USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1966 WESTPAC/VIETNAM Unisex Sweatshirt

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USS Oriskany (CVA-34) 1966 WESTPAC/VIETNAM Unisex SweatshirtUSS Oriskany (CVA 34) returned to the Gulf of Tonkin in 1966 for another combat deployment against North Vietnam, flying strikes under the escalating pressure of Operation Rolling Thunder. On October 26, 1966, disaster struck when a magnesium flare was accidentally ignited in the forward flare locker. The resulting fire swept rapidly through officer country and the forward areas of the ship, killing 44 men and injuring scores more in the worst carrier

This shirt honors that strength

she sailed into one of the busiest operational periods in years

whose love was strong enough to hold a family together while the Navy held the line

This long sleeve cruise shirt honors those who stood watch in one of the most dangerous peacetime deployments in Navy history

Paul Ignatius features the AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar

USS Yorktown (CVS-10) deployed in 1960 to the Western Pacific

USS Carl Vinson was among the first carriers to answer the nation's call

allies and a deterrent against ballistic missile threats

Few deployments in Carl Vinson's history carry the emotional weight of the 2010 Southern Seas cruise

and aviation boatswain's mates who launched and recovered aircraft from Kennedy's flight deck

USS Bunker Hill (CG-52) patrolled some of the world's most strategically vital waters as a battle-hardened warship fresh from Desert Storm

carrier battle groups — with Bunker Hill providing the air defense backbone — moved to project deterrence in the region