ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese-made submarine patch for the United States Navy's USS Cusk SS-34The patch shows Neptune holding a missile and a trident and riding a shark. The patch reads CUSK SS 348. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s. SIZE: 4-15/16" diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is an American-made patch for the United States Navy's USS Cobbler SS-34The patch shows a walking shoe armed with a missile and reads USS COBBLER SS-344 AUDENTES FORTUNA JUVAT (Fortune favors the brave). VINTAGE: Circa 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty USS Tunny APSS-282 Japanese-made patch with a great illustration of a tiger in a beret riding a torpedo. Very vivid colors. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: About 4-7/8" in width by 5-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a USS Tunny SSG-282 Japanese-made patch with a great illustration of a sea-serpent gripping torpedos and shooting fire from its mouth. Not sure if it's meant to be humorous, but there is also an atomic mushroom cloud rising from the...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine jacket patch for the United States Navy's USS Croaker SS-24The patch is circular and shows a whale-turned-submarine carrying a missile and reads USS CROAKER. VINTAGE: Circa 1950-1954. SIZE: 5-1/8" diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is Japanese-made patch for the United States Navy USS Topeka CLG-8 (guided missile cruiser). The patch bears the motto HONOR FREEDOM VALOR. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: 4-7/8" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered in...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 1959 pocket patch for the United States Navy USS Barracuda (SST-3) submarine training ship. Launched on March 2, 1951 at Groton, Connecticut, the ship only existed with the SST-3 designation for one month, in between being the...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1950s United States Navy's USS Marlin SST-2 training submarine jacket patch. The patch shows a marlin jumping over a sub and reads USS MARLIN SST-2 MARLIN I (SS205) 1941-1946 MULTUM IN PARVO (much in little). VINTAGE: Circa late...

ARTIFACT: This is a large, Japanese-made United States Navy jacket patch for the FBM (Fleet Ballistic Missile) Refit Site One in Holy Loch, Scotland. This patch is from the site's early years, which existed from 1961 to 199The patch is colorfully...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1980s submarine patch for the USS Norfolk (SSN-714). The Norfolk was launched at Newport News, Virginia on October 31, 198The ship's motto is embroidered at center: VI PER CONCORDIAM (strength through unity). VINTAGE: Circa 1980s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970s submarine patch for the USS Bluefish (SSN-675). The Bluefish was launched at Groton, Connecticut on January 10, 1970. She was decommissioned on May 31, 199The patch has a raised, embroidered design of a bluefish at its center...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine patch for the USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), a ballistic missile submarine. The Ulysses S. Grant was launched from Groton, Connecticut on November 2, 196She was decommissioned in 1992. VINTAGE: Circa 1980s...