#usn jacket

One of the most unique specimens in the #PFACollection! A 1964 A-2 Deck Jacket with lots of patches, DIY repairs, stenciled “SHOEMAKER” name and a hand-painted Playboy bunny. Patches are mostly souvenirs of the Vietnam tour and none have ship names, which makes provenance more challenging. One clue is the marvellous 8" Asahi Beer Far East patch. Another is the Playboy bunny, which was adopted by the VMAQ-2 squadron as a logo, and was active during 1966-67 in Da Nang. So it may be a stretch, but going through the many Seventh Fleet ships, I found a R. T. Shoemaker who did served on the USS Constellation during that time. A jacket full of character nonetheless.