USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 1988 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Enterprise (CVN-65) 1988 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtThe Persian Gulf in 1988 was no place for the timid. The Iran Iraq War had turned the world's most critical waterway into a combat zone, and the United States Navy stood watch to keep it open. USS Enterprise deployed into the volatile Middle East theater with her battle group, her aircraft and crews ready to defend freedom of navigation against anyone who challenged it. It was dangerous, demanding work in the tradition of a ship that had never shied

This was the farewell cruise of a legend

This long sleeve cruise shirt is a lasting tribute to the crew who served through one of the most transformative moments in American naval history

but the crew of CVA-66 proved that American airpower was still the decisive factor

USS Detroit (AOE-4) deployed in 1990-1991 to the Persian Gulf

The year the nation paused to celebrate two centuries of freedom — and USS America was at sea for it

Vietnamization was reshaping the war

and they carried themselves accordingly

Named for the daring WWII amphibious assault that outflanked entrenched German defenses in Italy

honoring a ship's name that has always stood for holding the line against long odds

deploying on schedule and performing with the quiet professionalism that had defined Coral Sea since 1947

USS Boxer (LHD-4) made history in the Strait of Hormuz when her crew neutralized a threatening Iranian drone using electronic countermeasures — a landmark demonstration of modern maritime self-defense

USS Anzio (CG-68) deployed in 2015

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