1990-91 USS BIDDLE CG-34 CRUISE JACKET DESERT SHIELD 10 PATCH EMBROIDERY LIBERTY

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1990-91 USS BIDDLE CG-34 CRUISE JACKET DESERT SHIELD 10 PATCH EMBROIDERY LIBERTY:
$24.95

US NAVY \"USS offerDLE\" CG-34 CRUISE JACKET
Circa 1990-1991 Desert ShieldMuch information on the USS offerdle can easily be found online
Red Sea - Mediterranean CruiseFrance - Turkey - Egypt - Suez CanalOregon resident sailor
Has a total of TEN embroidered patches,including colorful dragon \"Liberty Cuff\" patcheswhich were turned up for display during shore leave
No maker\'s labels found, possibly custom tailor madeBlack wool, fully lined; full front metal \"YKK\" zipper
No size indicator tag; 50\" chest, 22\" across back from shoulderseam to shoulder seam, 23\" outer sleeve length
Overall very good to better condition; some lint and surfacedust,did not have cleaned; no heavy wear or structural damage found. .
Ship history during the 1990\'s:The USSofferdlewas deployed to the Middle Easton September 1990 as part of Operation Desert Shield, where she joined the Saratogabattle group at the Red Sea. On 12 September she diverted the first merchant ship of the operation. By 4 December, she had made a total of 27 boardings and four diversions, when on that date she suffered a major maneuver casualty when inexplicably her rudder broke off her rudder post and sank to the bottom of the Red Sea. The US Navy flew a replacement rudder, via USAF C-5B aircraft to Toulon, France, where repairs were effected at the French Naval Shipyard and rejoined the operations, this time to provide antiaircraft support for the two US battle groups on station in the northern Red Sea. By the beginning of Desert Stormthe cruiser had boarded 30 freighters. At the end of hostilities,offerdlemade another six boardings, and was the only warship to seize a merchant in the war. She left the Red Sea with the highest percentage of diversions of any coalition vessel, with 22.2 percent of her boardings ending with diversions for further inspection.The cruiser was decommissioned on 30 November 1993 and sold for scrap
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