SS Wright PVC Patch HMH-465 500 Marines to Darwin and

500 Marines to Darwin and surrounding areas each year for combined training with the Australian Defence Force

HMM-163 alumni

there was Shufly

and anyone assembling a serious Marine aviation command and control patch collection that honors the people who coordinate the fires and the flights

SS Wright PVC Patch HMH-465 500 Marines to Darwin andSS Wright PVC Patch SS Wright (T AVB 3) Aviation Logistics Support Ship PVC Patch The Beast of the EastSS Wright, the floating aviation maintenance depot that brought heavy repair capability forward to wherever Marine aircraft needed it most. SS Wright (T AVB 3) was one of two Aviation Logistics Support Ships operated by the Military Sealift Command in support of United States Marine Corps aviation operations. Nicknamed the "Beast of the East" for her