U.S. Coast Guard Patch Archive

Wess Wessling's
United States Coast Guard Patch Archive

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Patches shown on this page are NOT for sale.

These are just memories.
If a patch shown here is available for sale,
I offer it in my own online web store.

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WLB 225' Famous class sea going buoytenders:

USCG Seagoing (WLB) Bouytender Vets, 2015-, (W5475=)
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225' WLB, Lifesaver series, 2008-, (W4685=)
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CGC ALDER, 3.4", screened, San Francisco, California, before 2024, (W6255=)
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CGC ASPEN, 4" cut edge, San Francisco, California, -2006, (W4376=)
CGC ASPEN, 4.5" merrowed, 2007-, (W4632)
CGC ASPEN, Tender of the Lost Coast, 2016-, (W5513=)
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CGC CYPRESS, coat of arms, merrowed edge, Mobile, Alabama, after 2002 and before 2012, (W5301=) (courtesy of BMC Jake Carawan)
CGC CYPRESS, coat of arms, laser cut edge, Pensacola, Florida, before 2024, (W6248=)
CGC CYPRESS, Strong Arm of the Gulf, Pensacola, Florida, 2012-, (W5275=)
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CGC ELM, sharks, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, 2006-, (W4419=)
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CGC FIR - no patches known ...
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CGC HICKORY - no patches known ...
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CGC HOLLYHOCK - no patches known ...
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CGC JUNIPER, Commissioning Crew, Newport, Rhode Island, 1997-, (W3136=)
CGC JUNIPER, cutter w/bridge, 1997-, (W3150=)
CGC JUNIPER, First Oahu Crew, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2020-, (W5969=)
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CGC KUKUI - patches known, no yet listed ...
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CGC MAPLE, coat of arms, Sitka, Alaska, before 2016, (W5537=)
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CGC OAK - no patches known ...
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CGC SEQUOIA, Black Pearl of the Pacific, Santa Rita, Guam, 2012-, (W5277=)
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CGC SPAR, Aleutian Keeper, Kodiak, Alaska, 2005?-, (W4538=)
CGC SPAR ... see also under 'WLB 180s' for the 'old' SPAR
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CGC SYCAMORE, graphic (not known as a patch), Keeper of the Sound, Cordova, Alaska, circa 2004, (W4538=)
CGC SYCAMORE ... see also under 'WLR' for the 'old' SYCAMORE (WLR-268)
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CGC WALNUT - no patches known ...
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CGC WILLOW, Newport, Rhode Island, 1998-, (W3337=)
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Project Resident Office Marinette, 3 cutters on map, Wisconsin, 2003-, (W4033=)

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WLB 180' Plants class and 188' sea-going buoytenders:

USCG Seagoing (WLB) Bouytender Vets, 2015-, (W5475=)
Kodiak [bouytenders], cap shield, 1990s?, (W5838=)
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CGC ACACIA unit patches
CGC ACACIA, 4.1" round, roadrunner, Port Huron, Michigan, before 1975?, (W0244=)
CGC ACACIA, 5" round, unsealed back, Ace of the Lakes, Grand Haven, Michigan, -1985-, (W0728=)
CGC ACACIA, 5" round, sealed back, Ace of the Lakes, -1988-, (W1821=)
ACACIA's round Ace of the Lakes patchescompared.
CGC ACACIA, cutter on ace card, rectangular, Ace of the Lakes, Charlevoix, Michigan, 1994-, (W2752=)
WLB Conference, CGCs ACACIA, BRAMBLE, MARIPOSA, MESQUITE, SUNDEW, Saint Ignace, @1989, (W2074=)
CGC ACACIA, 4" round, Served With Pride, heritage, before 2021, (W5937=)
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CGC BALSAM unit patches
CGC BALSAM, bird w/umbrella on buoy, Ketchikan, Alaska, 1959-, (W3612=)
CGC BALSAM, Adak, Alaska, fat eyes touch flathats of walrus, later than 1964, earlier than 1975, (W1386=)
CGC BALSAM, Adak, Alaska, small eyes well below flathats of walrus, later than 1964, earlier than 1975, (W5646=)
BALSAM's walrus patches compared.
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CGC BASSWOOD, WEST PAC 66, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1966, (W5204) (courtesy of Dean Pfaender)
CGC BASSWOOD, WESTPAC 1967, 1967, (W1285) (courtesy of Myron Moskey and Dean Pfaender)
CGC BASSWOOD, Breakfast of Champions, Agana, Guam, -1978-, (W0227=)
CGC BASSWOOD, sailing into the sun, oval, missing 'S' error, 1980s?, (W0232A=)
CGC BASSWOOD, Micronesia, buoy, drum, stone ring, non-woven back, before 1985, (W0800=)
CGC BASSWOOD, Micronesia, buoy, drum, stone ring, 4.25" round, dark olive green grass, before 1995, (W2561=)
CGC BASSWOOD, 5", in lagoon, 1984-1998, (W0562=)
These patches are belived to be reproductions (usually presented and/or offered ignorantly or fraudulently) of the above BASSWOOD lagoon patch.
- reproduction, 4.5", hilites in foreground, before 2013, (W0562xA)
- reproduction, 4.5", no hilites in foreground, before 2013, (W0562xB=)
- reproduction, 4", -2013-, (W0562xC)
CGC BASSWOOD, Dive Team, diving helmet, 1970s?, (W5210) (courtesy of Ron Wilkins)
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CGC BITTERSWEET, round, Kodiak, Alaska, -1962-, (W3852=)
CGC BITTERSWEET, round, Ketchikan, Alaska, -1965-, (W2147) (courtesy of Ron Wilkins)
CGC BITTERSWEET, large shield, early 1970s, (W0221=)
CGC BITTERSWEET, large shield, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, before 1984, (W9520=)
CGC BITTERSWEET, Ice Patrol, before 1994, (W2765=)
CGC BITTERSWEET, Black Knights, oval, before 1994, (W2816=)
CGC BITTERSWEET, Black Knights, round, unsealed, -1992-, (W2537=)
CGC BITTERSWEET, Black Knights, round, sealed, before 1993, (W5712=)
BITTERSWEET's round Black Knights patches compared.
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CGC BLACKHAW, Viet Nam, Sangley Point, Philippines, 1968-1971, (W1387) (courtesy of Hans Burkhardt)
CGC BLACKHAW, cutter map bridge, San Francisco, California, -1980-, (W0231=)
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CGC BLACKTHORN, shield, cutter with no stripe, Mobile, Alabama, -1966-, (W4589) (courtesy of Dave Williams, Atlanta, GA)
CGC BLACKTHORN, Can Do Ship shield, before 1976, (W0240=)
CGC BLACKTHORN, buoy eater, Galveston, Texas, before 1980, (W0230=)
CGC BLACKTHORN, 20th Remembrance, circa 2000, (W5916=)
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CGC BRAMBLE, 6" round with hands, Detroit or Port Huron, Michigan, before 1984, (W9523=)
CGC BRAMBLE, 50% sewn ice crusher, before 1984, (W0236=)
CGC BRAMBLE, 8"wx3"h rectangle, Ice Rammers of the Lakes, before 1984, (W9999=)
CGC BRAMBLE, 5" round, computer sewn ice crusher, -1989-, (W2060=)
CGC BRAMBLE, 3.25"wx2"h rectangle, computer sewn ice crusher, late 1980s?, (W5837=)
CGC BRAMBLE, Hat Trick 3, 1988, (W1674=)
CGC BRAMBLE, Thorn of the Great Lakes, 2003, (W4005=)
WLB Conference, CGCs ACACIA, BRAMBLE, MARIPOSA, MESQUITE, SUNDEW, Saint Ignace, @1989, (W2074=)
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CGC BUTTONWOOD, Can Do Have Done, round, before 1981, (W0229=)
CGC BUTTONWOOD, ATON, Logistics, SAR, shield, before 1981?, (W5796=)
CGC BUTTONWOOD, 5" large Texas on stripe, Galveston, Texas, 1982-1987, (W0139=)
CGC BUTTONWOOD, 4.75" medium Texas on stripe, 1987-, (W1617=)
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CGC CACTUS, Boston, Massachusetts, mid-1960s, (W0269=) (courtesy of Roger Hughes)
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CGC CITRUS, white hull shield, Kodiak, Alaska, before 1979, (W0004=)
CGC CITRUS, magic marker black hull shield, before 1979, (W0204=)
CGC CITRUS, cutter chomps buoy, with stars, before 1979, (W0282=)
CGC CITRUS, cutter chomps buoy, w/o stars, before 1979, (W0282a=)
CGC CITRUS, machine triangle, Coos Bay, Oregon, 1986-1991, (W0848=)
CGC CITRUS, computer triangle, 1991-, (W2490=) : reproduction, 5.2"wx4"h, 2016, (W2490xA=)
CITRUS's Coos Bay patches compared.
CGC CITRUS, cap shield, Cuttermans badge, before 1994, (W3189=)
CGC CITRUS unit patches
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CGC CLOVER, about 8"x8" octagon, Adak, Alaska, before 1964, (W9998=)
CGC CLOVER, 5"x6" shield with cutter underway, before 1964, (W9718=)
CGC CLOVER, 6"x6" shield with map, 1961-1964, (W1091=) (courtesy of Brittany Dilley)
CGC CLOVER, 'WLB' round, Sitka, Alaska, before 1979, (W0192=)
CGC CLOVER, 'WIB' round, 1970s?, (W2036=) : reproduction, computer embroidery, paper back, 'CLDVER' and 'WIB', (W2036xA=)
CLOVER's two 'WIB' patches are compared here.
CGC CLOVER, shamrock, Eureka, California, before 1984, (W0212=)
CGC CLOVER, figure w/pipe, 1984-, (W0181=)
CGC CLOVER, Officer's cap shield, date?, (W5372=)
CGC CLOVER, Chief's cap shield, date?, (W5368=)
CGC CLOVER, Coast Guard logo cap shield, date?, (W4277=)
CLOVER's three cap shield patches are compared here.
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CGC CONIFER, shield WAGL-301, Portsmouth, Virginia, -1962-, (W9687) (courtesy of Ron Wilkins)
CGC CONIFER, shield WLB-301, -1966-, (W9541=) (courtesy of Mike Hanlen)
CGC CONIFER, wavy, rough lettering, Morehead City, North Carolina, before 1983, (W0628=)
CGC CONIFER, wavy, neat lettering, before 1983, (W0283=)
CGC CONIFER, oval, golden merrowing, San Pedro, California, -1987-, (W1610=)
CGC CONIFER, oval, black merrowing, no dates, -1992-, (W2570=)
CGC CONIFER, oval, black merrowing, 1943-2000, -2000, (W3516=)
CGC CONIFER, round, (unsealed back, 1995-2000, (W2891=); sealed back, before 2006, (W4482=))
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CGC COWSLIP, South Portland, Maine, before 1973, (W0286=)
CGC COWSLIP, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1985-, (W0715=)
CGC COWSLIP, small black coat of arms, -1993-, (W2703=)
CGC COWSLIP, blue ox, Astoria, Oregon, after 1995, (W3110=)
CGC COWSLIP, large blue coat of arms, 2002, (W3919=)
CGC COWSLIP, cap shield, 2000?, (W5840=)
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CGC EVERGREEN ... see under White cutters, Other White Cutters.
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CGC FIREBUSH, Popeye, gold chain, Governors Island, New York, -1960s-, (W1450=)
CGC FIREBUSH, Popeye, brown chain, -1978, (W0310=)
CGC FIREBUSH, black line shield, Kodiak, Alaska, 1979-, (W0001=)
CGC FIREBUSH, blue line shield, -1984-, (W0567=)
CGC FIREBUSH, pink Popeye, 1987-1991, (W2353=)
CGC FIREBUSH, tan Popeye, 1991-2003, (W2458=)
CGC FIREBUSH, 'Firebush Halibut Charters', embroidered and merrowed, -1986-, (W4392)(courtesy of QM1 Robert Grant)
CGC FIREBUSH, 'Firebush Halibut Charters', unfinished and screened, @1986?, (W3350=)
CGC FIREBUSH, cap shield, cuttermans badge, unfinished and screened, before 1998, (W3338=)
CGC FIREBUSH, cap shield, cuttermans badge, embroidered, 1990s?, (W4174=)
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CGC GENTIAN, man on buoy, Galveston, Texas, @1968, (W0312=) (courtesy of Roger Behr)
CGC GENTIAN, 4" round, red boom, Morehead City, North Carolina, before 1986, (W0963=)
CGC GENTIAN, 4" round, blue boom, late 1980s?, (W4065=) (courtesy of Ron Wilkins)
CGC GENTIAN, Caribbean Support Tender, Miami, Florida, 2003-, (W3969=)
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CGC HORNBEAM, cutter with flags and sailors, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, before 1976, (W1448=)
CGC HORNBEAM, cap shield, Cape May, New Jersey, before 1982, (W0328=)
CGC HORNBEAM, white hull w/square buoy, before 1984, (W0534=)
CGC HORNBEAM, white hull w/round buoy, before 1985, (W0805)
CGC HORNBEAM, black hull, before 1985, (W0820=)
CGC HORNBEAM, 5", Marvin w/gold helmet, 100% embroidered, before 1982, (W0054=)
CGC HORNBEAM, 5", Marvin w/gold helmet, 70% embroidered, before 1985, (W0797=)
CGC HORNBEAM, 8", Marvin w/gold helmet, 40% embroidered, before 1984, (W9993=)
CGC HORNBEAM, 5", Marvin w/yellow helmet, -1989-, (W2080=)
CGC HORNBEAM, 5", Marvin w/2CM buoy, 1995-1999, (W2942=)
CGC HORNBEAM, 50 Years, 1995-1999, (W2888=)
CGC HORNBEAM, 'F', We Did The Impossible, reunion?, 2022?, (W5985=)
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CGC IRIS, hand w/buoy, Galveston, Texas, before 1972, (W0331) (courtesy of Ron Wilkins)
CGC IRIS, hand w/buoy, Astoria, Oregon, before 1979, (W0332=)
CGC IRIS, long beak eagle, before 1986, (W1063=)
CGC IRIS, short beak eagle, -1983-, (W0051=)
CGC IRIS, short stitch clouds, 1986-, (W0895=)
CGC IRIS, long stitch clouds, before 1989, (W2227=)
IRIS's two clouds patches are compared here.
CGC IRIS, cap shield, no tall antenna aft, sharp bow, late 1980s?, (W3397=)
CGC IRIS, cap shield, tall antenna aft, rounded bow, early 1990s?, (W5008=)
IRIS's two cap shield patches are compared here.
CGC IRIS, cap shield, Golden Plankowner, 1994-1995, (W4016)
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CGC IRONWOOD, masked warrior, Honolulu, Hawaii, circa 1960, (W1074=)
CGC IRONWOOD, bear on Alaska map, Homer, Alaska, before 1974, (W0333=)
CGC IRONWOOD, wide rectangle, Kodiak, Alaska, between 1979 and 1982, (W9990=)
CGC IRONWOOD, shield, Adak, Alaska, -1976-, (W0334=) (courtesy of Rick Baukol)
CGC IRONWOOD, round, Kodiak, Alaska, 1987-2000, (W1620=)
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CGC IVY, Columbia Bar Buoy Tender, Astoria, Oregon, -1969, (W5265=)
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CGC LAUREL, lobster on cutter, Rockland, Maine, before 1969, (W0344=)
CGC LAUREL, buoy and life ring, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, before 1975, (W0343=)
CGC LAUREL, eagle, Ketchikan, Alaska, before 1983, (W0345=)(courtesy of Ron Wilkins)
CGC LAUREL, shield, before 1983, (W0742=)
CGC LAUREL, San Pedro, California, 1980s?, (W1553) (courtesy of Ron Wilkins)
CGC LAUREL, Mayport, Florida, -1994-, (W4044=)
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CGC MADRONA unit patches
CGC MADRONA, 5", 'ANTON', Charleston, South Carolina, before 1990, (W2157=)
CGC MADRONA, 5", 'ATON', circa 1990, (W3344=)
CGC MADRONA, 4", no 'ATON', before 2002, (W3858=)
CGC MADRONA, 4", 'ATON', before 2002, (W3990=)
MADRONA's four 'bridge' patches are compared here.
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CGC MAGNOLIA, Astoria, Oregon, before 1971, (W0349=)
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CGC MALLOW, long oval, small letters, Honolulu, Hawaii, before 1984, (W0352=)
CGC MALLOW, round, dragon's head, -1989-, (W2067=)
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CGC MARIPOSA unit patches
CGC MARIPOSA, Pride of the 9th, Detroit, Michigan, -1989-, (W2084=)
CGC MARIPOSA, 5" round, three orcas, Seattle, Washington, 2000, (W3512=)
CGC MARIPOSA, Decommissioning Crew, 2000, (W3533=)
WLB Conference, CGCs ACACIA, BRAMBLE, MARIPOSA, MESQUITE, SUNDEW, Saint Ignace, @1989, (W2074=)
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Maritime Contractors I/II 180' Repower Project, 9.3", 1990-, (W9971=)
Maritime Contractors II/II 180' Repower Project, 8.8", 1990-, (W9969=)
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CGC MESQUITE, shield, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, before 1977, (W0358=)
CGC MESQUITE, shield, Duluth, Minnesota, -1980-, (W0357=)
CGC MESQUITE, scallop round, Charlevoix, Michigan, before 1982, (W0137=)
CGC MESQUITE, sea dragon w/missions, 1986-, (W0960=)
CGC MESQUITE, sea dragon w/dates, 1990, (W2214=)
CGC MESQUITE, Served With Pride 1943-1989, heritage patch, 2006, (W4470=)
WLB Conference, CGCs ACACIA, BRAMBLE, MARIPOSA, MESQUITE, SUNDEW, Saint Ignace, @1989, (W2074=)
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CGC PAPAW, buoy w/seagull and anchor, Charleston, South Carolina, -1979-, (W6230=) (courtesy of Dr. Bart Baker)
CGC PAPAW, buoy w/seagull and '308', before 1984, (W0380=)
CGC PAPAW, ghost on black horse, 1961-, (W3469=)
CGC PAPAW, unhilited green buoy '7', -1984-, (W0545=)
CGC PAPAW, star, Galveston, Texas, before 1992, (W2626=)
CGC PAPAW unit patches
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CGC PLANETREE unit patches
CGC PLANETREE, brown hull, orange buoy, Honolulu, Hawaii, before 1974, (W3363=)
CGC PLANETREE, ice all across, vertical jackstaff, Juneau, Alaska, before 1983, (W0011=)
CGC PLANETREE, ice all across, black boom, slant orange jackstaff, before 1983, (W0383=)
CGC PLANETREE, green coast, orange boom, vertical gold jackstaff, before 1983, (W0809=)
CGC PLANETREE, Coast Guard District 17, before 1984, (W0382) (courtesy of Stephen P. Prime, BMC, USCG(Ret))
CGC PLANETREE, iceberg, Ketchican, Alaska, circa 1987, (W1014=)
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CGC REDBUD - no Coast Guard patches known - loaned to the Navy/MSTS in 1949 - a Navy patch is known
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CGC SAGEBRUSH, SAR, brown cliff, San Juan, Puerto Rico, before 1984, (W0055=)
CGC SAGEBRUSH, SAR, green cliff, before 1984, (W0425=)
CGC SAGEBRUSH, LE, brown cliff, before 1987, (W1009=)
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CGC SALVIA, 5"x6" shield, no CG stripe, Mobile, Alabama, 1964-, (W9528=)
CGC SALVIA, Big 'E', early 1970s?, (W4921=)
CGC SALVIA, 4"x5" shield, CG stripe and black white buoy, before 1979, (W0059=)
CGC SALVIA, 4"x5" shield, CG stripe and green white buoy, -1991, (W2489=)
CGC SALVIA, 4"x5" shield, CG stripe and green white buoy, Twin Cities Maritime, fantasy, before 1994, (W2779=)
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CGC SASSAFRAS unit patches
CGC SASSAFRAS, black arm 401, cut edge, Cape May, New Jersey, circa 1970, (W0427=) -in Gemsco bag
CGC SASSAFRAS, black arm 401, golden flat merrowing, before 1977, (W4242=)
CGC SASSAFRAS, black arm 401, black merrowing, before 1977, (W5775=) - in Gemsco bag
CGC SASSAFRAS, Mare Laboramus, machine sewn, Governors Island, New York, circa 1978, (W0428) (courtesy of Gerald Jefferson)
CGC SASSAFRAS, 4.2" machine sewn, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1984-, (W0570=)
CGC SASSAFRAS, 4.2" computer sewn, 1990-1994, (W2207=)
CGC SASSAFRAS, 4" computer sewn, 1994-, (W2783=)
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CGC SEDGE, bear w/globe, Cordova, Alaska, -1957-, (W0431=) (courtesy of Curt Raphael)
CGC SEDGE, bear w/fish, before 1973, (W0522=)
CGC SEDGE, small shield, cutter and Alaska map, @1964, (W0949=)
CGC SEDGE, large shield, cutter and volcano, Homer, Alaska, -1983-, (W9504=)
CGC SEDGE unit patches
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CGC SORREL, Have Buoy Will Travel, Sitka, Alaska, before 1965, (W1083=)
CGC SORREL, 60% embroidered, -1968-, (W2149=)
CGC SORREL, 100% embroidered, -1971-1973, (W0435) (courtesy of Claude Booth)
CGC SORREL, Governors Island, New York, before 1987, (W1638=)
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CGC SPAR, South Portland, Maine, before 1984, (W0438=)
CGC SPAR, 3 1/2x carapace, cut edge, before 1985, (W0808=)
CGC SPAR, 6+x carapace, before 1987, (W1639=)
CGC SPAR, computer sewn, -1989-, (W1334=)
CGC SPAR ... see also under 'WLB 225s' for the 'new' SPAR
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CGC SUNDEW unit patches
CGC SUNDEW, neater, blockier letters, shield, Duluth, Minnesota, -1984-, (W9514=)
WLB Conference, CGCs ACACIA, BRAMBLE, MARIPOSA, MESQUITE, SUNDEW, Saint Ignace, @1989, (W2074=)
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CGC SWEETBRIER, bee on anchor, Juneau, Alaska, -1962-, (W3673=)
CGC SWEETBRIER, small Bet On Us, Cordova, Alaska, 1986-, (W0865=)
CGC SWEETBRIER, huge 8.2"h, three sector, tailing cloud, before 1984, (W9991=)
CGC SWEETBRIER, huge 8"h, three sector, non-tailing cloud, before 1988, (W9985=)
CGC SWEETBRIER unit patches
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CGC SWEETGUM unit patches
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CGC TUPELO, diamond, Ninth District, Toledo, Ohio, early 1960s, (W1394=)
CGC TUPELO, round, SAR AtoN, before 1969, (W4003)
CGC TUPELO, round, Astoria, Oregon, before 1975, (W0034=)
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WLB Conference, CGCs ACACIA, BRAMBLE, MARIPOSA, MESQUITE, SUNDEW, Saint Ignace, Michigan, @1989, (W2074=)
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CGC WOODBINE, black merrowing, Grand Haven, Michigan, before 1972, (W3937)
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CGC WOODRUSH, square shield, Duluth, Minnesota, before 1967, (W4020) (courtesy of Ron Wilkins)
CGC WOODRUSH, rectangle, Sitka, Alaska, -1981-, (W0480=)
CGC WOODRUSH, 12" round w/cuttermans badge, 1986-1990, (W9954=)
CGC WOODRUSH, 5" round w/cuttermans badge, 1986-1990, (W0869=)
CGC WOODRUSH, orcas, 1990-2001, (W2171=)

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WLM 175' & 157' Red class and Keeper class coastal buoytenders:

CGC ABBIE BURGESS, Coat of arms, Rockland, Maine, -2008, (W4704) (courtesy of Nancy Plunkett)
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CGC ANTHONY PETIT, Popeye, Ketchikan, Alaska, -2006-, (W4669) (courtesy of Robert Aaron Grigsby)
CGC ANTHONY PETIT, Scotch Cap Light, before 2024, (W6340=)
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CGC BARBARA MABRITY, Mobile, Alabama - no patches known ...
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CGC FRANK DREW, Portsmouth, Virginia - no patches known ...
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CGC GEORGE COBB, coat of arms, San Pedro, California, 2002-, (W3812=)
CGC GEORGE COBB, shark ship, 2002-, (W3807=)
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CGC HARRY CLAIBORNE, Galveston, Texas - no patches known ...
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CGC HENRY BLAKE, round with arcs, Everett, Washington, 2004-, (W4149=)
CGC HENRY BLAKE, 4" round, 2007-, (W4597=)
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CGC IDA LEWIS, Mother of All Lifesavers, Newport, Rhode Island, 1999-, (W3478=)
CGC IDA LEWIS, coat of arms, 1997-, (W3134=)
CGC IDA LEWIS, cutter profile w/light, 1997-, (W3149=)
CGC IDA LEWIS, cutter u/w w/light, 1996-, (W3080=)
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CGC JAMES RANKIN, Baltimore, Maryland, 1999-, (W3400=)
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CGC JOSHUA APPLEBY, shield, dragon flankers, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2003-, (W4012=)
CGC JOSHUA APPLEBY, round, Wrecking Keeper, before 2022, (W6003=)
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CGC KATHERINE WALKER, coat of arms, Bayonne, New Jersey, 2008-, (W4689=)
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CGC MARCUS HANNA, South Portland, Maine - no patches known ...
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CGC MARIA BRAY, Mayport, Florida - no patches known ...
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CGC RED BEECH, mermaid, Governors Island, New York, after 1964 or 1970s?, (W5648=)
CGC RED BEECH, machine sewn cutter on map, smooth waves, before 1984, (W0574=)
CGC RED BEECH, computer cutter on map, 1993-1997, (W0915=)
CGC RED BEECH Engineering, 1993-1997, (W2689=)
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CGC RED BIRCH, shield, San Francisco, California, or Baltimore, Maryland, before 1984, 1970s?, (W0258=)
CGC RED BIRCH, 6" round, Baltimore, Maryland, before 1982, (W9572=)
CGC RED BIRCH, 5" round, before 1922, (W6058=)
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CGC RED CEDAR, Portsmouth, Virginia, before 1982, (W0125=)
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CGC RED OAK, shield, We Do It With a Boom, Gloucester City, New Jersey, before 1984, (W0261=)
CGC RED OAK, red leaf on map, Gloucester City, New Jersey, 1985-, (W0647=)(note erroneous 'N.Y.')
CGC RED OAK, cutter on red leaf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, -1991-, (W2463=)
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CGC REDWOOD, arm w/buoy, New London, Connecticut, before 1984, (W0255=)
CGC REDWOOD, First in Her Class, before 1984, (W0131=)
CGC REDWOOD, screened, before 1985, (W0633=)
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CGC WALNUT (WLM-252), San Pedro, California, before 1982, (W0467=)
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CGC WILLIAM TATE, coat of arms, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2009-, (W4941=)
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Project Resident Office Marinette, 3 cutters on map, Wisconsin, 2003-, (W4033)

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WLM, WLI, WLIC, and WLR, Inland and River tenders:

CGC ANVIL, cap shield, cutter and barge on blue, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1980s?, (W5207=)
CGC ANVIL, cap shield, Texas map on black, before 1988, (W1857=)
CGC ANVIL, Black Bitch, 1986-, (W0896=)
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CGC BAYBERRY, Seattle, Washington, 1995-, (W2893=)
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CGC BLACKBERRY, man on buoy, Southport, North Carolina, 1989-1993, (W2039=)
CGC BLACKBERRY, no man on buoy, 1993-, (W2648=)
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CGC BLUEBELL, purple mountain, Portland, Oregon, 1994-, (W2791=)
CGC BLUEBELL, red mountain, 1994-, (W2803=)
CGC BLUEBELL, 50th Anniversary, 1998, (W2962=)
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CGC BLUEBERRY, reunion?, Seattle, Washington, before 1999, (W4189=)
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WLV BOSTON (WLV-189?), lightship, Boston, Massachusetts, before 1975, (W6056=)
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CGC BUCKTHORN, cap shield, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, before 1986, (W0877=)
CGC BUCKTHORN, River Rats, 1998-, (W3273=)
CGC BUCKTHORN, Detroit turtle, 1998-, (W3265=)
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CGC CHENA, rat on green can buoy, Hickman, Kentucky, circa 2010, (W5512=) (courtesy of CWO4 Vance Caskey, USCG)
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CGC CHEYENNE, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1987-, (W1569=)
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CGC CHIPPEWA, mounted Indian on map, Owensboro, Kentucky, 1994-, (W2857=)
CGC CHIPPEWA, Thunderbird of the Fleet, Paris Landing, Buchanan, Tennessee, 2010-, (W5047=)
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CGC CHOCK, Portsmouth, Virginia, before 1982, (W0216=)
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CGC CHOKEBERRY, straight, Crisfield, Maryland, -1988-, (W1844=)
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CGC CIMARRON, Tennessee River Rats, Buchanan, Tennessee, -1995-, (W2867=)
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CGC CLAMP, Galveston, Texas, 2007-, (W4595=)
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CGC COSMOS, cut edge, Saint Petersburg, Florida, before 1984, (W9532=)
CGC COSMOS, merrowed edge, before 1985, (W9703=)
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CGC ELDERBERRY, back, triangle, Petersburg, Alaska, 1965-, (W4263) (courtesy of Barry Trombly)
CGC ELDERBERRY, machine sewn zigzag w/open '6', 1987-, (W1270=)
CGC ELDERBERRY, computer sewn straight w/almost closed '6', 1987-, (W0977=)
ELDERBERRY's two '6' patches are compared here.
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CGC FIR, Mother Fir, Seattle, Washington, before 1984, (W0307=)
CGC FIR, 'Oldist' ghost Old Man w/buoy, Seattle, Washington, before 1984, (W1184=)
CGC FIR, 'Oldest' ghost Old Man w/buoy, before 1984, (W0174=)
CGC FIR, full uniform Old Man w/buoy, 1989-, (W2000=)
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CGC GASCONADE, red buoy, Omaha, Nebraska, 1995-1999, (W2980=)
CGC GASCONADE, green buoy, 2000-, (W3522=)
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CGC GREENBRIER, Natchez, Mississippi, 1997-, (W3183=)
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CGC HAMMER, cutter on stripe, Mayport, Florida, 2005?, (W4541=)
CGC HAMMER, twisted dayboards, 2006-, (W4471=)
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CGC HOLLYHOCK, WLM-220, Miami, Florida, before 1982, (W0327=)
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CGC JUNIPER (WLM-224), St. Petersburg, Florida, before 1975, (W0337=)
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CGC KANAWHA, 5" shield, ANFAC Memphis, Tennessee, 1976-, (W0339)
CGC KANAWHA, 3.2" shield, ANFAC Memphis, 1976-, (W0832=)
CGC KANAWHA, round, ANFAC Memphis, 1985-, (W2115=)
CGC KANAWHA, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, -1993-, (W2695=)
CGC KANAWHA, Poppin' Pins Since '69, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 2008-, (W4667=)
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CGC KANKAHEE - no patches known ...
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CGC KENNEBEC, Portsmouth, Virginia, -1982-, (W0123=)
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CGC KICKAPOO - no patches known ...
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CGC LANTANA, catfish cap shield, Hickman, Kentucky, and/or Natchez, Mississippi, 1980s?, (W5378=)
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CGC MUSKINGUM, Duck with buoy, shield, Brunswick, Missouri, before 1973, (W5341=)
CGC MUSKINGUM, map, WLR, white merrowing, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, 1991-1998, (W2482=)
CGC MUSKINGUM, map, WLM, black merrowing, 1998-, (W3263=)
CGC MUSKINGUM, Indian shield, 2010-, (W4986=)
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CGC OBION, round, alligator, Memphis, Tennessee, mid-1970s?, (W6214=)
CGC OBION, round, Northern Relief Vessel of the Western Rivers, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1988-, (W9605=)
CGC OBION, cap shield, Owensboro, Kentucky, before 2017, (W5706=)
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CGC OSAGE, ATON, cutter with buoys, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, 1989-, (W1219=)
CGC OSAGE, River Rats, before 2019, (W5757=)
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CGC OUCHITA - no patches known ...
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CGC PAMLICO, cutter with eagle motif, New Orleans, Louisiana, before 1985, (W3980=)
CGC PAMLICO, Bayou Builders at bottom, 1987-, (W0985=)
CGC PAMLICO, Bayou Builders near top, 1995-, (W2938=)
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CGC PATOKA, Donald Duck, Greenville, Mississippi, 1986-1990, (W0884=)
CGC PATOKA, River Rats, 1990-, (W2289=)
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CGC PRIMROSE, octopus, Curtis Bay, Maryland, early 1970s, (W5220=)
CGC PRIMROSE, 55 Years, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, 1999, (W3452=) Her last patch.
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CGC RAMBLER, green letters, Charleston, South Carolina, before 1984, (W0418=)
CGC RAMBLER, red letters, before 1983, (W0885=)
CGC RAMBLER, pile structure, 1986-, (W0871=)
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CGC SAGINAW - no patches known ...
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CGC SANGAMON, Peoria, Illinois, before 1990, (W4191=)
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CGC SCIOTO - no patches known ...
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CGC SLEDGE, Baltimore, Maryland, 1997-, (W3208=)
Aids to Navigation Team SLEDGE, lighthouse, @1995?, (W5377=)
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CGC SMILAX, Brunswick, Georgia, 1991-, (W2332=)
CGC SMILAX, mermaid, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, 2000-, (W3545=)
CGC SMILAX, Queen of the Fleet, 2013-, (W5314=)
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CGC SUMAC, round, Keokuk, Iowa, -1975-, (W4319) (courtesy of Jeff McKinney)
CGC SUMAC, nude witch, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1990-1999, (W9643=)
CGC SUMAC, clothed witch, 1999, (W3430=) Her last patch.
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CGC SYCAMORE (WLR-268), River Rats, Sewickley, Pennsylvania, before 1977, (W6131=)
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CGC WHITE BUSH, Astoria, Oregon, -1983-1985, (W0024=)
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CGC WHITE HEATH, 5" round, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984-, (W0642=) : reproduction, 4" round, 2017-, (W0642xA=)
CGC WHITE HEATH, rectangle, -1995-, (W2876=)
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CGC WHITE HOLLY, donkey star, Ketchikan, Alaska, late 1950s?, (W4109)
CGC WHITE HOLLY, red/blue round, Ketchikan, Alaska, early 1960s?, (W9688=) (courtesy of John Biberdorf)
CGC WHITE HOLLY, red/white round, before 1972, (W9614=) (courtesy of Darryl Barfield)
CGC WHITE HOLLY, machine sewn, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985-1989, (W0751=)
CGC WHITE HOLLY, computer sewn, 1989-, (W2057=)
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CGC WHITE LUPINE, Hate To Waste A Day, Rockland, Maine, before 1985, (W0839=)
CGC WHITE LUPINE, The Best Never Rest, -1995-, (W2866=)
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CGC WHITE PINE, Mobile, Alabama, 1995-, (W2940=)
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CGC WHITE SAGE, cutter w/lighthouse buoy, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, before 1984, (W0475=)
CGC WHITE SAGE, Garfield 'Cat Rowered', before 1988, (W1778=)
CGC WHITE SAGE, Garfield 'Cat Powered', circa 1985?, (W2205=) (courtesy of Bill Collette)
CGC WHITE SAGE, cap shield, before 1984, (W0474=)
CGC WHITE SAGE, Bristol, Rhode Island, mermaid, 1994-, (W2812=)
CGC WHITE SAGE, Bassett's Floating Schoolhouse, map on shell, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1995?, (W5213=)
CGC WHITE SAGE, Bassett's Floating Schoolhouse, sunset, 1996, (W3059=)
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CGC WHITE SUMAC, SAR, ELT, ATON, Saint Petersburg, Florida, before 1984, (W0476=)
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CGC WYACONDA, Dubuque, Iowa, 1995-, (W2892=)

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WYTMs, WYTLs and WTGBs, Bay class and Tool class harbor tugs:

CGC ARUNDEL, Chicago, Illinois, before 1979, (W0250=)
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CGC APALACHEE, computer sewn, South Portland, Maine, 1987-, (W0990=)
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CGC AXE - patch known, but no image available ...
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CGC BISCAYNE BAY, white cutter under bridge, Sentinel of the Straits, Saint Ignace, Michigan, 1994-, (W0225=)
CGC BISCAYNE BAY, hull form, Sentinel of the Straits, 1994-, (W2768=)
CGC BISCAYNE BAY, black cutter centered under bridge, large neat Sentinel of the Straits, -2008-, (W4662=)
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CGC BOLLARD, smiling sun, New Haven, CT, before 1989, (W0791=)
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CGC BRIDLE, shield, Southwest Harbor, Maine, 1970s?, (W5203=)
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CGC BRISTOL BAY, Bust'n Motown Bound, Detroit, Michigan, before 1984, (W0224=)
CGC BRISTOL BAY, Second To None, -1984-, (W0222=)
CGC BRISTOL BAY, With or Without, 1993-, (W2659=)
CGC BRISTOL BAY, and Barge 12001, Workhorse of the Lakes, before 2016, (W5527=)
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CGC CAPSTAN - no patches known ...
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CGC CATENARY, machine sewn, Gloucester City, New Jersey, -1985-, (W0636=)
CGC CATENARY, computer sewn, -1989-1992?, (W1994=)
CGC CATENARY, computer sewn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, -1993-, (W2696=)
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CGC CHINOOK, '1', Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland, -1978-1980-, (W0219=) (courtesy of Michael Kellum)
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CGC CLEAT, WTL error, Gloucester City, New Jersey, 1982, (W0203=)
CGC CLEAT, WYTL, 1982-1989-, (W1993=) (courtesy of Alan Nelson, MKCS, USCGR(Ret))
CGC CLEAT, 65' of Pride, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, -1993-, (W2697=)
CGC CLEAT, 3" merrowed round, CUSTOS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2017-, (W5751=)
CGC CLEAT, 4" laser cut chain, CUSTOS, before 2022, (W6052=)
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CGC HATCHET, Galveston, Texas, 1993-, (W2718=)
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CGC HAWSER, white masts, Governors Island, New York, before 1987, (W1007=)
CGC HAWSER, orange masts, before 1982, (W0326=)
CGC HAWSER, Bayonne, New Jersey, -2000-, (W3489=)
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CGC KATMAI BAY, large WTGB, Plank Owner, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 1979, (W9716=)
CGC KATMAI BAY, large WTGB, before 1982, (W9539=)
CGC KATMAI BAY, Ice Busters, 1987-, (W0981=)
CGC KATMAI BAY, 2000-, (W3560=)
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CGC KAW (WYTM-61), Cleveland, Ohio, before 1979, (W0340=)
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CGC LINE, shield, New York City, New York, before 1984, (W0257=)
CGC LINE, Slow But Steady, Bayonne, New Jersey, 2004-, (W4238=)
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CGC MANITOU (WYTM-60), Slow But Steady, New York, New York, 1970s, (W4971=)
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CGC MALLET, cap shield, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1987?-, (W5202=)
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CGC MAHONING, large, New York City, New York, before 1984, (W9510=)
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CGC MOBILE BAY, 'USCGG', 4", two lettered lines under cutter, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, before 1984, (W0547=)
CGC MOBILE BAY, 'USCGC', 4.1", two lettered lines under cutter, 1980s?, (W4187=)
CGC MOBILE BAY, 'USCGC', 4.1", three lettered lines under cutter, 1980s?, (W0365=)
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CGC MOHICAN, Portsmouth, Virginia, before 1984, (W0362=)
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CGC MORRO BAY, blue cloth, Yorktown, Virginia, before 1982, (W0109=)
CGC MORRO BAY, aqua blue cloth, -1988-, (W1892=)
CGC MORRO BAY, cutter at New London, Connecticut - Connecticut Rivers Council, BSA 2013 National Jamboree, 2013, (W5584=)
CGC MORRO BAY, 4" round, screened, Cleveland, Ohio, 2014-, (W6287=)
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CGC NEAH BAY, Taz, Cleveland, Ohio, 1989-, (W2051=)
CGC NEAH BAY, round, red border, 1995-, (W2975=)
CGC NEAH BAY, round, blue border, -2010-, (W5063=) (courtesy of LCDR William Woityra)
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CGC OJIBWAY, Yorktown, Virginia, before 1982, (W0105=)
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CGC PENDANT, Boston, Massacusetts, before 1986, (W0941=)
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CGC PENOBSCOT BAY, dark green Statue of Liberty, red merrowing, Governors Island, New York, early 1980s?, (W6317=)
CGC PENOBSCOT BAY, light green Statue of Liberty, red merrowing, 1986-, (W0899=)
CGC PENOBSCOT BAY, Statue of Liberty, cut edge, rope outer ring, Bayonne, New Jersey, 2008-, (W4694=)
CGC PENOBSCOT BAY, cutter in ice, screened, before 2024, (W6323=)
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CGC RARITAN, New York City, New York, 1986-1988, (W0849=)
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CGC SAUK, Governors Island, New York, before 1984, (W0429=)
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CGC SHACKLE, South Portland, Maine, 1995-, (W2928=)
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CGC SNOHOMISH, Indian head, Rockland, Maine, 1970s?, (W0434=)
CGC SNOHOMISH, black hull, -1981-, (W1098=)
CGC SNOHOMISH, white hull, before 1986, (W1932=)
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CGC SPIKE, bulldog, Mayport, Florida, 1985-, (W0730=)
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CGC STURGEON BAY, fish in ice, New York City, New York, before 1988, (W1752=)
CGC STURGEON BAY, skyline, 1993-, (W2705=)
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CGC SWIVEL, 5" Popeye, 'WTL' error, Rockland, Maine, before 1989, (W2429=)
CGC SWIVEL, 5" Popeye, 'WYTL' corrected, before 1989, (W5955=)
SWIVEL's two '5' patches are compared here.
CGC SWIVEL, 4" Popeye, -1990-, (W2237=)
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CGC TACKLE, Crisfield, Maryland, -1988-, (W1840=)
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CGC THUNDER BAY, round, Rockland, Maine, -1990-, (W2293=)
CGC THUNDER BAY, state shape, 1997-, (W3213=)
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CGC TOWLINE, Final Tour, Bristol, Rhode Island, 1996, (W2986=)
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CGC VISE, 2", Saint Petersburg, Florida, before 1989, (W2013=)
CGC VISE, 3.5", loose pants, before 1984, (W0466=)
CGC VISE, 3.5", tight pants, before 1989, (W2042=)
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CGC WEDGE - patch known, but no image available ...
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CGC WIRE, Harbor Wolf, New York City, New York, 1985-1988, (W0817=)
CGC WIRE, Garfield, 1988-, (W1681=)
CGC WIRE, Top Tug, before 1992, (W4192=)
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CGC YANKTON, cutter with arms, South Portland, Maine, before 1984, (W0114=)

Lightships and KUKUI, NETTLE:

WLV 604, Columbia River lightship museum, Astoria, Oregon, 1985-, (W1183=)
Columbia Lightship, 7" round, before 1979, (W9995=)
Columbia Lightship, 5" round with small chain border, before 1979, (W0620=)
Columbia Lightship, 5" round with large chain border, museum ship patch, 1996-, (W3123=)
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CGC KUKUI, small seahorse shield, Honolulu, Hawaii, about 1970, (W1575=)
CGC KUKUI, large seahorse, about 1970, (W0948=)
CGC KUKUI, Construction Division, bulldozer, about 1970, (W0935=)
CGC KUKUI, morale, book motif, about 1970, (W0970=)
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CGC NANTUCKET (WLV-612), lightship, Boston, Massachusetts, between 1975 and 1985, (W0372=)
CGC NANTUCKET-1 (WLV-612), NANTUCKET-2 (WLV-613), Last of Their Breed, Boston, Massachusetts, 1980s?, (W1406=)
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[CGC NETTLE], lighter graphic, Sub Unum Et Supra Duo, Sangley Point, Philippines, before 1968, (courtesy of Jim Clifton, LCDR, USCG(Ret))

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