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USS Dale (CG-19) 1982-83 Cruise ShirtUSS Dale (CG 19) deployed in 198283 as one of the Navy's Leahy class guided missile cruisers purpose built fleet escorts designed to provide area air defense in the missile age. Named for Commodore Richard Dale, who served as first lieutenant aboard John Paul Jones's Bonhomme Richard during its legendary fight with HMS Serapis, she carried a warrior's heritage into a Cold War deployment that demanded steady vigilance. The early 1980s were an assertive

and proved that carrier presence itself is a form of commitment

her crew was at sea

USS Anzio (CG-68) was already in the fight

Wearing the 1987 cruise marking honors those sailors who kept the peace in waters that had none

The ship named America was at the front

The rise of the Islamic State across Iraq and Syria demanded a sustained military response

When the order came

maintaining sortie rates and carrier aviation discipline through one of the most demanding periods of the war

Navy's forward presence — led by Ticonderoga-class cruisers like Chancellorsville with their Aegis air defense systems — was more critical than ever

she brought two decades of fleet experience to a deployment that kept the watch in waters the United States has always considered vital

This cruise shirt marks your service in the era of transition

the crew of this guided-missile cruiser knew they had been part of something historic