USS Seattle (AOE-3) 1985-86 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS Seattle (AOE-3) 1985-86 Cruise SweatshirtUSS Seattle (AOE 3) conducted her 1985 86 deployment supporting Atlantic Fleet carrier battle groups in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Operating during a period that included U. S. strikes on Libya in April 1986, Seattle and ships like her kept the Sixth Fleet supplied and ready for action. As a Sacramento class fast combat support ship, Seattle was capable of replenishing fuel, ammunition, and stores simultaneously to multiple combatants. This

Bunker Hill fired the first Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles of Operation Desert Storm — the opening shots of a war that would reshape the Middle East

With the Cold War over and the Gulf War won

CV-66 launched her aircraft into the skies over Iraq and Kuwait — strike after strike

operating as part of Carrier Division Five with the Seventh Fleet

Big John and her air wing kept the Atlantic Fleet's forward presence strong during the Cold War

and one of the longest-serving carriers in U

When Operation Desert Storm commenced on January 17

This sweatshirt honors the crew who deployed aboard her that year

Big John and her embarked air wing maintained the Atlantic Fleet's critical forward presence in the Med during this era of Cold War competition

just two years after commissioning at Newport News

The ship named for a decisive Allied breakthrough was part of another turning point in history

she was as sharp as ever