WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE PATCHES

[chris]

A GOOD SOURCE FOR PATCH INFO IS MICHAEL L ROBERTS BOOK
U.S.NAVY PATCH GUIDE-SUBMARINES

[Lance Dean]

So patch styles varied with these eras?  Please elaborate for me, I'm dense sometimes.

 

[chris]

YES IF YOU LOOK AT THE PATCHES OF WAR TIME BOATS THAT WENT THROUGH THE GUPPY PROGRAMS THEIR PATCHES WOULD BE CHANGED TO REFLECT THINGS LIKE SSR,SSK.WHEN THEY GOT DONE WITH SOME THEY WERE DAMN UGLY.BRINGS TO MIND THE POOR REDFIN.ANYWAY MOST OF THE WWII PATCHES ARE VERY GOOD,THEY WERE DONE BY PEOPLE LIKE DISNEY AND WALTER LANCE FROM WOODY WOODPECKER FAME

[Rick]

True.  The Batfish ss310 had 2 different patches.  1 for the first crew That has our freindly lizzard guy riding a torpedo and the post war crew w/ a bat spread eagle holding torpedos in each claw. i do not have  any pics to post at this time. 

[MWALLEN]

The Batfish ss310 had 2 different patches.  1 for the first crew That has our freindly lizzard guy riding a torpedo and the post war crew w/ a bat spread eagle holding torpedos in each claw. i do not have  any pics to post at this time.

Here ya go!

[chris]

THE LIZARD/BAT? RIDING THE TORP IS A CLASSIC.ONE OF THE BETTER SUB PATCHES FOR SURE

[MWALLEN]

ONE OF THE BETTER SUB PATCHES FOR SURE

I agree, but I'm a little biased     I also like the one of the Archerfish.  Rick - is that round wooden Archerfish thingy (technical term) still at the museum?  Maybe you could snap a photo and post it.

[Rick]

Mark A

Thanks.  I can use these.  You would not by chance have the 681's? 

I will post a pic of the Archerfish plaquard for every one.  This is real cool as you can really tell Disney had some handy work in it.  If you look at the hand it is real obvious.  While we are on the Archerfish.  I like to remind everyone that We still have her tubes. 

[MWALLEN]

You would not by chance have the 681's?

All I have is a copy of a patch

[Rick]

This is excelent.  I can use these when and If I can print more T shirts...

Thank you.

[Rick]

The Archerfish as promised....

[Travis McLain]

When everyone looks at that picture look at what the fish has in his back pack, it is a Japanese aircraft carrier. 

[Jim M.]

REQUIN had three (maybe four) different crew patches..

the first was done by Walt Disney studios, the second by a guy who was in REQUIN's first radar-picket/MIGRAINE crew, and the third by a gentleman named Bob "Dex" Armstrong.

Click on the link to see the different versions-

http://www.geocities.com/uss_requin/insignia.htm

[chris]

USS CROAKER POST WAR PATCH

[JohnG]

Wow I had never seen the Batfish's post-war patch before. And I didn't know Disney did anything with them. Thats really cool. The Disney fact as well as the ships emblems.