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The Fedora Lounge Guide to The U.S. Navy Bridge Coat
For reference, before we get into actual examples of bridge coats, here's the link to the USN's official website's article on bridge coats, male and female versions. The first screenshot is the current site, the second screenshot is from the same site in 2019. No mention of the cotton/nylon...- Doctor Damage
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The Fedora Lounge Guide to The U.S. Navy Bridge Coat
Next up, a couple of film appearances, and a great story from real-life. Here's a scene from "Behind Enemy Lines" with Gene Hackman wearing a bridge coat. Here’s a scene from the famous movie "The Sand Pebbles", showing the captain of the San Pueblo speaking to his crew. This coat was sold...- Doctor Damage
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The Fedora Lounge Guide to The U.S. Navy Bridge Coat
Here’s a bunch of younger officers and midshipmen attending the Army/Navy game. These photos are interesting because they show different types of materials in use. Wool is predominant, but also common is a thin cotton or nylon version which is easy to spot because it apparently wrinkles easily...- Doctor Damage
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The Fedora Lounge Guide to The U.S. Navy Bridge Coat
Now for some real-world photos. The easiest source of bridge coat photos is the annual Army-Navy football game. If you look closely at these photos, you will see some interesting variations in materials, although the design of all of these coats, irrespective of rank, is almost identical. Here’s...- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #133 WITH UPDATED LINKS Here is the lightweight version of these coats, which you see being worn in some photos taken at the Army/Navy Game. The listing said "gore tex" and whether or not it's actually gore-tex these appear to be a lightweight waterproof version with a zip-out liner. Note...- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #87 WITH UPDATED LINKS Screenshots of the USN website (top image is older version, bottom image is current). Here's the link: https://www.mynavyhr.navy.mil/References/US-Navy-Uniforms/Uniform-Regulations/Uniform-Components/3501_39/- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #57 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINK Gene Hackman in "Behind Enemy Lines"- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #50 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Real McCoy reproduction. Looks like a nice heavy coat, but that stupid patch on the chest ruins it. That tag is a good example of the potentially misleading "real" tags that reproduction companies put on repro clothing and which I am opposed to them doing.- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #41 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINK LBJ in the naval reserve.- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #39 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS US Merchant Marine Academy bridge coat, made from what looks like a fairly lightweight wool twill (definitely not melton or the vintage kersey). It has a removable warm liner and silver buttons.- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
^ Further to that supposed USCG coat that I posted above, I saw the following interesting photo. Definitely an inauguration. Looks like medium-blue bridge coats but I'm not sure if the two men are USN or USCG or something else... anyone? The cap badge is probably a giveaway but I know nothing...- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #28 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINK U.S. Coast Guard bridge coat, according to the seller. Unfortunately they didn't provide a photo of the tag(s).- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #36 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Time for some oddball and misc coats. This one is was made by Neptune (from Boston) in 2008 and looks to be of high quality (as might be expected from this company) in a thick wool. It has normal pea coat buttons, which suggests it was aimed at the civilian...- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #35 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Photos of woman's bridge coats. These have six buttons, rounded collar points, and a shaped upper torso... ... except, of course, when they don't have those details: the one below appears to be the same as the men's coat but with six buttons, no shaping...- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #31 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINK Here's a band leader in 1953 wearing a bridge coat. Too bad it's a low quality image or we might see if he's wearing rank stripes on his cuffs or not.- Doctor Damage
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U.S. Navy bridge coats
POST #21 WITH UPDATED PHOTO LINKS Some additional WWII-era photos. The following photo: "The Navy football team arrived today on the Pennsylvania Railroad for their football game against the Army team to be held tomorrow at Soldiers' Field, Chicago, Illinois, November 27, 1926."- Doctor Damage
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Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat
This makes sense since a full-length coat (bridge coat) is going to be warmer overall and doesn't need as heavy a shell as a 3/4 length coat (peacoat). As I said the other day, most of these old coats seem to have been tailor made by civilian tailors, so I imagine if an officer had $$$ he could...- Doctor Damage
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Questions About the United States Navy Peacoat
I don't know, unfortunately, and can only speculate that it would have been roughly around the time the peacoats changed. But... and it's an important "but"... the bridge coats were always something officers sourced themselves and were not issued. This meant that in the older days they got them...- Doctor Damage
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Current USAF Issue A-2s
I'm with you on that, but that's a somewhat heretical view around here, but on other forums and especially among the A-2 fanatics it's something that would get you burned at the stake, haha- Doctor Damage
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Current USAF Issue A-2s
lots of velcro on that jacket- Doctor Damage
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