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This pre-owned product has been professionally inspected, tested and cleaned by qualified vendors. It is not certified by Apple. This product is in “Used Very good” Condition. The item shows slight cosmetic marks and imperfections. This product will have a battery that exceeds 75% capacity relative to new. Accessories may not be original, but will be compatible and fully functional. Product may come in generic box. Product will come with a charging cable. Headphone, charging block and SIM card are not included. Used products are not guaranteed to be waterproof.

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USS HALIBUT SSN 587 SOLID BRASS MEDALLION.

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This is a rare and unique piece of US Navy aircraft carrier armor plate from the USS Constellation. It is a flight deck armor plate that has been used and is in very good condition. The plate is a great addition to any militaria collection and is perfect for those interested in naval history. The plate was manufactured in the United States and is a true representation of US Navy technology. This armor plate comes with the gear locker and a midship repair tags. A patch is also included. Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity to own a piece of Naval History!

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PLEASE FOLLOW OUR E BAY STORE. SALE SEE OUR STORE. PLEASE READ WHOLE ADD. We do not want your feed back. We want your repeat business. We get that by posting new items. At A GREAT PRICE. Shallow Water Combat Submersible. 17 tons (15.4 tonnes). 6.7 meters (22 ft). 1.8 meters (5.9 ft). Powering an electric motor and single screw propeller. 6 kn (11 km/h) (top speed). 4 kn (7.4 km/h) (cruising speed). 15 to 18 nmi (28 to 33 km) with diving team. 6 (2 crew, 4 passengers). Sensors and processing systems. Doppler Inertial Navigation System. For obstacle/mine avoidance and navigation, GPS. SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines. Specifications are given for Mark 8 SDV. Used to deliver United States Navy SEALs. And their equipment for special operations. The SDV, which has been in continuous service since 1983, is used primarily for covert or clandestine missions to denied access areas (either held by hostile forces or where military activity would draw notice and objection). It is generally deployed from the Dry Deck Shelter. On a specially-modified attack. Or ballistic missile submarines. It has seen combat in the Gulf War. And the US intervention in Somalia. (ASDS), a larger, dry submersible that is often confused with the SDV. The SDV is flooded. And the swimmers ride exposed to the water, breathing from the vehicle’s compressed air supply or using their own SCUBA gear, while the ASDS is dry inside and equipped with a full life support and air conditioning system. The ASDS was canceled in 2009 due to cost overruns and the loss of the prototype in a fire. The Navy currently plans to replace the SDV with the Shallow Water Combat Submersible. (SWCS), which will be designated the Mark 11 SDV. The SWCS was expected to enter service in 2019. The SDV program dates back to World War II. Initiated by the Office of Strategic Services. Maritime Unit (OSS MU). A “submersible canoe” was invented by the Italians during World War I. The idea was successfully applied by the Italian Navy Regia Marina. Also early in World War II. The official Italian name for their craft was Siluro a Lenta Corsa SLC or Slow-running torpedo. The vehicle was then copied by the British when they discovered the Italian operations and called it the Sleeping Beauty. Or Motorised Submersible Canoe. It was employed by OSS MU during extensive training and exercises, but was never actually deployed for combat operations. The same capability was adopted by the American Underwater Demolition Teams. The one-man submersible displayed little functional military potential. However, it substantiated and characterized the need for improved and expanded UDT capabilities. After the war, development continued in a garage-shop fashion by various UDT units, and included various “Marks” such as the Mark V, VI, and VII. Intermediate numbers were assigned to some vehicles that never made it off the shop floor. All were of flooded design. The first SDV to be operationally deployed was the Mark VII, which entered service in June 1972 after being tested between 1967 and 1972. It could carry three SEALs plus a pilot sitting in compartments fore and aft. It had a hull made from fiberglass and non-ferrous metals to hinder detection and was powered by a silver-zinc battery. Attached to an electric motor. The Mark VIII SDV, the model that is still in use today, began to supplant the Mark VII starting in 1983. Currently centers on the Mark VIII Mod 1. The SDV was first developed in 1975 for use among UDT/SEAL teams. The early Mark 8 Mod 0 SDVs had a PRC104 UHF. Radio for use underwater. The newer model Mark 8 Mod 1 has a dual sliding canopy and quick release hatch. SDVs carry a pilot, co-pilot, and four person combat swimmer team and their equipment to and from maritime mission objectives on land or at sea. The pilot and co-pilot are often a part of the fighting team. The SDV is silver-zinc battery. Powered and equipped with propulsion, navigation, communication, and life-support equipment. The batteries directly power the electric motor that drives the single screw propeller. Because they are all electric, SDVs are extremely difficult to detect using passive sonar, and their small size makes them hard to detect using other means. The Mark 8 Mod 1 SDV can deliver four fully equipped SEALs to the mission area, be “parked” or loiter in the area, retrieve the SEALs, and then return to the launch site. The SEALs sit upright in the Mark 8, with the pilot and co-pilot/navigator facing forward and the other four facing aft. For air, the SEALs rely on their own air tanks. Supplemented by compressed air tanks on the SDV. The crew and passenger compartment in the Mark 8 is small, cramped, and pitch black except for the dim lights of the instrument panel. SEALs describe riding in an SDV as like being locked in a little black coffin deep under the water. A 2011 article reported that out of 2,600 SEALS roughly 230 are trained to operate the SDVs. SDVs are generally launched from a Dry Deck Shelter. On the back of a submarine. Although they can also be deployed from amphibious carriers. They can also be airdropped. (uncrewed) into an operational area from a C-130 Hercules. Finally, the SDV can be launched from the shore. An SDV can be launched from one platform and recovered by another. Demonstrated this capability during a multilateral exercise in the Mediterranean. When it recovered and then launched another country’s SDV. The Mark 8 Mod 1 SDV is the only SDV officially in use by the US Navy and Royal Navy. It is an upgrade of the earlier Mark 8 Mod 0 SDV. The Mod 1 is quieter, faster, more efficient, and has a longer range than the Mod 0. Its updated electronics, materials, and battery and motor systems gives it twice the range and 1.5 times the speed of the Mod 0. Another advantage of the Mark 8 Mod 1 over its predecessor is that it is built from aluminium instead of plastic reinforced fiberglass, making its hull sturdier and roomier. The sturdier hull means that it can be deployed from CH-46 Sea Knight. And CH-53E Super Stallion. Helicopters, although SDVs often break or explode when dropped in the water from a helicopter, making aerial deployments impractical and undesirable. The Mark 8 Mod 1 SDV has an endurance of about eight to 12 hours. Giving it a range of 15 to 18 nmi (28 to 33 km) with a diving team or 36 nmi (67 km) without. The main limiting factor on endurance is not batteries or breathing gas for the SEALs, but water temperature. Humans can only spend so much time in cold water, even with wetsuits. Before their blood pressure drops and they become dehydrated from losing blood volume and body fluids, respectively. US Navy SEALs deploy a torpedo-armed Mark 9 SDV from a submarine. Indeed, the Mark 9 and Mark 8 share very few common parts. The Mark 9 carries two SEALs, a pilot and a navigator, and two Mark 31. Or Mark 37 torpedoes. These torpedoes can travel up to 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) in a straight line. In addition to torpedoes, the Mark 9 also carried limpet mines. And satchel charges in a large cargo compartment aft of the pilot and co-pilot. The Mark 9 is designed to clandestinely approach enemy vessels while submerged, surface to fire torpedoes, and then escape unnoticed. As such, its design incorporates stealth. Characteristics, including a lower profile and sonar absorbing materials. And to draw attention of an enemy fleet away from the Mark 9’s parent submarine. Though it proved very effective in exercises, the Mark 9 was retired starting in 1989 and was fully phased out of service by the mid-1990s due to manpower and budget constraints and because all of its capabilities save launching torpedoes were duplicated by the Mark 8. The pilot and navigator operate the vehicle from a prone position and lay side by side. The prone position gave the Mark 9 a low profile and enabled it to operate in very shallow water. Although SEALs reported that staying prone for the entire duration of an operation was uncomfortable. The Mark 9’s sleek profile and independent diving planes. Enabled it to be especially agile. It was also faster than the Mark 8, reaching speeds of 7-9 knots (13-17 km/h), owing to its twin screw propellers. And high-performance silver-zinc batteries. Its speed and agility led operators to compare it to flying a fighter jet or driving a sports car. A Mark 8 SDV is loaded aboard Los Angeles -class submarine USS Dallas. It is also used for underwater mapping and terrain exploration, location and recovery of lost or downed objects, and reconnaissance missions. It has been invaluable at deploying SEAL teams in clandestine missions, as it has enabled them to land on shores inaccessible to a larger submarine with a degree of stealth greater than that offered by small surface craft, helicopters, or other means. Additionally, it can carry larger limpet mines. However, the SDV is not without its weaknesses, namely its range, reliability, and mobility. The SDV’s short range, which is contingent on sea state. Water temperature, payload, and other factors, sometimes hinders operations. Harbor 18 miles (29 km) upriver from the Caribbean Sea. Mark 8 SDVs saw combat during the First Gulf War. Where they performed mine reconnaissance and demolition missions. In the Iraq War. Mark 8 SDVs were used to secure offshore oil and gas terminals. Several days before the beginning of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Two SDV teams were launched from Mark V Special Operations Craft. In the Persian Gulf. Their objectives were the hydrographic reconnaissance. Of the Al Basrah (MABOT) and Khawr Al Amaya (KAAOT) Oil Terminals. After swimming under the terminals and securing their Mark 8 Mod 1s, the SDV SEALs spent several hours taking pictures and surveying Iraqi activity on both platforms before returning to their boats. On March 20, 2003, SEALs from SEAL Team 8. 31 SEALs, 2 Navy EOD. 1 USAF combat controller, and several Iraqi interpreters moved to seize the MABOT oil terminal and KAAOT Oil Terminals, in part using SDVs. The terminals were quickly seized with no casualties, and explosives which were found on the terminals were made safe by Polish GROM. Coastline and emplaced covert surveillance cameras. Known as cardinals, the cameras were designed to watch likely target locations for wanted terrorists as al-Qaeda. And its affiliates began to regroup in the country, however the cameras only took one image a day and captured very little. (SDVT-1), based in Pearl Harbor. (SDVT-2), based in Little Creek, Virginia. SDVT-1 operates on behalf of Central Command. In the Middle East and Indian and Pacific Oceans. SDVT-2 operates in the Atlantic and European Command. And is primarily focused on supporting the activities of the Sixth Fleet. The SDV suffered from reliability concerns early in its lifespan. Doug Lowe, a member of SDV Team 1. In the 1980s, reported that his team’s SDVs were operational less than 50 percent of the time. However, reliability improved with usage: LCDR Lowe later commanded SDV Team 2. In the 1990s and reported that his subs were ready more than 90 percent of the time. The main failure of the SDV is its poor mobility. Although it can be transported by C-130. Airplanes, the relative scarcity of vessels capable of deploying an SDV limits its usage. In WWII, would have helped alleviate this problem. The Special Boat Service. Of the United Kingdom Special Forces. Operates three Mark 8 Mod 1 vehicles. An SDV being loaded aboard Los Angeles -class attack submarine USS Dallas. Mark 9 SDV “Little Bo Peep” armed with a LAM-5 mine.

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Brass Naval Plaque (7.1 in, 3.7 in) of USS Ulysses S. Grant Submarine SSBN-631 on Wood Panel (11.4 in, 6.7 in). Heavy brass plaque on wood. In VERY GOOD condition, please see photos for details. There’s much more to come…

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I received this pin when I qualified as a service warfare officer as an Ensign aboard USS Spruance in 1978. I have since retired from our Navy and would like to find this very rare and special pin a new chest to be pinned on. He was a fellow USNA graduate and always had an ad in the Shipmate magazine. This is NOT gold plated… It is solid 14K GOLD & clearly marked as such as you can see in the photos. Even the pins are gold! It weighs out at 13 ounces which is about 1/2 ounce of 14 karat gold. It would make a great?? gift. And it certainly won’t decrease in value.

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Originally Released in 2007 by Blue Box Toys WWII US Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat Fighter Aircraft with Seated Pilot Figure – Flown by USMC Lt. James Elms Swett, “White 77″ of the VMF-221, Battle of Coral Sea, The Solomon Islands/Guadalcanal, 1943. EXTREMELY RARE, Very Limited, Loose without Box & Highly Collectible. Only used for photos & then stored since the 2007 in smoke-free environment. Removable Seated Pilot Figure. Approximately 11 inches long with 15 inch wingspan. Please see all photos for condition. This item is from my personal collection & comes AS-IS.

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Originally Released in 2007 by Blue Box Toys WWII US Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive-Bomber with Seated Pilot & Gunner Figures – USN “White C46″. EXTREMELY RARE, Very Limited, Loose without Box & Highly Collectible. Only used for photos & then stored since the 2007 in smoke-free environment. Removable Seated Pilot & Rear Gunner (torso only) Figures. Openning Cockpit Canopy & gunner’s station canopy. Approximately 13 inches long with 15.5 inch wingspan. Please see all photos for condition. This item is from my personal collection & comes AS-IS.

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Vintage LA County Jail Ringer Shirt. Good used condition, small rip near armpit, see photos. Please let me know if you have any questions. Please observe all pictures for the most accurate representation of this item. Appreciate all feedback & if you plan on leaving any low ratings, please contact me & I will do my best to make it right!

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United States Navy Silver plated serving piece. It is likely a crumber but you may use it however you choose. Piece bears a very early USN monogram. The Pirate’s Lair listed several 1800’s items with this same USN monogram and those folks look like they know what they’re doing. Their pieces were not for sale. Piece is marked with the monogram. “USN” on the front. Back is marked “1847 Rogers Bros A1 16″. The Rogers company began using the 1847 marking in 1862. The company later incorporated with International Silver in 1898, and pieces made after the merger usually also have the IS marking. The newest they could be is 1898 however the Threaded Oval pattern is a very early 1800’s pattern and these are likely closer to the 1860’s range. Piece measures just about 12 inches long. Piece is in very good to excellent condition. The corner of the blade is bent a little bit. Blade has some very tiny discolored tarnish spots a thorough polishing will remedy. There is the remains of a sticker on the back. There are some slight nicks and scratches but overall excellent condition. Get images that make Supersized seem small. Track Page Views With.

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