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Souvenirs, memorabilia, and what have you. Send photos of your Kam stuff to me and I will post them here.
Kam 35 anniversary first day cover. From Bill Hupe.
Kam decomm first day cover. From Bill Hupe.
This is a ball cap I found tacked to the
ceiling of a bar in Atomic City, Idaho, not far from the old prototype site,
when I visited in Spring of 2002. I wonder who put it there.
USS Kamehameha Ship's
seal, from Tom Hanson.
Football medal from
Craig P. Sylvester, 1967. Craig has is a great
story that goes along with this medal.
Kam pocketknife. From Ken Pugh. Mid 1980's
Kam SSBN Zippo Lighter, circa mid 1980's also
from Ken Pugh.
Reenlistment pen, also from Ken Pugh.
Nice Kam coffee mug
from the mid 1980's. From Ken Pugh
Kam coffee mug from
Third overhaul, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, late 1980's. From Ken Pugh.
This is the
program for the inactivation ceremony that was held in Pearl Harbor on
August 8th, 2001. Copies were sent to me by Ted Dick and Howard Grover.
Thanks!!
Remember this one? Official
Kam Binder. From Frank Bates.
This is the program that was given out at the
commissioning ceremony. From the collection of Ted Dick. I also have
all the inside pages scanned. I will post them soon.
Invitation to the commissioning
ceremony. From the collection of Ted Dick.
From the collection of Rick Elster. Plaque,
lighter, ships' model and two coffee cups that were given to each of the
plankowners.
From the collection of Rick Elster. Is
this perhaps the
most obscure piece of Kam memorabilia? It is a tag from the flower
lei. From the launching launching party I presume.
From the collection of Rick
Elster. A Kamehameha sugar packet. Rick gets the pack rat award for keeping
this and the previous one!
An invitation to the Commissioning Party for the
Kamehameha, 10 December, 1965. From Jack
Townsend.
From Jack Townsend: the Kamehameha
Launching Program. The program was on 8 X 14 paper folded three
times.
From Jack
Townsend: "The card with the picture of the missile consists
of an inside view of a little folder that the Blue Crew was given after the
Kam's first successful missile shot at the Cape. I rode the support
ship on the day of that missile shot so I have a few other pictures of the
event that I will also send later. The front of the folder (which is
damaged) contains a light blue image of King Kamehameha wearing a dark blue
cape and above the image, it says USS Kamehameha SSBN642."
This is the official
invitation for the first gold crew change of command. Donated by Howard
Grover.
This tattoo is the
proud possession of Robert Wall. Damn, I am impressed. I would have to say this is possibly the
ultimate in Kamfish memorabilia. Can anyone top this?
Gary Tebbett sent this one in. It is one of the
belt buckles the blue crew had made in Guam in '69 or '70.
This is a
photo of the Commissioning Plaque, apparently awarded to
plankowners. It is a little nicer than the plaque I have. Pat
Miles sent me this photo.
Steve Chickering sent this
one in. He says: "This plaque is hanging on the wall on display at the
sub museum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (near the shipyard). The USS Albacore
(569) is also there for tours. Since some of the Kam's conversion in 1992 had
something to do with Portsmouth yard, the USS Hunley must have donated it to the
local museum." Click on the image to see the full photo.
I bought this
Zippo lighter from Don Jackson. It is brand new in mint
condition. Note that it says SSN 642, not SSBN 642. He has
more available. If you are interested, email Don Jackson at: engbully@pa.net
This is the
older Kamehameha lighter, the SSBN lighter. I used to have one
but I left it at a bar a few years ago. It had my name engraved
on it. I'm still looking for one like it. I saw this one sell on
ebay - got outbid (I guess I didn't want it THAT bad).
First day in
commission cover. December 10, 1965 at 2:00PM. I also have the
matching launching cover. This one is not for sale, but I often
see them on ebay.
This one
is the launching cover. January 16, 1965 at 11:30 AM.
Another
style of launch cover. This one was sent by Roy Prizer.
15th Birthday cover from
Steve Chickering. Click on the image to see the full photo.
Another cover from Steve
Chickering. Click on the image to see the full photo.
A sticker logo from
Steven Asaro, circa 1970's.
Nice patch
sold on ebay for $8.01. I like the gold trim. I have one, but it
has yellow trim.
This is a scan of an old T-shirt that I still
have. Click on the image to see the full size version.
I can't wear it any more because it's worn out and
I'm way too fat now, but it looks cool. The design was drawn by
Paul Metzger aka Julian.aka Raul. He did alot of other nice
drawings, some of which were featured in the "dolphin"
calendar. Speaking of Raul, does anyone know where the hell
he ended up?
Another t-shirt, circa 1985 or so.
I'm not sure who did this one. Cool design though. That
reminds me, one of the rec committee's biggest sellers was the
Kamehemeha "Jam Dive" women's panties. presumably for
wives and girlfriends. There was also the companion
":Jam Rise" briefs.
From Jeff Bowman. A t-shirt from about 1988. The artist was Nav ET Brian
Stegner.
How
about this one? It's the Welcome Aboard book...also about 1985.
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