US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

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 an American-made submarine patch for the United States Navy's USS Tusk SS-42The patch shows a shark wearing headphones and tusks that cradle a missile. The patch reads USS TUSK SS 426 FRONT RUNNER. VINTAGE: Circa early 1960s...

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 nice Japanese-made patch for the USS Sea Robin SS-407, launched from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on May 25, 194Her first war patrol began with receiving shelling that luckily fell short of its mark, initiated by a Scandinavian...

ARTIFACT: This is a patch for the United States Navy's USS Ronquil SS-39The Ronquil is the submarine shown in the famous 1968 Cold War John Sturges movie, "Ice Station Zebra", starring Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan and Ernest Borgnine. The movie's...

ARTIFACT: This is a minty USS Redfish SS-395 Japanese-made patch with a great illustration of a Woody Woodpecker" riding a torpedo. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 6-7/8" in width by 4-7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with...

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: This is a minty circa 1960s USS Flasher SS-249 SSN-613 patch by Ace Novelty. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 4" in diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with cotton/poly/silk embroidery thread. ATTACHMENT: To be sewn onto...