USS Coral Sea (CV-43) 1985-86 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Coral Sea (CV-43) 1985-86 Cruise SweatshirtBy 1985 86, USS Coral Sea (CV 43) was among the most senior carriers in the fleet a Midway class warship still pulling her full weight decades after her peers had been decommissioned. Her crew served aboard a piece of living naval history, keeping the Ageless Warrior mission ready during a period when American naval presence in the Pacific had never been more important. 50% cotton, 50% polyester Pre shrunk fabric Air jet spun yarn for a softer feel

Her air wing flew sorties in support of Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom

Bunker Hill helped escort reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Tanker War between Iran and Iraq

Operation Iraqi Freedom opened with the most concentrated Tomahawk cruise missile barrage in history

Endless blue water

The Mediterranean in 1984 was no backwater — it was a Cold War front line

carrier deployments — Constellation among them — sent an unmistakable message about American commitments in the Pacific

This was The Big E's first Vietnam combat cruise — the beginning of years of service in a war that tested the Navy's courage and professionalism in ways that still resonate today

the Navy was growing

After the long dark years of the late 1970s — the hostage crisis

The Soviet Union had dissolved

As Operation Enduring Freedom launched on October 7

USS Anzio (CG-68) deployed in 1998 to the Persian Gulf

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