US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

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 late 1950s patch for the United States Navy's USS Irex SS-48The patch shows a sub and two missiles as well as a number 1 that reads SNORKEL. The patch reads USS IREX SS 482. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s. SIZE: 4-3/8" height and 3-7/8"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s pocket patch for the United States Navy USS Cutlass (SS-478) submarine. The Cutlass was launched November 5, 1944 at Portsmouth (NH) Naval Shipyard. Cutlass began her first war patrol and entered the Kurile Islands area...

ARTIFACT: This is a Disney-designed, American-made submarine patch for the United States Navy's USS Toro SS-422 for the occasion of the sub's 10,000th dive. The patch shows a charging bull superimposed upon a wing and reads SS 422 EL TORO TEN GRAND CLUB...

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 circa 1950-1955 submarine patch for the United States Navy's USS Sea Cat SS-39The patch is round with a "rope" border and shows the Warner Brothers' cartoon character, Sylvester the Cat, walking on water holding a missile. The patch...

ARTIFACT: This is a small jacket patch for the United States Navy's USS Lionfish SS-298 Reserve Submarine Division 1-4The patch is crest-shaped and shows a fish-turned-submarine holding a missile and reads USNR SUBMARINE DIVISION 1-41 USS LIONFISH...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1950s USS Growler SSG-577 Japanese-made patch. The patch shows a huge fist holding an aircraft in front of a mushroom cloud. What makes Growler and her sister boat, the Grayback, unusual was her nuclear armament, deployed...

ARTIFACT: This is a Disney-designed submarine patch for the United States Navy's USS Toro SS-42The patch shows a charging bull superimposed upon a wing and reads SS 422 EL TORO. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: 2-5/8" height and 6-1/8"width...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a mid-1960s Japanese-made USS Archerfish AGSS-311 "Operation SeaScan" patch. VINTAGE: Circa mid-1960s. SIZE: About 5-1/4" in width by 5-5/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Fully embroidered with cotton/poly/silk embroidery...