USSJC's Official Patch / Seal
The JEFFERSON CITY (SSN 759) seal reflects the ship's ties to the state of Missouri
and to her namesake city. The ship's name is printed in bold letters with a picture
of the Missouri state capitol building rotunda, the prominent Jefferson City
landmark, substituted for the "O". The central feature of the seal is a side profile
of a submarine and a passenger and small packet Missouri River steamboat. The
steamboat represents the IATAN which ferried Union troops across the
Missouri River to occupy Jefferson City in 1861 when Confederate forces threatened
to seize the city's federal armory. The steamboat and submarine superimposed over
the state of Missouri represents the significance of naval vessels,
IATAN
and JEFFERSON CITY, to the history of Missouri and the City of Jefferson.
The motto is derived from Thomas Jefferson's first annual message to the
Congress in which he identified the nation's need to have naval forces...
With respect to the extent to which our naval preparations should be carried,
some differences of opinion may be expected to appear; but just attention to the
circumstances of every part of the Union will doubtless reconcile all. A small
force will probably continue to be wanted for actual service... Whatever annual
sum beyond that you may think proper to appropriate to naval preparations would
perhaps be better employed in providing those articles which may be kept without
waste or consumption, and be IN READINESS WHEN ANY EXIGENCE CALLS THEM
INTO USE."
USS Jefferson City Submarine Committee
Jefferson City MO
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