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ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960s Japanese-made jacket patch for the United States Navy USS Volador SS-490, whose keel was laid down on June 15, 1945 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Work on the submarine came to a halt in January of the next year but...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful Japanese-made submarine patch for the USS Volador SS-490, whose keel was laid down on June 15, 1945 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Work on the submarine came to a halt in January of the next year but resumed, with some...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1969 Japanese made novelty jacket patch for the USS Volador SS-490 West-Pac "Beaver Patrol". VINTAGE: Circa 1969. SIZE: About 4-3/4" in width by 4-7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with cotton/poly/silk...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty USS Jallao SS-386 Japanese-made patch with a vibrantly colored angry fish holding a torpedo. USS Jallao (SS-368). The Jallao was launched from Manitowoc, Wisconsin on June 12, 194She was decommissioned on September 30, 1946 and...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice USS Catfish SS-339 Japanese-made patch with a great illustration of a green-eyed, snarling wildcat. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 5 in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with cotton/poly/silk embroidery...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1960s USS Tautog SS-639 jacket patch. VINTAGE: Circa late 1960s. SIZE: About 4 in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Silk/cotton, fully embroidered. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto garment. MARKINGS: None. ITEM NOTES: This is...

ARTIFACT: Rare 1960's United States Navy Gyrodyne QH-50 DASH (Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter) large Okinawan-made jacket patch. DASH was an integral part of Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program implemented in the 1950's to assist in...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine patch for the USS Darter (SS-576). The Darter was launched at Groton, Connecticut on May 28, 195She was named for the USS Darter SS-227, a ship that was wrecked without loss of life during World War II. She was...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1969 USS Grayback LPSS-574 patch. VINTAGE: Circa 1969. SIZE: About 5" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto garment. MARKINGS: None...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine jacket patch for the United States Navy's USS Thornback SS-41The patch is circular and shows a killer whale-turned-submarine and reads SS 418 THORNBACK. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a very nice 1950's USS Scabbardfish SS-397 Japanese-made patch with a great illustration of a scabbardfish wrapped around a submarine with a torpedo in its jaws. VINTAGE: Circa 1950's. SIZE: About 4-1/2" in width by 5-7/8" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is an American-made submarine patch for the United States Navy's USS Jallao (SS-368). The Jallao was launched from Manitowoc, Wisconsin on June 12, 194She was decommissioned on September 30, 1946 and recommissioned during the Korean War...