A2 Deck Jacket USS POMODON SS-486

[Thomas Koehle]

Latest addition to the collection is a A2 Deck Jacket issued to a crew member of the submarine USS POMODON SS-486

The USS POMODON was launched in 1945 and decommissioned in 1970 - sold for scrap in 1972

The jacket is a early version with the triangular pocket-flap. The label unfortunately is no more legible.

The jacket came fully patched - the word "WETSU" is short form form "Wet Suit" means the owner was possibly a scuba-diver

 

[scwells]

In this case, WETSU is probably an acronym like FUBAR: We Eat This Shit Up.

 

[Silver Surfer]

nice addition. yeah, wetsu. in '45 there really wasn't much scuba as diving was pretty much done with tethered dry suits and helmets.

 

[Pilot]

„Sub sans peer“ may also be a kind of allusion to the famous words of the French knight … Chevalier Bayard „ during battles in the medieval time:
He was called or said „ Chevalier Sans Peur Ni Reproche“..
Meaning The knight without fear ( sans peur ) and without blames ( sans reproche )
… sub sans peer… sub without fear…
My 0.1ct input…
Maybe I will again eat a shoe…

 

[Wholenineyards]

I was thinking probably along the lines of 'I am without a peer (the best in my class)', maybe.