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Vintage Wooden and Metal Navy Plaque, U. I was in the navy myself from 1982 to 1990, 4 years on a Submarine Tender, USS Proteus AS-19, and the USS David R. The Destroyer was the funnest, and the Proteus, was mostly in port all the time so we could work on subs. My 4 years shore duty was at NAS Miramar, VAW-110, an E2C Radar Squadron and Cargo Planes. I Self Published a book called Navy Fun, I did it in paperback, ebook and audio, just a fun book to listen to, if you were in the navy like, me. You don’t get the book, the book is available online at regular places that sell books. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\Militaria (Date Unknown)\Navy”. The seller is “stea_vinc” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Mexico, Germany, Japan.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Force: Navy

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An incredible lot from the estate of a Navy Veteran has come thru Bingo’s Swap Meet Garage. Be sure to check out our other listings for more. This listing is for. Navy USS Guitarro SSN 665 Submarine wall plaque. A great piece of Naval History. Overall good used condition a few scratches to the wood, shows very well. Approx 11.5 x 9 inches. To be named for the guitarro, a ray a of the guitarfish the family. Guitarro was used as the primary test bed for Submarine Launched Tomahawk Cruise Missile testing from 1977 through 1984. Primary GD test conductor was Wiley Huffman. All torpedo tube launches were successful. The majority of test flights were successful. A manufacturing related issue resulted in one unsuccessful flight. The resolution of this resulted in successful follow-on flights. Following test bed used was USS-705 City of Corpus Christi with Roy Keely as test conductor. All Tomahawk tests completed successfully. BINGO’S SWAP MEET GARAGE IS A KUSTOM GIFT/THRIFT & CONSIGNMENT SHOP. SOME ITEMS MAY HAVE BEEN STORED FOR DECADES AND MAY HAVE THAT “OLD” OR “STUFFY” OR “VINTAGE” OR “GRANDMA’S BASEMENT” AROMA. SOME ITEMS MAY BE DUSTY, CRUSTY OR MUSTY. NOT CIGARETTE OR PET ODORS UNLESS NOTED, JUST OLD AND STORED. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THIS IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO DUST OR SMELLS. WE HAVE A SHOP CAT AND WE KEEP A SEPARATE AREA WITH EVERYTHING IN BINS, BUT PET HAIR MAGICALLY APPEARS NO MATTER WHAT, PLEASE NOTE THIS IF YOU HAVE ALLERGIES. IF YOU NEED SOMETHING MEASURED JUST LET ME KNOW. ALL SALES ARE FINAL, THIS INCLUDES FITMENT ISSUES. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\Militaria (Date Unknown)\Navy”. The seller is “coolintocash” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Force: Navy
• Theme: Militaria
• Type: wall plaque

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