USS Independence (CV-62) 1983-84 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Independence (CV-62) 1983-84 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtIn 1983 84, USS Independence (CV 62) deployed to the Mediterranean as the United States reeled from the devastating bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut. Independence's air wing flew combat missions over Lebanon in retaliation for the attacks, placing her crew on the front lines of Reagan era power projection during one of the defining crises of 1980s American foreign policy.

Named for Commodore Richard Dale

Now redesignated CV-63

intervention in Grenada followed weeks later

On October 12

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the mission was the same: maintain the watch

The same decisive

This shirt commemorates the 1967 cruise — the deployment on which the catastrophic fire occurred on July 29th off Yankee Station — a day that changed the Navy forever

USS Dale (CG-19) deployed in 1984

Her 1995-96 deployment was her final Mediterranean cruise — the last time CV-66 would sail in strength

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) deployed in 1985

Desert Storm

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