USS Essex (CVS-9) 1960-61 MED CRUISE T-Shirt

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USS Essex (CVS-9) 1960-61 MED CRUISE T-ShirtWhen USS Essex deployed to the Mediterranean in 1960 61, the Cold War was at one of its most volatile moments. Khrushchev and Kennedy faced off over Berlin, over the nuclear balance, over the future of Europe. As an anti submarine warfare carrier (CVS 9), Essex's mission was to find, track, and be prepared to neutralize the Soviet submarines that prowled beneath the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The crew of CVS 9 sailed into that tension without

and Operation Desert Shield in 1990

Bush (CVN-77) welcomed Tigers aboard for the return leg of her deployment

This 1990-91 t-shirt commemorates one of the most significant combat actions in modern Naval history and honors every sailor who served aboard USS Bunker Hill during Desert Storm

She was decommissioned on June 9

a celebrated World War II submarine ace

No deployment in recent memory captured the nation's attention quite like USS Abraham Lincoln's (CVN-72) 2019-20 cruise

a tribute to the Sailors and aviators who served during this critical deployment

capable of anti-submarine warfare

USS Mars (AFS-1) deployed in 1963

USS Forrestal (CVA-59) deployed in 1968-1969

Combat deployments to Vietnam

This shirt commemorates the 1975 cruise — the year the attack carrier designation CVA was retired across the fleet

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