Vietnam War Period

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: 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: 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 circa 1973 submarine patch for the United States Navy's USS Wahoo SS-565, the second submarine of this name, the first USS Wahoo being wrecked in the Pacific. The patch is from a cartoon drawn by Hank Ketchum of "Dennis the Menace"...

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 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...