USS Constellation (CV-64) 2002-03 Long Sleeve Cruise Shirt

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USS Constellation (CV-64) 2002-03 Long Sleeve Cruise ShirtThis was the farewell cruise of a legend. USS Constellation (CV 64) deployed in late 2002 and sailed into history when Operation Iraqi Freedom launched on March 20, 2003. 'Connie's' air wing struck targets across Iraq from the very first night, flying missions alongside coalition forces as Saddam Hussein's regime collapsed. To serve aboard Constellation on her final deployment was to be part of something rare a great ship going out the way she lived,

it was both a duty and a privilege that bound them to a proud legacy stretching back to the waters of the South Pacific

Through the siege of Khe Sanh

and forward-deployed when it mattered most

with Vietnam in her wake and decades of service still ahead

USS America (CV-66) deployed in 1976

This cruise shirt marks one of the proudest chapters in the long history of USS America

The 1971–72 cruise saw USS Constellation (CVA-64) at the forefront of Operation Linebacker — the sustained aerial campaign that brought the air war over North Vietnam to a decisive phase

and the United States Navy faced the challenge of maintaining global presence with a force built for a different enemy

Her crew stood ready

and Constellation answered the call

This cruise shirt honors those who served aboard her during this pivotal era

This cruise shirt commemorates a deployment during one of the most pivotal years in Cold War history

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