By the 1850s, the peacoat had become popular in the United States and Great Britain. The version illustrated here is available at J. Peterman Company, 2444 Palumbo Drive, Lexington, Ky. 40509.

The price, though, is the real whale in the harbor here: at $3,495, this peacoat adorned with the rank insignia of a chief petty officer costs more than a chief petty officer makes in a month ...

Time is running out to save the iconic United States Navy pea coat. As of Oct. 1, the pea coat will become an optional component of enlisted sailors’ seabags, replaced by a synthetic cold ...

Right now, the Navy’s iconic peacoat is manufactured by a handful of textile companies in the Northeast, one of which, Sterlingwear of Boston, in Massachusetts, was awarded $48 million dollars ...

She also said the parka would eventually "reduce cost to the Navy’s annual uniform budget.” Until the change becomes effective, sailors’ bags are required to contain the $145.50 wool peacoat ...

ATLANTA -- It has nothing to do with a green veggie and everything to do with style. Today's peacoats for women can be cropped at the waist or cut longer, to the hips. These coats can be worn ...

WASHINGTON — When the late sculptor Stanley Bleifeld designed a bronze statue for the U.S. Naval Memorial in Washington, he depicted a lone sailor warning his hands in the pockets ...

WASHINGTON — When the late sculptor Stanley Bleifeld designed a bronze statue for the U.S. Naval Memorial in Washington, he depicted a lone sailor warning his hands in the pockets of his peacoat ...

WASHINGTON -- When the late sculptor Stanley Bleifeld designed a bronze statue for the U.S. Naval Memorial in Washington, he depicted a lone sailor warning his hands in the pockets of his peacoat.

WASHINGTON — When the late sculptor Stanley Bleifeld designed a bronze statue for the U.S. Naval Memorial in Washington, he depicted a lone sailor warming his hands in the pockets ...