USS Dale (CG-19) 1982-83 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Dale (CG-19) 1982-83 Long Sleeve 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 readiness

The deployment unfolded during the Vietnam War

carrying the name of the nation they protected

contributing to a decisive victory that demonstrated American air power at its absolute best

and USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) was at the front edge of it

The same decisive

With the Iran-Iraq War freshly ended and the Persian Gulf still tense from years of tanker warfare

When the Tet Offensive erupted on January 31

She provided carrier strike group escort

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

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) deployed in 2005-2006 to the Persian Gulf

The liberation of Baghdad was not the end — it was the beginning of a harder fight