US Navy & US Marine Corp Boat Cloaks, and US Army Capes

[Doctor Damage]

US Army cape dated 1938 for Lt Col CW Lewis. The lining is red so artillery or air defense.

 

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For some reason I had forgotten to post this image, which is from an old book or handbook on US military uniforms of the WW2 era. Note the US Army cape at bottom left.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Here's an old USMC cloak dated from the 1930s and apparently made for Lt Henry William Buse Jr.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Just spotted this on Reddit, the user didn't know what it was but they did note it was dated 1963. It's a US Army cape, of course, probably infantry.

 

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From the USMC photo archives: "Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett, the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, attends the Staff Non-commissioned Officer’s Academy Quantico Career Course 1-15 Mess Night at the Clubs at Quantico, Va., Dec. 3, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Marionne T. Mangrum)."

 

[Doctor Damage]

USN boat cloak, dated 1924.

 

[coastie_classics]

So I was finally able to get into a sewing class and accomplished this very rough draft. Funny looking, I know, but didn’t want to waste good fabric so this one was all made from clearance scrap. It’s built off a commercial pattern (vogue 8959) so it’s fitted as opposed to a 3/4 circle. When laid out on the ground, it is about a 1/2 circle.

Next draft will be to get it expanded with bigger panels to 3/4 circle and then practicing until I can get the collar bigger and closer to the way it should look. Also longer past the knees.

Between the classes and the scrap, fabric, sunk about $100 so far.

 

[Doctor Damage]

^
applause for your adventuresome spirit!
fingers crossed you can achieve something wearable
remember to make sure the collar points are fairly long and pointed

if you have a lot of "throwaway" cloth you could just make a huge 3/4 circle, in three panels, and not bother with shaping the shoulders... see what it looks like... there's a danger that too much shaping will be too restrictive

anyways good luck, looking forward to updates

 

[VansonRider]

Hello All,
I have several Yugoslavian alpine cloaks, a bunch of different shelter halves that convert to cloaks, a French policeman’s cloak, and a Soviet Officers rain cloak.
This looks like the only active cloak thread on FL and if there’s an interest here, I can post them?
Or if this is specifically for Marine Boat Cloaks only I’m happy to start a more general thread.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Hello All,
I have several Yugoslavian alpine cloaks, a bunch of different shelter halves that convert to cloaks, a French policeman’s cloak, and a Soviet Officers rain cloak.
This looks like the only active cloak thread on FL and if there’s an interest here, I can post them?
Or if this is specifically for Marine Boat Cloaks only I’m happy to start a more general thread.

There's a more general thread on capes/cloaks at the link below which is probably a good place to post photos of your collection. This thread I think we should keep more focused on US military capes etc. I'm looking forward to your photos.

general thread on Capes/Cloaks

 

[Doctor Damage]

It looks like the Marine Shop is offering the USMC boat cloak again, via special order:

https://marineshop.net/product/boat-cloak-male-special-order/