Militaria

ARTIFACT: This is a large United States Navy submarine patch for the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Nathan Hale SSBN-62She was launched from Groton, Connecticut on January 12, 1963 and commissioned the day following JFK's assassination...

ARTIFACT: This is a large United States Navy submarine patch for the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS John Adams SSBN-620. She was sponsored by the great-great-great-granddaughter of John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams Manny, and launched...

ARTIFACT: This is a large United States Navy submarine patch for the nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS John Adams SSBN-620. She was sponsored by the great-great-great-granddaughter of John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams Manny, and launched...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine jacket patch for the United States Navy's USS Flasher SSN-613. The patch is circular and shows a cricket riding a missile labeled 613 and 249 and reads USS FLASHER. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: 4-1/8" diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1960s USS Permit SS-178 SSN-594 patch. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 5-5/8" in width by 4-5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1960's, USS Bonefish SS-582 Japanese-made jacket patch with a great illustration of a half-bonefish, half-submarine clutching a torpedo in its teeth. We believe this patch to be from the Bonefish's first WestPac deployment in...

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 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 1960s Okinawan-made USS Piper SS-409 jacket patch with a great illustration of a half-piper fish, half-submarine. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 4-1/2 in width by 5" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with...

ARTIFACT: This is a HUGE (almost 9"long!) Japanese-made patch for the United States Navy's USS Gudgeon SS-56The patch is roughly oval with a rope-style border and shows a sub shooting off three torpedos. The patch reads GUDGEON SS 567. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a submarine jacket patch for the United States Navy's USS ODAX SS-48The patch is circular and shows a fish bearing a trident and reads USS ODAX SS 484. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: 4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Canvas patch...

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 /...