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I agree with you Mr C! I have a question for you, what's the difference between the blues, canvas and the white USN uniforms, when and where do you where them......?
And....what the h*ll is this?
WOW..the things I learn on this site!
Sure, TO, we had wooden ships ! Most of the minesweepers were wood !
The US Navy enlisted personnel (other than CPO's) have six basic
uniforms: Dress Blues (referred to as "dress canvas") which is as the name
implies, a dress uniform. There are also undress blues, which is a working
uniform. The jumper doesn't have "piping" (white stripes) and the cuffs
don't button. The only different between dress white and undress white is
the neckerchief is worn with dress white. Then,there are dungarees, for
working personnel who may get their hands dirty. And, navy personnel on
combat duty wear cammo...... I don't know why, the cammo stands out
like a sore thumb.
When each uniform (blue or white) is worn is determined by the Commandant
of the particular Naval District. Norfolk is in the 6th ND, and whites usually
go into effect April 15th. Dress Blue is a traveling uniform and is in worn Sept 15th to April 14th.
Charleston, SC is HQ for the 5th Naval District (and includes Ga. Fla) and
being further south may have different dates.
Hawaii, being in the 14th Naval District,would probably be different, also.
There are other exceptions, too. A USN Corpsman attached to the Fleet Marines would wear the Marine uniform, with his proper rate insignia [called
a "crow"] instead of the red stripes of PFC, CPL or whatever. SeaBees also
wear greens as a working uniform.
Charles
Thanks Mr C....great stuff.....hope to get to know more!8)
Oh minesweepers, I thought you were on the USS Constitution. Charles, did a cannonball really bounce off her side?
TO
20 years ago I contemplated a move to my parents relatives in Chesapeake, Virginia to join the USN....like my dad's cousin. I still wonder every now and then, what I'd been doing today, if I had.