Special Dinnerware
The United States Navy out of respect and in recognition of the senior position of the Chief Petty Officer provided dinnerware made specifically for the "The Goat Locker".
The special insignia (or topmark) used on this fine china to denote the Chief Petty Officer's Mess (or Goat Locker) were the letters "USN" beneath the U.S. Navy's traditional "Fouled, Fluked, and Stocked Anchor".
Official Naval and Nautical China was produced for the U.S. Navy by leading china manufacturers such as Tepco, Shenango, Buffalo, Sterling and Homer Laughlin from the early 1930s through WWII, and was used up until the 1960s until supplies ran out. This Navy China made for the Chief Petty Officer's "Goat Locker" is rare and hard to come by, as it is typically kept as family heirlooms along with sea stories originated by the Chief Petty Officer and passed down from generation to generation.
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