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1982 - CV-43 Indian Ocean T-Shirt.
1983 - CV-43 Letter opener.
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
[Shirt] [Letter Opener]
1980 - Odd lighter found in the bilge around 1983. As far as the markings go; It's from Marine attack squadron VMA-311, the "Tomcats", that flew A-4's in 1965 from Chu Lai Air Base, Vietnam. They were the first squadron to ever use arresting gear on land for short field landings. Maybe one of their birds came out to the Coral Sea for refueling or ordinance and someone traded for that lighter???
1980 - CV-43 Master-At-Arms Badge.
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
[Lighter] [Badge]
1983 - CV-43 Two coffee cups from the era.
1983 - CV-43 Paperweight.
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
[Cup] [Cup] [Paperweight]
1983 - CV-43 PHALANX dummy and spent shells.
1983 - CV-43 Plaque from ward room.
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
[Image Source - Rich Carson]
[Phalanx] [Plaque]

1972 - CVA-43 Plaque. Found while at Hunters Point in 1972 San Francisco. It is not a model because you can see on the back where there is three places they cut it off when it was taken down. This was hanging on a bulkhead somewhere. Solid Brass, Weight 6 lbs 2 oz, Diameter 7 and three quarters inches, thickness runs between quarter inch up to one inch in middle. Where was this on the ship?

Follow up from Mike O'Donoghue: - Master at Arms office,port side bow, near the OI Division berthing quarters.

1973 - CVA-43 Cruise Jacet from 1973 WestPac.
[Image Source - Harry Wiseley]
[Image Source - Harry Wiseley]
[Plaque] [Jacket]
1983 - CV-43 Suez Canal patch.
1975 - CV-43 Brig Plaque "aquired" by one of the guests.
[Image Source - David C. Nilsen]
[Image Source - Brian M. Walker]
[Patch] [Plaque]
1965 - Solemns Warning. Retyped from a beat up faded mimeograph.
1998 - CVB-43 Unusual pin.
[Image Source - Moe Wadle]
[Image Source - Ed Shimko]
Click Here [Pin]
1989 - CV-43 Final Cruise bumper sticker.
1989 - CV-43 Port-O-Call Books.
[Image Source - Dan Whitaker]
[Image Source - Dan Whitaker]
[Sticker] [Books]
1983 - Shellback card from 1983 World Cruise.
1989 - A cruise jacket and plaque from the 1983 World Cruise.
[Image Source - Brad Lane]
[Image Source - Brad Lane]
[Shellback] [Shellback] [Clock] [Clock]
1980's - Great pictures of one of the ship's clocks. It's a wind clock with the commission serial number on it.
[Image Source - Penewit]
[Clock] [Clock] [Clock]
1947 - Original zippo lighter from 1947.
1952/53 - Two examples of CVA-43 Penguin lighter, one with commissioning pennant, one without, c.1952/53.
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Lighter] [Lighter] [Lighter]
19xx - Barlow presentation lighter.
1968 - Vietnam era Zippo VF 151 F4B lighter with map of Vietnam on the back.
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Lighter] [Lighter]
1969 - Zippo from 1969.
1973 - Zippo from 1973.
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Lighter] [Lighter]
1978 - Zippo from 1978.
1980 - Zippo from 1980, presented by Captain R. M. Dunleavy.
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Lighter] [Lighter]
2000's - Recently produced Zippo.
1940/50's - Coral Sea Supply Department lighter with Supply Corps gold indicia and enameled logo on the front and Coral Sea profile on back. Date of issue is unknown, but is a Penguin full size lighter and appears to be of late 40's, early 50's. Maybe one of the old hands can let us know the date of issue.
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Lighter] [Lighter]
1980's - Coral Sea Tape measure presented by Captain Jeremy Johnson (who went on to become VCNO)
1982 - USS Coral Sea Visitors Pass, circa 1982.
[Image Source - Allen Fintzel]
[Image Source - Ed Burkhardt]
[Lighter] [Pass]
2000's - A very nice model of the USS Coral Sea. This was a conversion from a USS Midway kit and a very good one at that.
[Image Source - Antonio Zugan - Italy]
[Model] [Model] [Model]
1972 - V-2 Division patch from 1972.
1968-69 - This is a picture of a one dollar military payment certificate (MPC also known as funny money). We used to get paid with MPC's overseas when I made my first cruise (1968-1969). After that they started paying us with regular U.S. currency.
[Image Source - Richard Tobin]
[Image Source - Dan "Sauce" Sauceda]
[Pass] [Pass]
1968-69 - Nice Vietnam era lighter with a map of Vietnam and the phrase "Rolling Hot".
1980's - Odd item. Map of France with drawing of ship.
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Pass] [Pass] [Map]
1966 - Vietnam lighter.
19xx - Aircrew Survival patch
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Map] [Map]
19xx - Weapons Division patch.
1989 - 47th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Map] [Map]
1947 - CVB-43 - Shipyard casting Aircraft Carrier USS Coral Sea ship ashtray.
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Ashtray] [Ashtray] [Ashtray] [Ashtray] [Ashtray]
1967-68 - HATRON 2 patch.
1948 - 1948 Post Card.
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Map] [Post Card]
1976-77 - OZ DIv. Patch. The land of "Oz".
1965 - Salvation Army, Coral Sea cancellation.
[Image Source - Bruce Gerber]
[Image Source - Herman Doernbach]
[Patch] [Postcard]
1974 - Rare patch from the Main Mutha's of Engine Room 1.
1991 - USS Coral Sea Poster
[Image Source - Ron Entwisle]
[Image Source - Herman Doernbach]
[Patch] [Poster]
1990's - Coral Sea Barbie. Made by Bill Bucheister.
1979 - Leaving San Francisco.
[Image Source - Herman Doernbach]
[Image Source - Bruce Henion]
[Doll] [Postcard]
1964-65 - VAW-13 Zappers Patch.
1969 - Far East Cruise patch.
[Image Source - Wayne Smith]
[Image Source - Harold L. Eckardt]
[Patch] [Patch]
1969 - Mass Card for the ship.
1973 - A couple of patches from The Mighty Shrikes of VA-94.
[Image Source - Harold L. Eckardt]
[Image Source - Robert Thompson]
[Patch] [Patch] [Patch]
1960's - VA-155 Yankee Air Pirates 100 missions patch.
1986 - Great patch and T-shirt from the mid-80's era.
[Image Source - Sean Keenan]
[Image Source - John Reifenberger]
[Patch] [Patch] [Patch]
2007 - CV-43 Challenge Coin.
2007 - CV-43 Final Cruise Button.
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Image Source - www.ebay.com]
[Coin] [Button]
1954 - VA-104 Hell's Archers squadron patch.
1985 - Arresting Gear office door.
[Image Source - James Shaefer]
[Image Source - Ray Johnson]
[Button] [Door]
2007 - Coral Sea license plate.
1972 - Coral Sea crewmembers ID card.
[Image Source - Ray Johnson]
[Image Source - Dale Smith]
[Door] [ID Card]
1990 - Decomm Crew Ballcap.
1972 - Decommissioning Plaque.
[Image Source - John Mittler]
[Image Source - Art Gall]
[Memorabillia] [Memorabillia] [Memorabilia]
1977 - A couple of items from the 77 Cruise. A Camera Pass and a Crew ID Card.
1961 - Picture of record album "Now Hear This" from the 60-61 cruise. Listen to the album here. A great listen to sounds of Coral Sea!
[Image Source - Ken Lyon]
[Image Source - Roger]
[Memorabilia] [Memorabilia] [Memorabilia]
1987-88 - Nice AIMD patch.
1960 - Plank Leaser Certificate from USS Coral Sea Recommissioning.
[Image Source - Tony Peters]
[Image Source - Ted Hillis]
[Memorabilia] [Memorabilia]
1990 - Final Cruise Jacket.
[Image Source - Art Gall]
[Memorabilia]  [Memorabilia]  [Memorabilia] 
1970/80's - Collection of Coral Sea stuff including security documents for Puget Sound, paper weight and plaques.
[Image Source - Dale Smith]
[Memorabilia] [Memorabilia] [Memorabilia] [Memorabilia] [Memorabilia] [Memorabilia]
1980's - Miscellaneous Items. Sticker. The coffee mug is an Anchor Hocking Fire-King coffee mug (and it's Oven-Proof!). The post card from the 1980s was a Mirro-Krome Card and the typo on the back lists her as "CU 43" !
[Image Source - Stephen Barette]
[Memorabilia] [Memorabilia] [Memorabilia] [Memorabilia]
1980's - Miscellaneous Items. Photo Lab patch. Camera pass. Ship's newspaper article.
[Image Source - Shelby Gaul]
[Memorabilia] [Memorabilia] [Memorabilia]


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