Navy sidearm - In honor of my grandfather

[CCTaylor]

I just signed up on this site, hoping that someone can point me in the right direction. Short background for the reason of this search is that I was partly raised by my grandfather, I looked up to him and still to this day do things certain ways because of him. He retired from the Navy, served in the end of the Korean war and all of Veitnam. I know that at some point he was a MP, and a CPO at some point. I also know that he was on the U.S.S. Bexar.
With that being said, let me get to what I am looking for.
I am trying to learn what he might have carried for a sidearm, or what firearm he might have been issued. I know I can't obtain exactly what he carried, but would like to know what he might have, or if there is possibly a replica made by a gun company. I have seen where it might have been an Ithaca or Rem-Ran 1911-A1, but I am not 100% sure. My goal is to purchase either a replica or something identical to what he was issued along with other gear he might have had. I have his uniform, cap, gloves, batton, and several medals that were left to me. Unfortunently nobody in my family knows what happened to his gun.
Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thank you for the help in advance.

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[mason 852]

He would have carried a 1911 most likely an A1 but the makers were all mixed in the armories so that would be difficult to tell
I served in the Navy in Vietnam and never really had my own sidearm just the ones issued at different times

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

As I am currently involved in the same process I applaud you efforts to aquire as much knowledge and artifacts of your grandfathers service. Your stewardship of the items and his history will be appreciated by later generations of your family. I have waited much to long and many of the answers to the questions I have will never be answered. Good luck with your project!

[CCTaylor]

He would have carried a 1911 most likely an A1 but the makers were all mixed in the armories so that would be difficult to tell
I served in the Navy in Vietnam and never really had my own sidearm just the ones issued at different times

Thanks for the response, I am looking into the Kahr Auto Ordinance as a replica. I understand that the 1911A1 may have been a refurb from WWII.

As I am currently involved in the same process I applaud you efforts to aquire as much knowledge and artifacts of your grandfathers service. Your stewardship of the items and his history will be appreciated by later generations of your family. I have waited much to long and many of the answers to the questions I have will never be answered. Good luck with your project!

He meant the world to me. I wish I had listened more when I was a kid to everything he said and did. Unfortunently, he remarried an old bity that took him for everything and kept family items from us. I am lucky enough to have kept what I have. We had to go as far as court to get the flag drapped over his coffin from her.

Ultimate goal is to have his uniform placed into a shadowbox with all correct medals and awards pinned to it.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

He meant the world to me. I wish I had listened more when I was a kid to everything he said and did. Unfortunently, he remarried an old bity that took him for everything and kept family items from us. I am lucky enough to have kept what I have. We had to go as far as court to get the flag drapped over his coffin from her.

Ultimate goal is to have his uniform placed into a shadowbox with all correct medals and awards pinned to it.

Ironic how age and wisdom go hand in hand and hindsight is 20/20. When I was 20 I knew everything and now I know I knew nothing at all. All that to say I did not listen either.We can preserve the heritage in the hopes the next genaration will appreciate and preserve it. I hope you can post photos of your completed project.

[arado]

I was in the Carrier Navy. Enlisted did not have sidearms. The Marines did. I did shoot 16 rounds from a Garand in boot camp. I used a Simpson 260 multimeter doing my job.

[gsimmons]

I got to shoot 10 rounds of .22lr from a Colt Ace in boot camp. But I did get to load M61A1 Vulcans and AIM9's at NAS Miramar. No sidearms.

[2flasargent]

Probably like most Navy I carried a sidearm when transporting money ashore, quarterdeck watches, security alerts, or other specific duties. I was issued the next one out of the armory each time, a 1911A1, 2 clips w/ 5 rounds each, and a pistol belt/holster. Aside: We had one dropped down a ladder, bending the frame. As I remember it was like $38 dollars to replace and we got an in the wrap WW2 Remington. that was mid 70's.

[painter777]

Don't forget about the revolvers....
The S&W Model 10 and Victory Models in .38spl were military revolvers that were a standard-issue sidearm for US Navy and Marine aircrews, and were also used by security guards at factories and defense installations throughout the United States during the war. Some of these revolvers remained in service from WWII well into the 1990s with units of the US Armed Forces, including the Coast Guard.

Good Luck,
Charlie-painter777

S&W Victory # V49434

[dbarn]

Charlie,

How do we know that one served in the Navy vs. the Army?