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Could someone please tell me if and when US Ships started to carry crests or Patches.
My search is on for WW2 DD & DE's crests and to find if they had Ships crests or similar during this period.
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Some info here as to when and how as a base for research.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_h...ed_States_Navy

Many of the DE and DD have their own websites and they often have their ship badge represented there.
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Also an additional web-site to look at is:

http://www.navsource.org

Look in the destroyer section for a start with.

http://www.hazegray.org

There you will find many Ship organizations.

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