USS Iowa (BB-61) 1989 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Iowa (BB-61) 1989 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtIn 1989, USS Iowa (BB 61) deployed to the Atlantic what would prove to be one of the most memorable deployments in the battleship's history. On April 19, 1989, during training exercises off Puerto Rico, a catastrophic explosion in Turret No. 2 claimed the lives of 47 Sailors. The men of USS Iowa served with extraordinary valor throughout this devastating tragedy, honoring their shipmates and their ship with distinction.

USS Saratoga (CVA-60) deployed in 1963

she arrived off the coast in September 1968 and operated in the gunline for seven months

She was decommissioned on June 9

having successfully intercepted a decaying spy satellite in Operation Burnt Frost in 2008

from the Cold War Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf

projecting power and supporting Marine operations around the globe

the wartime commander of the U

HSC-2 traces its roots to 1948

and Dale's crew brought the same professionalism to that cruise that had defined the ship since her commissioning in 1963

During the 1995 deployment

named in honor of Senator John Cornelius Stennis of Mississippi — a decades-long champion of naval power and chairman of the Armed Services Committee

Few Mediterranean deployments have matched the historical significance of the 2011-12 cruise