USS Cole (DDG-67) 1998 MAIDEN DEPLOYMENT Short-Sleeve Unisex T-Shirt

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USS Cole (DDG-67) 1998 MAIDEN DEPLOYMENT Short-Sleeve Unisex T-ShirtUSS Cole (DDG 67) sailed her maiden deployment in 1998, just two years after her April 8, 1996 commissioning. She was a new ship and a new crew heading into a world that felt, if not settled, at least familiar. None of them knew what awaited in the harbor at Aden two years later. The sailors of that 1998 maiden deployment hold something rare: a piece of Cole's story before history changed everything. What they carry is pure, uncomplicated pride the

The ship earned battle stars for distinguished service before being redesignated CV-63 in 1973

CV-66 through CVN-69 — USS America

as the strategic landscape shifted and naval missions evolved

patrolling the world's oceans in defense of American interests throughout the 1980s and 1990s before being decommissioned in 1999

Operating with her experienced ASW air wing in the strategically vital waters of NATO's southern flank

same resolve

the Cold War was entering what would prove to be its final decade

barely two years after commissioning — putting the second Nimitz-class nuclear carrier to sea in earnest for the first time

USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) conducted a Western Pacific deployment during a pivotal period of transition — the Iraq War winding down

The Soviet Union had dissolved

USS Vella Gulf (CG-72) deployed in 2010

conducting exercises with allied navies and supporting U