Silver (sterling) navy item.

[tubesaft78910]

I spent a number of years in the USN,1950's 1060' but have never seen anything like this.
It is to large for a neckerchief or a piece of uniform.
I figure is something that a sailor in the Asiatic fleet had made but for what, Thanks for any help, Stretch[ftp][/ftp]

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

LTjg. J.H. Kelly was in command of the Rescue Tug USS ATR-26!

At first I thought that was alot of vessels for one man to serve on but then again... maybe not.

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/40/40026.htm

Thats a great ID. I guess this ones solved.

 

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[High Plains Digger]

It is interesting that you would read that from "right to left" so to speak. I hadn't considered that. Are you left handed? I am interested about why I turned it one way and you turned it the other. Makes an interesting sequence of ships, though.
Hmmmm.......

 

[ivan salis]

I was 27 year merchant seaman (now retired) with a sea going family background via my fathers side of about 300 years of men in my family going to sea --(I was the last one--of the family line to do so ) -- I too if listing ships served on would start with the most recent one ( the last one) first and work "backwards" to the start

it makes sense too since he was given command of the tug AFT 26 * as a LT jg --just before his last stint (most likely as the gunnery officer ) on the HEAVY CRUISER * AUGUSTA ( CL /CA 31) --the AUGUSTA near WW2's end had some very very important VIP transportation and protection duties that it did.

 

[High Plains Digger]

Then it must be a Navy thing, not a left hand or left brain/right brain thing. I was just amazed that we looked at the same thing so differently. I was thinking how something like this would cause problems in the world of politics. Just think, Chamberlin thought that Hitler had agreed not to sieze any more territory and declared "Peace in our Time" and Hitler thought the agreement was "Just after I wipe out Poland".

And you would certainly understand what makes sense in the Navy more than I would. That in itself is a feat of great significance, and you did it in only 27 years. I think some admirals have never mastered that understanding. Then again, I can hardly spell Naby.

 

[ivan salis]

hitlers motto was "i will sign any agreement , that you want me to achive my long term goals " ( he signed agreements with britian to prevent her from attacking / and signed agreements with russia as well) -- he later on attacked both countries -- hitler point of veiw was "agee to anything , sign anything -- then I will do as I please" ( ps hitler mind set was )-- just because I signed some silly bit of paper-- do not expect me to actually honor them if they are in any way bothersome to my desires.

 

[High Plains Digger]

10-4 on that. (did I actually say 10-4? ouch) Seriously though, is there some navy training or way of doing something that would make you turn the napkin ring one way rather than the other? Don't mean to harp on this, but this is really fuddling me and I find it mystifying. Not that either way is right or wrong, just that you did x and I did y. It would be interesting to take a survey and see if there is an answer out there. Doctorial students? Wait, maybe I will go back to school and do it.

 

[ivan salis]

well logic tells you a gunnery officer is normally a "warrant" or speciality officer * after serving a bit he was moved up to standard --Lt jg (LT junior grade ) thus he was promoted a level --and given command a a rescue tug --ATF 26 * -- THE WAY I VEIW IT IS THUS he started his carreer aboard a destroyer * McCall a older small vessel --the moved up to the old but larger battleship Texas -- from there he went on the naval fuel tanker * CHEWAUCAN ( a very dangeroous job) -- they were prime targets for subs and carrying fuel once hit few folks survived -- from there to a fleet rescue tug QUAPAW --MOST LIKELY FOR TRAINING FOR HIS UP COMING "COMMAND' OF -- ATF 26 * -- WHICH HE TURNED OVER TO THE "FREE CHINESE GOVT" IN FORMOSA (AKA TAWIAN) IN 1947 * --HE FINISHED HIS CARREER ON THE HEAVY CRUISER AUGUSTA .

AFTER TRANSFERING THE ATF 26 OVER HE MOST LIKE RODE HOME ON THE AUGUSTA * TO BE DISCHARGED OUT --THE ITEM WAS MOST LIKELY MADE IN FORMOSA (TAWIAN) -- AND CAME FROM SHANGHI WITH THE FREE CHINESE WHEN THE FREE CHINESE BUGGED OUT FROM THE MAINLAND .

 

[High Plains Digger]

Which means he had a pretty interesting career. Powerful, history changing times, there.