EMBROIDERED PATCH USS FLORIDA SSGN - 728 USN NUCLEAR - POWERED SUBMARINE_TOMA
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EMBROIDEREDPATCH USS FLORIDA SSGN-728 *MINT* USNNUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE_TOMAHAWK GUIDED MISSILES_SEAL LOCK-IN/LOCK OUT SPECIAL FORCES_POST-CONVERSION_KINGS BAYI RECEIVED THIS ONBOARD THE SHIP AROUND 2000 AND IT HASSAT IN MY DESK DRAWER EVER SINCE. MARITIME KEEPSAKE. PERFECT GIFT FOR CURRENT / FORMER CREWMEMBEROR PERSON INTER...ESTED IN THE EUNITED STATES NAVY.If your Dad orBrother or Son (women were not yet allowed to serve in submarines during thetime this ship was in commission) was a former crewmember perhaps he mis-placedhis during one of many moves and now you can replace it. Collectors ofCold War Militaria value these (especially from nuclear-powered submarines) andthey are especially difficult to find since the crews were small (hence, fewwere made) and by the nature of their propulsion system & un-publicizedoperations they made very infrequent port visits. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AdditionalInformation from Internet Encyclopedia USS Florida(SSBN-728/SSGN-728), an Ohio-class cruise missile submarine, is the sixth shipof the United States Navy to be named for the 27th state. She was commissionedwith the hull designation of SSBN-728; with her conversion to a cruise missilesubmarine, from a ballistic missile submarine, she was re-designated SSGN-728.The contract to build her was awarded to theElectric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 28 February 1975 and her keel was laid down on the bicentennial of theUnited States independence, 4 July 1976. The boat was unnamed at thekeel-laying ceremony. The initial ship's crew formed theprecommissioning unit on 8 July 1980. The first shipboard watches werestationed on 14 February 1981 to support the operational control transfer ofengineering systems to ship's force control. The Secretary of the Navy finallynamed her on 19 January 1981. Florida was launchedon 14 November 1981 sponsored by Mrs. Marcia M. Carlucci, wife of then DeputySecretary of Defense Frank Carlucci. The reactor was initially taken criticalon 13 November 1982; the ship went into service and the crew moved onboard on21 January 1983. Florida commenced initial builders' sea trials on 21 February1983 and was subsequently delivered to the Navy on 17 May 1983, 43 days aheadof schedule. She was commissioned on 18 June 1983, with Captain William L.Powell in command of the Blue Crew and Captain George R. Sterner in command ofthe Gold Crew.Both crews successfully completed thedemonstration and shakedown operations, each culminated by the successfullaunch of a Trident C-4 missile. Florida transited the Panama Canal in Februaryand arrived in Bangor, Washington on 25 March 1984. She completed her firststrategic deterrent patrol on 25 July 1984. As of November2002, Florida had successfully completed 61 strategic deterrent patrols. Shewon the Battle E in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, and 2002. In 1991, she won theMarjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award. In 1997, Florida's skipper, CommanderMichael J. Alfonso, was relieved of command "because he had been unable tofoster an effective command team so necessary to the success of the U.S. submarineforce."Florida entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard in July2003 to undergo a refueling and conversion from an SSBN to an SSGN. Floridacompleted her conversion in April 2006 and is homeported in Naval SubmarineBase Kings Bay, Georgia. On 25 May 2006 she had a return to service ceremony atNaval Station Mayport, Florida. Ms. Carlucci was the ship's sponsor for herrecommissioning in Mayport, Florida in May 2006. On 19 March 2011, in conjunction with other U.S.Navy and Royal Navy warships and submarines, Florida fired scores of Tomahawkmissiles at Libyan air defense targets as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn. The Tomahawk missile strikes allowed British, French, and allied warplanes tobegin enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, preventing Muammar Gaddafi from usinghis air force to attack rebels in his country.[7] This was the first combataction for the Florida or any other Ohio-class submarine.[8] During OperationOdyssey Dawn, Florida launched 93 Tomahawk missiles, with 90 effective, out ofher total magazine of about 160 missiles.Of the four Ohio-class SSGNs in the U.S. Navy, Florida was the only one that was available for use in Operation Odyssey Dawnsince she was the only one that had been assigned to cruise the MediterraneanSea. Some other Tomahawk missiles were fired by American surface ships and by afew Royal Navy nuclear submarines. On 28 June2010, Florida was one of three Ohio-class submarines involved in a US responseto Chinese missile testing in the contested East China Sea. Florida, Ohio, andMichigan all surfaced simultaneously in the waters of the British Indian OceanTerritory, the Philippines, and the Republic of Korea respectively.
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EMBROIDEREDPATCH USS FLORIDA SSGN-728 *MINT* USNNUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE_TOMAHAWK GUIDED MISSILES_SEAL LOCK-IN/LOCK OUT SPECIAL FORCES_POST-CONVERSION_KINGS BAYI RECEIVED THIS ONBOARD THE SHIP AROUND 2000 AND IT HASSAT IN MY DESK DRAWER EVER SINCE. MARITIME KEEPSAKE. PERFECT GIFT FOR CURRENT / FORMER CREWMEMBEROR PERSON INTER...ESTED IN THE EUNITED STATES NAVY.If your Dad orBrother or Son (women were not yet allowed to serve in submarines during thetime this ship was in commission) was a former crewmember perhaps he mis-placedhis during one of many moves and now you can replace it. Collectors ofCold War Militaria value these (especially from nuclear-powered submarines) andthey are especially difficult to find since the crews were small (hence, fewwere made) and by the nature of their propulsion system & un-publicizedoperations they made very infrequent port visits. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AdditionalInformation from Internet Encyclopedia USS Florida(SSBN-728/SSGN-728), an Ohio-class cruise missile submarine, is the sixth shipof the United States Navy to be named for the 27th state. She was commissionedwith the hull designation of SSBN-728; with her conversion to a cruise missilesubmarine, from a ballistic missile submarine, she was re-designated SSGN-728.The contract to build her was awarded to theElectric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 28 February 1975 and her keel was laid down on the bicentennial of theUnited States independence, 4 July 1976. The boat was unnamed at thekeel-laying ceremony. The initial ship's crew formed theprecommissioning unit on 8 July 1980. The first shipboard watches werestationed on 14 February 1981 to support the operational control transfer ofengineering systems to ship's force control. The Secretary of the Navy finallynamed her on 19 January 1981. Florida was launchedon 14 November 1981 sponsored by Mrs. Marcia M. Carlucci, wife of then DeputySecretary of Defense Frank Carlucci. The reactor was initially taken criticalon 13 November 1982; the ship went into service and the crew moved onboard on21 January 1983. Florida commenced initial builders' sea trials on 21 February1983 and was subsequently delivered to the Navy on 17 May 1983, 43 days aheadof schedule. She was commissioned on 18 June 1983, with Captain William L.Powell in command of the Blue Crew and Captain George R. Sterner in command ofthe Gold Crew.Both crews successfully completed thedemonstration and shakedown operations, each culminated by the successfullaunch of a Trident C-4 missile. Florida transited the Panama Canal in Februaryand arrived in Bangor, Washington on 25 March 1984. She completed her firststrategic deterrent patrol on 25 July 1984. As of November2002, Florida had successfully completed 61 strategic deterrent patrols. Shewon the Battle E in 1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, and 2002. In 1991, she won theMarjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award. In 1997, Florida's skipper, CommanderMichael J. Alfonso, was relieved of command "because he had been unable tofoster an effective command team so necessary to the success of the U.S. submarineforce."Florida entered Norfolk Naval Shipyard in July2003 to undergo a refueling and conversion from an SSBN to an SSGN. Floridacompleted her conversion in April 2006 and is homeported in Naval SubmarineBase Kings Bay, Georgia. On 25 May 2006 she had a return to service ceremony atNaval Station Mayport, Florida. Ms. Carlucci was the ship's sponsor for herrecommissioning in Mayport, Florida in May 2006. On 19 March 2011, in conjunction with other U.S.Navy and Royal Navy warships and submarines, Florida fired scores of Tomahawkmissiles at Libyan air defense targets as part of Operation Odyssey Dawn. The Tomahawk missile strikes allowed British, French, and allied warplanes tobegin enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya, preventing Muammar Gaddafi from usinghis air force to attack rebels in his country.[7] This was the first combataction for the Florida or any other Ohio-class submarine.[8] During OperationOdyssey Dawn, Florida launched 93 Tomahawk missiles, with 90 effective, out ofher total magazine of about 160 missiles.Of the four Ohio-class SSGNs in the U.S. Navy, Florida was the only one that was available for use in Operation Odyssey Dawnsince she was the only one that had been assigned to cruise the MediterraneanSea. Some other Tomahawk missiles were fired by American surface ships and by afew Royal Navy nuclear submarines. On 28 June2010, Florida was one of three Ohio-class submarines involved in a US responseto Chinese missile testing in the contested East China Sea. Florida, Ohio, andMichigan all surfaced simultaneously in the waters of the British Indian OceanTerritory, the Philippines, and the Republic of Korea respectively.
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