
Wess Wessling's
United States Coast Guard
Patch Archive

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Icebreakers:
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, cut edge shield, scraggly bear, Long Beach, California, late 1960s?, (W1085=)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, merrowed shield, red-eyed penguins, -1977-, (W0265=) (courtesy of Ronald Bradley)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, merrowed shield, black-eyed penquins, -1978, (W0043=)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, Arctic Summer West 73, 1973, (W0254=)
- Point Barrow, AK & McMurdo, Antarctica, associated with BURTON ISLAND voyages of 1974/75, (W1112= and W1113=)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, Deep Freeze 1975, 1975, (W0611)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, Deep Freeze 1976, 1976, (W0069=)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, Deep Freeze 1977, 1977, (W0253) (courtesy of Ronald Bradley)
- CGC EASTWIND, reunion, 1997, (W3165=)
- CGC EDISTO, closed back REPRO, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999-, (W3473=)
- CGC GLACIER, AVDET 5, Deep Freeze 1969, 1970, (W1488=)
- CGC GLACIER, From Pole To Pole, Long Beach, California, 1970s, (W0318=)
- CGC GLACIER, AVDET 60, AW76, 1976, (W1515) (courtesy of Joe Manjone)
- CGC GLACIER, Deep Freeze 80, 1980, (W0314=)
- CGC GLACIER, Ootaw, 1970s?, (W0319=)
- CGC GLACIER, red hull, banner away from smoke, 3.8", before 1986, (W1701=)
- CGC GLACIER, red hull, banner almost touches smoke, 4", -1985-, (W0692=)
- CGC GLACIER, Deep Freeze 1985, 1985-, (W0712=)
- CGC GLACIER, Deep Freeze 1986, Portland, Oregon, 1986, (W0965=) (Her 28th and last Deep Freeze voyage.)
- CGC GLACIER, AVDET 110, Deep Freeze 1986, 1986, (W1186) (courtesy of Joe Manjone and ATC Mobile)
- CGC GLACIER, closed back REPRO, 1999-, (W3457=)
- CGC HEALY, Seattle, Washington, 2000-, (W3483=)
- CGC HEALY, Working Together, 2000-, (W3500=)
- CGC HEALY, orange border, -2007-, (W4633)
- CGC HEALY, AES 01, 2001, (W3836)
- CGC HEALY, AVDET 158, First HH-65B Deployment, 2003, (W4025=)
- CGC HEALY, AVDET 160 AWS 2004, 2005, (W4258)
- [CGC HEALY?], AVDET 162, AWES 2005, Polar Operations Last Deployment, 2005, (W4434)
- CGC MACKINAW (WAGB-83), small round, white hull no stripe, Cheboygan, Michigan, before 1968, (W1647=)
- CGC MACKINAW, large round, (W9521)
- CGC MACKINAW, small round, white hull with stripe, 1988-, (W1704=)
- CGC MACKINAW, small round, red hull, -2000-, (W3575)
- CGC MACKINAW, rectangle, 4th Reunion, 1984, (W4629)
- CGC MACKINAW (WLBB-30), coat of arms, -2007-, (W4619=)
- CGC NORTHWIND unit patches
- CGC NORTHWIND, Operation Deep Freeze 1956-57, 1957, (W3046) (courtesy of Donald W. Barnes via Dale Barnes)
- CGC NORTHWIND, Northwest Passage 1969, 1969, (W4502) (courtesy of Paul Kulik, TT2)
- CGC NORTHWIND, Bering Sea Patrol 1970, 1970, (W4515) (courtesy of Paul Kulik, TT2)
- CGC NORTHWIND, Summer 1970 design nixed by CO, never produced (courtesy of Paul Kulik, TT2)
- CGC NORTHWIND, Summer 1970, 1970, (W4491) (courtesy of Paul Kulik, TT2)
- CGC NORTHWIND, ASE83, AVDET 97, Common Sense, 1983, (W1523) (courtesy of Rich Miller, AM1, USCG(Ret))
- CGC POLAR SEA, fat oval, Seattle, Washington, before 1984, (W0400=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, rectangle, before 1991, (W1155)
- CGC POLAR SEA, skinny oval, -1990-2008-, (W2309=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Pride'll Bring'em Home, Engineering, -1981- , (W0409=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, engineering, 1995-, (W2965=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Shakedown Cruise, 1977, (W0401=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AWW 78, (W0410=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AWS 80, (W0403=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AWW 81, PSOP 81, Winter Over, (W0404=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AWW 81, Broke Rudder, (W0405=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AWS 82, (W0407=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, [Aviation Detachment 92], AW[S] 1982, 1983, (W0406=) (number in left pennant)
- CGC POLAR SEA, [Aviation Detachment 96], AW[W] 1982, 1983, (W0406=) (number in right pennant)
- CGC POLAR SEA, DF 82, (W0412=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AWW 83, (W0409=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AWS 84, northern lights, 1985, (W0716=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, DF 84, (W9564=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AWW 85, (W0880=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, machine sewn bears, AWS 85, 1987, (W1606=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AES 85, Pacer Goose, 1986, (W0900=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AES 85, AWS 85, Circumnavigation of North America, 1986, (W0932)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AWW 86, AVDET 111, (W1823=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1987, 1988, (W9587=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1989, 1989, (W1454=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, (Aviation Detachment 121), Deep Freeze 1989 (CGC POLAR SEA), 1990, (W9638) (courtesy of Stewart Bailey)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Circumnavigation 1990, 1991, (W2381=)
- [CGC POLAR SEA], Deep Freeze 1991, Southern Comfort, 1992, (W2480=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Pine Island Bay, Deep Freeze 1992, 1993, (W4209=)
- [CGC POLAR SEA], Aviation Detachment 128, AES/NEWP 1992, 1992, (W2717=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Northeast Water Polynya Project 92, 1993, (W2650=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AES/NEWP 93, 1993, (W2748=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, (Aviation Detachment 127), Deep Freeze 1992, [unsealed back, 1994, (W2828=); sealed back, -2006-, (W4484)]
- CGC POLAR SEA, AOS 94, 1994, (W2933=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AOS 94 screened, 1994, (W3684=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1997, 1998, (W3258=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1999, 1999-2000, (W3419 & W3484)
- CGC POLAR SEA, AVDET 159 alligator McMurdo, 2004, (W4166=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, polar bear, brown merrowing, Seattle, Washington, before 1984, (W0416=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, polar bear, ill-formed bear, 5", before 1984, (W0532=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Engineers rat, before 1984, (W0413=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, polar bear, no white stripe, 4.5", mid-1980s, (W1458=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, polar bear, white stripe, 4.5", 1985-, (W0745=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, polar bear, black hilites on chain, 4", 1989-, (W1997=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, cap shield, 1980s?, (W4207)
- CGC POLAR STAR, engineering, -1998-, (W3287)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Bicentennial Break Out, Arctic Ice Test, 1976, (W0414=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, AWS 1981, , 1981, (W1092=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 1981, 1981, (W1217=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, AVDET 82, Deep Freeze 81, 1981, (W9633=)
- CGC POLAR STAR / Aviation Detachment 90, AWW 82, before 1985, (W1158=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, AWW 82, @1983, (W0415=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic Pressure Ridge Tests, 1982, (W1111=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 83, 1983, (W9511=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic West Winter 84, 1984, (W0533=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, AWW84, AVDET 100 Centurions, 1984, (W9631=) (courtesy of Rich Miller, AM1, USCG(Ret))
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 1985, AVDET 105, 1985, (W0854) (courtesy of Rich Miller, AM1, USCG(Ret))
- CGC POLAR STAR, AVDET 109, Deep Freeze 1986, 1986, (W0927) (courtesy of Joe Manjone and ATC Mobile)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic West Summer 88, 1988, (W2034=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic East/West Summer 1989, 1989, (W9641=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 90, 1991, (W2267=)
- CGC POLAR STAR / Aviation Detachment 123, 1st HH-65A, DF90, 1990, (W2448=)
- CGC POLAR STAR / Aviation Detachment 135, AWS 1994, 1994, (W2913=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 95, 1996, (W3036=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 96, 1997, (W3077)
- CGC POLAR STAR, AVDET 159 alligator McMurdo, 2004, (W4153=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, AVDET 161, DF05, The Final Freeze, 2005, (W4414=)
- CGC SOUTHWIND, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1972-1974, (W0436=)
- CGC STATEN ISLAND, Yosemite Sam w/Esso Tiger, Arctic West 1969, 1969, (W9543=)
- CGC STATEN ISLAND, screened oval cap patch, 1970s, (W4151)
- CGC WESTWIND, two whales, Brooklyn, New York, 1960s?, (W1421=)
- CGC WESTWIND, penguin, -1961-, (W0471)
- CGC WESTWIND, IBSEC Det 13, AE70, Greenland Summer Surveys, 1970, (W0469=)
- CGC WESTWIND, Great Lakes Icebreaking, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, -1981, (W0470=)
- CGC WESTWIND, Haitian Vacation, Mobile, Alabama, 1982?, (W0259=)
- CGC WESTWIND, Halifax, 1982, (W1213=)
- CGC WESTWIND, Arctic West Winter 1983, Mizex 83, AVDET 95, 1983, (W9542=)
- CGC WESTWIND, Arctic West Winter 1983, Photo Flyers, AVDET 95, 1983, (W1533) (courtesy of Rich Miller, AM1, USCG(Ret))
- CGC WESTWIND, Deep Freeze 1984, 1984, (W0472=)
- The World Over, 25 Years of Polar Exploration, 1995, (W2904=)
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Arctic Voyages - Arctic, East or West, Summer, etc.:
- CGC STORIS, Arctic Operation, 1958, (W1164=)
- CGC STORIS, Dewline Operation, 1959, (W1218=)
- CGC NORTHWIND, Arctic Operation / Bering Sea Patrol, 1960, (W1216=)
- CGC NORTHWIND, Arctic Oceanographic Cruise, 1961, (W1214=)
- CGC NORTHWIND, Bering Sea Patrol Oceanographic Survey, 1962, (W1215=)
- CGC NORTHWIND, Bering Sea Jan Apr 1968, (W3564=)
- CGC NORTHWIND, July Oct 1968, (W3570=)
- SS MANHATTAN, Esso Humble oil tanker made Northwest Passage in 1969 with CGC NORTHWIND, CGC STATEN ISLAND, and Canadian icebreaker JOHN A. MacDONALD, 1969, (courtesy of Daniel Lazenby)
- CGC NORTHWIND, plaque received from Esso Humble oil tanker SS MANHATTAN that made Northwest Passage in 1969 with NORTHWIND assistance, 1969, (courtesy of Daniel Lazenby)
- CGC STATEN ISLAND, Yosemite Sam w/Esso Tiger, Arctic West 1969, Seattle, Washington, 1969, (W9543=)
- CGC GLACIER, From Pole To Pole, 1970s, (W0318)
- CGC WESTWIND, IBSEC Det 13, AE70, Greenland Summer Surveys, 1970, (W0469=)
- CGC GLACIER, Ootaw, (W0319=)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, Arctic Summer West 73, 1973, (W0254=)
- Point Barrow, AK & McMurdo, Antarctica, associated with BURTON ISLAND voyages of 1974/75, (W1112= and W1113=) (courtesy of Coast Guard Museum, Northwest, Seattle)
- Aviation Detachment 60 / CGC GLACIER , Arctic West 1976, (W1515) (courtesy of Joe Manjone)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Bicentennial Break Out, Arctic Ice Test, 1976, (W0414=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West Winter 1978, (W0410=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West Summer 1980, (W0403=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic West Summer 1981 (W1092=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West Winter 1981, PSOP 1981, Winter Over, (W0404=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West Winter 1981, Broke Rudder, (W0405=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, [Aviation Detachment 92], Arctic West [Summer] 1982, 1983, (W0406=) (number in left pennant)
- CGC POLAR SEA, [Aviation Detachment 96], Arctic West [Winter] 1982, 1983, (W0406=) (number in right pennant)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic West Winter 1982, @1983, (W0415=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic Pressure Ridge Tests, 1982, (W1111=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West Summer 1982, (W0407=)
- CGC POLAR STAR / Aviation Detachment 90, Arctic West Winter 1982, Seattle, Washington, before 1985, (W1158=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West Winter 1983, (W0409=)
- [Aviation Detachment 92], CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West [Summer] 82, 1983, (W0406=) (courtesy of Coast Guard Museum, Northwest, Seattle) (number in left pennant)
- CGC WESTWIND / AVDET 95, Arctic Winter West 1983, Mizex 83, 1983, (W9542=)
- CGC WESTWIND / AVDET 95, Arctic Winter West 1983, Photo Flyers, 1983, (W1533) (courtesy of Rich Miller, AM1, USCG(Ret))
- [Aviation Detachment 96], CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West [Winter] 83, 1983, (W0406=) (courtesy of Coast Guard Museum, Northwest, Seattle) (number usually in right pennant)
- CGC NORTHWIND / AVDET 97, Arctic Summer East 1983, Common Sense, 1983, (W1523) (courtesy of Rich Miller, AM1, USCG(Ret))
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic West Winter 1984, (W0533=)
- CGC POLAR STAR / AVDET 100, Arctic West Winter 1984, Centurions, 1984, (W9631=) (courtesy of Rich Miller, AM1, USCG(Ret))
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West Summer 1984, northern lights, 1985, (W0716=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, machine sewn bears, Arctic West Summer 1985, Seattle, Washington, 1987, (W1606=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West Winter 1985, (W0880=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic East Summer 1985, Pacer Goose, 1986, (W0900=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic East Summer 1985, Arctic West Summer 1985, Circumnavigation 1985, 1986, (W0932)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic West Winter 1986, AVDET 111, (W1823=)
- Aviation Detachment 115, (CGC POLAR SEA), Fish Shack Five, Deep Freeze 1987, 1988, (W1831=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic West Summer 1988, Circumnavigation 1988, (W2034=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Arctic East/West Summer 1989, (W9641=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Circumnavigation 1990, 1991, (W2381=)
- Aviation Detachment 129, (POLAR STAR), Remember the Belle, Arctic West Summer 1992, 1993, (W2698=)
- [CGC POLAR SEA], Aviation Detachment 128, Arctic East Summer/Northeast Water Polyna Project 1992, 1992, (W2717=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Northeast Water Polynya Project 1992, 1993, (W2650=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic East Summer /NorthEast Water Polynya 93, 1993, (W2748=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Aviation Detachment 128, AES/NEWP 92, (W2717=)
- Aviation Detachment 131, Arctic East 93, 1994, (W2830=)
- Aviation Detachment 132, Arctic West 93, 1994, (W2862=)
- Aviation Detachment 134, Arctic Ocean Section 94, 1995, (W2931=)
- CGC POLAR STAR / Aviation Detachment 135, Arctic West Summer 1994, Seattle, Washington, 1994, (W2913=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic Ocean Section 94 diamond, Seattle, 1994, (W2933=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Arctic Ocean Section 94 screened, 1994, (W3684=)
- The World Over, 25 Years of Polar Exploration, 1995, (W2904)
- Aviation Detachment 142, (CGC POLAR SEA), Arctic West Summer 98, 1998, (W3401)
- Aviation Detachment 144, (CGC POLAR SEA), SLIPP99, 1999, (W3463)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Refreeze 1999, 1999-2000, (W3419 & W3484)
- Aviation Detachment 147, (CGC HEALY), 2000, (W3474=)
- Aviation Detachment 150, SLIPP 01, 2002-, (W3874=)
- Aviation Detachment 151, (CGC HEALY), AES 01, 2001, (W3836=)
- Aviation Detachment 152, Arctic West Summer 2001, 2003, (W4010=)
- Aviation Detachment 155, Arctic West Summer 2002, 2003, (W4037=)
- Aviation Detachment 156, Arctic West 2002, 2003, (W3989=)
- Aviation Detachment 158, HEALY First HH-65B Deployment, 2003, (W4025=)
Aviation Detachment 162, [CGC HEALY?], Arctic West East Summer 2005, Polar Operations Last Deployment, 2005, (W4434)
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Antarctic Voyages - Deep Freeze:
- CGC NORTHWIND, Operation Deep Freeze 1956-57, 1957, (W3046) (courtesy of Donald W. Barnes via Dale Barnes)
- CGC GLACIER, AVDET 5, Deep Freeze 69-70, 1970, (W1488)
- CGC GLACIER, From Pole To Pole, 1970s, (W0318)
- Point Barrow, AK & McMurdo, Antarctica, associated with BURTON ISLAND voyages of 1974/75, (W1112= and W1113=)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, Deep Freeze 75, 1975, (W0611)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, Deep Freeze 76, 1976, (W0069=)
- CGC BURTON ISLAND, Deep Freeze 77, 1977, (W0253=) (courtesy of Ronald Bradley)
- Operation Deep Freeze Antartica, 1980s?, (W3390=)
- CGC GLACIER, Deep Freeze 80, 1980, (W0314=)
- McMurdo, associated with BURTON ISLAND, 1970s, (W1112)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 1981, 1981, (W1217=)
- Naval Support Force Antarctica, Terminal Operations, before 1983, (W2307=)
- Aviation Detachment 82, (CGC POLAR STAR), Deep Freeze 81, 1981, (W9633=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1982, (W0412=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 1983, (W9511=)
- CGC WESTWIND, Deep Freeze 1984, (W0472=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1984, (W9564=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1984, (W9564=)
- CGC GLACIER, Deep Freeze 1985, (W0712=)
- CGC POLAR STAR / AVDET 105, Deep Freeze 1985, 1985, (W0854) (courtesy of Rich Miller, AM1, USCG(Ret))
- CGC GLACIER, Deep Freeze 1986, (W0965=)
- CGC GLACIER, AVDET 110, Deep Freeze 1986, 1986, (W1186) (courtesy of Joe Manjone and ATC Mobile)
- Aviation Detachment 109, [CGC POLAR STAR], Deep Freeze 1986, 1986, (W0927) (courtesy of Joe Manjone and ATC Mobile)
- Aviation Detachment 115, (CGC POLAR SEA), Fish Shack Five, Deep Freeze 1987, 1988, (W1831=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1987, 1988, (W9587=)
- Aviation Detachment 118, (CGC POLAR SEA), Deep Freeze 88, 1988, (W2228=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1989, 1989, (W1454=)
- Aviation Detachment 121, (CGC POLAR SEA), Deep Freeze 1989 (CGC POLAR SEA), 1990, (W9638) (courtesy of Stewart Bailey)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 1990, 1991, (W2267=)
- Aviation Detachment 123, 1st HH-65A, Deep Freeze 1990, (CGC POLAR STAR), 1990, (W2448)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1991 Southern Comfort, 1992, (W2480=)
- Aviation Detachment 125, (CGC POLAR SEA), Deep Freeze 1991, 1994, (W2829=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Pine Island Bay, Deep Freeze 1992, 1993, (W4209=)
- Aviation Detachment 127, (CGC POLAR SEA), Deep Freeze 1992, unsealed back, 1994, (W2828=); sealed back, -2006-, (W4484)
- Aviation Detachment 130, Deep Freeze 1993, 1993, (W2720=)
- Aviation Detachment 133, Air Station McMurdo, 1994, (W4212=)
- The World Over, 25 Years of Polar Exploration, 1995, (W2904)
- Aviation Detachment 136, (CGC POLAR STAR), Deep Freeze 1995, 1996, (W3039=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 1995, 1996, (W3036=)
- Aviation Detachment 138, (CGC POLAR STAR), Deep Freeze 1996, 1997, (W3135=)
- CGC POLAR STAR, Deep Freeze 1996, 1997, (W3077)
- Aviation Detachment 140, Deep Freeze 1997, 1998, (W3167=)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1997, 1998, (W3258=)
- Aviation Detachment 144, (CGC POLAR SEA), Deep Freeze 1999, 1999, (W3463)
- CGC POLAR SEA, Deep Freeze 1999, 1999-2000, (W3419 & W3484)
- Aviation Detachment 153, (CGC POLAR STAR), Deep Freeze 2002, 2001, (W3792=)
- Aviation Detachment 154, Flying Meatlogs, Deep Freeze 2002, before 2006, (W4427=)
- Aviation Detachment 157, Deep Freeze 2003, 2003, (W3920=)
- Aviation Detachment 159, DF04 Last of the Alphas, 2004, (W4141=)
- Aviation Detachment 159, POLAR STAR alligator McMurdo, 2004, (W4153=)
- Aviation Detachment 159, POLAR SEA alligator McMurdo, 2004, (W4166=)
- Aviation Detachment 160, CGC HEALY Arctic West Summer 2004, 2005, (W4258)
- CGC POLAR STAR, AVDET 161, Deep Freeze 2005, The Final Freeze, 2005, (W4414=)
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