USS America (CV-66) 1976 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS America (CV-66) 1976 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtThe Bicentennial. The year the nation paused to celebrate two centuries of freedom and USS America was at sea for it, doing what American sailors have always done. This long sleeve cruise shirt commemorates a deployment that carried extraordinary meaning in a year the country will always remember. 100% polyester Regular fit Taped neck and shoulders

The Cold War was over

deploying to the Mediterranean with a crew that wore the country's name on their backs and meant every word of it

From the Red Sea

The Soviet Navy was watching

and named for the bold WWII amphibious assault that broke the Italian front

and naval forces remained essential to sustaining operations across the theater

Vietnamization was reshaping the war — ground combat was shifting to South Vietnamese forces

And crews like yours were going to make it real

Antietam and her crew contributed to that effort — forward-deployed from Yokosuka

The deployment unfolded during the Global War on Terror

a steel-hulled reminder that America's reach was long and her resolve unbroken

Her 1993-94 deployment to the Mediterranean put CV-66 in the Adriatic