Zippo Lighters

There are Zippo lighters, then and now, which commemorate anything and everything. I'm finding more Deep Freeze lighters, so  separate page is probably warranted.

Gene Spinelli's Deep Freeze 1965 Zippo

USS Thomas J. Gary Zippo lighter

Operation Deep Freeze Zippo Lighter

Doug VanTol's lighters

L-R USS Thomas J. Gary, DF Zippo, same as the one on the top of this page, but in like new condition

USS Calcaterra DER 390

Operation Deep Freeze Task Force 43 Ashtray

Joe Thorne's Zippo from 1965

This USS Forster Zippo, selling price $225. Seems it's a rare 6 color Zippo

Stan Correll, SOG-2 I served on USS Forster from June '58 to May '61.  He sent along pictures of his Zippo.

Added June, 2002

These images came from www.zippogallery.com
USS Calcaterra
Added Oct. 2002
USS Vance
Added Oct 2002

Added Nov 2003

These Zippos are owned by Steve McLachlan, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Another group of Zippo lighters sent along by Steve McLachlan, Christchurch, New Zealand, Jan. 1, 2006. "I'm attaching scans of 3 Zippos which were sold through the Armed forces Canteen council shop at Scott Base which feature both US and NZ insignia, A NSF Operation Deep freeze Zippo and lastly a scan showing two 1990's vintage Bic Flick lighters from Scott Base."

Paul Fleming sent along the  Zippo scans shown below.  Paul is a Zippo collector who lives in Christchurch, New Zealand. Paul's Zippo Lighter collection can be seen at his web site, click here to visit Paul's web site.

Remember these ship's clocks? They were made by Chelsea Clock Company (Boston), Seth Thomas, and others.

Based upon the serial number, this particular clock was made by Chelsea sometime between 1940 and 1944. As the story goes, it was placed aboard a US Navy ship,and remained aboard until 1964 when the, yet unknown, ship was decommissioned.

After 60 years this clock still keeps perfect time and it looks wonderful in my office.
ASIOPERATION DEEP FREEZE TASK FORCE 199 CIRCA 1975 ASIUSS FORESTER DER-314 RENAMED TRAN
ASIOPERATION DEEP FREEZE TASK FORCE 199 CIRCA 1973

John Altfeltis of Edgewater, Colorado sent along these excellent examples of vintage Deep Freeze Zippos and a USS Forster Zippo.

Pete Callahan, from Adelaide, Australia sent this scan of a Deep freeze Zippo. Pete bought this specimen at a swap meet in 2001.