Rare Original U.S. Naval Station, Adak, Alaska U.S. Navy Patch from the 1950s

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Rare Original U.S. Naval Station, Adak, Alaska U.S. Navy Patch from the 1950s:
$45.00

Original

U.S. Naval Station, Adak, Alaska

U.S. Navy Patch

5 5/8\" x 6 3/4\"

Merrowed Edge

Used

Shows some fray on the border on

the Adak, Alaska side of the patch

Overall, in GoodCondition

Adak became the headquarters of the

Navy Alaska Sea Frontier Command

in April of 1944 and the following

month, Davis Air Force Base, Adak

was renamed Naval Air Station and

Naval Operations Base, Adak

In July 1950 it was consolidated into

the Naval Station, Adak and remained

in that capacity up until 1984 when itwas

redesignated as the Naval Air Station,Adak

The population in the early 1950s wasvery small

with only 15 officers and 200 enlistedmen assigned;

by the 1960s the military and civilian populationgrew to

about 1,000; it had increased to nearly3,000 when I was there

from 1979-1984 serving as the CommandingOfficer’s Secretary;

then with permanently assigned VPsquadrons rather than short

deployments, by the 1990s Adak’spopulation had surpassed

5,000; however, in 1994 Naval AirStation was designated

as Naval Air Facility (NAF) Adak andsadly, the military

mission at Adak ended on 31 March 1997

This extremely rare patch is from the1950s and was the first

designed for the unit – later ones showsome minor changes (mainly

to the patch’s border); but over theyears, the original design and

the “Birthplace of the Winds” motto wasconsistently maintained

- - - - - - - - - - This is truly a fantastic U.S. Navypatch - - - - - - - - - -

Very nice rare collectible item!

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