US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1950s USS Bon Homme Richard CVA 31 Carrier Ship lighter by Penguin. The ship is an aircraft carrier, US Naval Aviation and the ships logo is factory applied. VINTAGE: Circa late 1950s. SIZE: About 1-1/4 in width by 1-3/4" in height...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful (& Heavy) 1950's United States Navy USS Tusk SS-426 plaque. The center of the plaque features a heavy bronze plate that depicts a tusk with a torpedo in its mouth and lightning bolts nearby and above the tusk it reads: "USS TUSK...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful (& Heavy) 1950's United States Navy USS Sea Robin SS-407 plaque. The center of the plaque features a heavy bronze plate that depicts a robin perched on a torpedo wearing a naval cap in nice high relief detail and above the robin...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful, late 50's - early 60's United States Navy Rear Admiral Flag for a R.A. eligible for command at sea made by the Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot. Size Flag is a beautiful Navy blue multi-piece high quality nylon construction with two...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1959 Zippo USN ship lighter for the USS Saratoga CVA-60 in excellent, lightly used condition. The lighter shows an image of the carrier bearing the number: 60 with a US Naval wing in yellow detail above and below it reads: "U. S. S...

ARTIFACT: This is a mint and unfired circa mid-1950s United States Navy ship lighter for the USS Castor AKS-Launched May 20, 1939, the Castor was a general stores issue ship. After a 1956 typhoon, the Castor rescued eleven souls from the disabled...

ARTIFACT: This is a large circa 1950s or 1960s United States Naval Academy Annapolis beer mug by Imperial. The mug has a decorative rope border at top and bottom and a logo bearing the school's motto: EX SCIENTIA TRIDENS (Through Knowledge, Sea Power)...

ARTIFACT: Korean War era United States Navy ashtray by Korea Ironstone. The ashtray reads: US NAVAL ADVISORY GROUP COMMISSIONED OFFICERS MESS CHINHAE KOREA". Originally a U.S. Naval Advisory Group in 1946, CFAC eventually evolved into the first Fleet...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1951 United States Navy VC-61 Pilot and Commanding Officer Louis L. Bangs personal lighter. Made in Japan by Wellington. Born in 1919, Bangs served from 1940 to 1964 on the USS Enterprise, USS Bennington, and USS Ticonderoga. Among...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1950 United States Naval Academy (USNA) Ring Dance women's compact souvenir. The cover has a wonderful graphic of a couple beneath a huge class ring and the reverse of the compact has a textured pattern. The compact opens...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s or early Korean War era photo identification badge for the United States Naval Retraining Command at Mare Island at Vallejo, California. This badge was worn by Lieutenant Commander J. M. Murphy, and has the authorized...

ARTIFACT: Korean War era 1950's United States Navy Pilot grouping of Lieutenant Commander Louis P. Racy. The grouping includes two beautiful, enameled FAGU (Fleet Air Gunnery Unit) cufflinks that read: "FLEET AIR GUNNERY UNIT" the predecessor to the...