USS New Jersey (BB-62) 1955 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS New Jersey (BB-62) 1955 Cruise SweatshirtUSS New Jersey (BB 62) was an Iowa class fast battleship, one of the most powerful warships ever built. Commissioned in 1943, she served through World War II, earning distinction in the Pacific Fleet. She was briefly decommissioned after World War II and recommissioned in 1950 to provide naval gunfire support during the Korean War, where her 16 inch guns proved devastating against shore fortifications and troop concentrations. The 1955 cruise took

and her crew was ready for every second of it

Air-jet spun yarn for a softer feel

Deployed to the Indian Ocean

This shirt commemorates the 2013 cruise and honors the crew who served

with Carrier Air Wing Five continuing to fly missions across the Western Pacific as the ship approached the end of her 48-year career

Kitty Hawk was ordered to the North Arabian Sea to support Operation Enduring Freedom — the opening campaign in Afghanistan — where she served as a mobile command platform and launched strikes alongside USS Carl Vinson

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) deployed in 1984 to the Persian Gulf

Eisenhower (CVN-69) deployed during the period that encompassed Operation Desert Storm — the air campaign that began in January 1991 and drove Iraq's forces out of Kuwait in 100 hours of ground combat

2 claimed the lives of 47 Sailors

Carrier Air Wing Eleven's aviators flew with the precision of a seasoned fighting force

This cruise shirt commemorates a deployment during one of the most pivotal years in Cold War history

where her 16-inch guns proved devastating against shore fortifications and troop concentrations

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