noaa zippo knife

[searcher]

found this last thursday on pensacola beach in florida. engraving is; NOAA SHIP PEIRCE S-328
i figure this is a weather ship of some sort. anybody have any better info?/
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[omnicognic]

I found this:http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/postwwii/shipyards/inactive/inland/westvirginia.htm
was built May 10, 1963,
donated to new york in 1993

HH omnicognic 8)

 

[searcher]

omni, thanks for the link, and the research. thats pretty cool!!
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[JARMAN]

COOL FIND.HH

Nice search Omni.

 

[omnicognic]

Ok, here are some more links:
This one gives details about the ship:
http://www.history.noaa.gov/giants/peirce.html

This link has some more info and a pic of the ship:
http://www.history.noaa.gov/ships/peirce.html

I also found out that the ship was renamed to "E.A. FISHER"

That's it for me the trail went cold after this. Hope this helped! I bet someone is really kicking themselves over losing that one! HH omnicognic 8)

 

[searcher]

wow!! helps alot! do you really like ships? thats good history to know about.. too bad it's not engraved with somebodys name...
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[pepperpump]

GREAT FIND!!!DOES IT WORK
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[Leon]

Cool Find!!! Still looks good too...
Good luck & Happy hunting~

 

[allen]

that is a real cool find. keep on digging !!!

 

[keniii]

Ronald Proulx, 94 Main St., Chatham, NJ 07928
973/635-6500, Fax: 973/635-6830,
Outstanding hand engravers of holloware and flatware are tough to find. Ron, who has been engraving for 15 years, will send you his price list including examples of letter styles, though, he is happy to quote on unique designs and family crests.

 

[omnicognic]

I think he wished it had been engraved so he could track down the previous owner!

 

[searcher]

yep, omni is right. if it had been engraved i could find the owner and find out some more history!!
by the way this is a "gentlemans" knife made by zippo, not an actual lighter... it has a small blade and a nail file.
too bad i only had two hrs on the beach.. then back to Texas. oh yeah $.64 in clad too... didn't quite pay for the bridge toll. lol
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[Mystro7]

Great find, awesome to have a rare piece of history like that. I woulda been pretty amped to find that! Have a good one and good luck on your next hunt!

 

[PrizmIV]

WTG, I have a condo in Perdido Key (5min away form Pensacola) and I'm also in agreement that the toll bridges are killer. Specially the Folly or however u spell it one. 8)

 

[searcher]

i should have thought ahead and posted i was going to pensacola so i could meet up with some of ya'll from there!!
oh well, if there's a next time....
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