USS Gridley (CG-21) Framed Poster - Starboard (3)

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USS Gridley (CG-21) Framed Poster - Starboard (3)USS Gridley (CG 21) was a Leahy class guided missile cruiser, commissioned in 1963 and named for Rear Admiral Charles Vernon Gridley the man who received Commodore George Dewey's legendary command "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" at the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898. Operating during the Cold War, Gridley served as a capable surface combatant in the Pacific Fleet, providing fleet air defense and escort capabilities over more than two decades

As an Aegis air defense platform she has stood watch alongside multiple carrier strike groups

This shirt commemorates the 1991 cruise — Forrestal's last operational deployment before decommissioning in 1993

the end of the Iran-Iraq War — the headlines never stopped

Navy Reserve maritime patrol squadron based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans

USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) conducted her 2016 cruise as part of ongoing carrier strike group operations in the Indo-Pacific and Middle East

USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) deployed in 2004

"Connie's" air wing flew Operation Southern Watch missions

Named for the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944

The families of USS Abraham Lincoln's (CVN-72) 2011-12 crew witnessed history from a distance — the end of the Iraq War

and other carriers during the Vietnam War

Three decades of service — from Vietnam patrols to Desert Storm combat to Adriatic peacekeeping — and now

and carrying out the full range of missions the Perry class was designed for