US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1960s jacket patch for the USS Albany CG-10, a guided missile cruiser launched on June 30, 1945 from the Boston Naval Shipyard. The Albany, originally a heavy cruiser, was redesignated as a guided cruiser missile on November 1,...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1968 United States Navy Assault Support Patrol Boat (ASPB) or Alpha Boat, A 53 pocket patch. This example was made in Saigon by Cheap Charlies and features Snoopy standing on a small boat or raft on the water, his red scarf waving...

ARTIFACT: Late 1960's United States Navy Swift Boat Squadron 1 pocket patch. This example was made in Saigon and the center shows a large, embroidered number "1" with the word "SWIFT" diagonal in red embroidered detail against a gray stripe. The patch...

ARTIFACT: Gorgeous circa 1967 United States Navy Headquarters Support Activity Saigon pocket patch. This example was hand-embroidered in Viet Nam and the center shows a black anchor bearing a red, white, and blue US Shield against a background of yellow...

ARTIFACT: Rare, circa 1967 United States Navy Stable Door IUWG-1 (Inshore Undersea Weapons Group - 1) Westpac Detachment Japanese-made pocket patch removed from uniform. The center shows a shield with an amphibious craft with sharp menacing teeth in the...

ARTIFACT: Rare circa 1966 - 1967 United States Navy River Patrol Section 531 Delta Dragons 1st Type pocket patch. This example is hand-embroidered on woven wool, is Nam-made, and was removed from uniform. The center of the patch shows a red, white, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Navy Construction Battalion or "Seabees" fatigue shirt patch from the 1950s-1960s. It reads SEABEES and shows the black outline of a bumblebee with a sailor's hat holding a variety of construction tools. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: This is a Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club novelty patch embroidered on orange twill. It reads TONKIN GULF YACHT CLUB and shows a Chinese junk in profile. VINTAGE: Circa Vietnam War. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1960s patch for the United States Navy Communications Station (USNCS), Japan. Previously known as the Naval Communications Facility, the USNCS was so renamed in 1960, and remains the most important US naval site in the Western Pacific...

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese-made jacket patch for the United States Navy USS N. K. Perry DD-883, a destroyer. The patch shows a coat of arms in red and blue bearing a double-headed eagle and a pair of half-horse half-seahorse creatures. The patch also...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce large circa 1956 United States Navy ATU-400 (later ATU-401) jacket patch. This is a patch which would have been worn by US Navy aviators going through Advanced Pilot Training with Advanced Training Unit 400, which later in the...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s United States Navy USS Frontier AD-25 destroyer tender jacket patch. Launched from San Pedro, California before the close of the war on March 25, 1945, he Frontier served from 1946 until 197The patch is fully embroidered...