USS New Jersey (BB-62) 1989-90 Cruise Sweatshirt

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USS New Jersey (BB-62) 1989-90 Cruise SweatshirtUSS New Jersey (BB 62) made her final deployment with the Pacific Fleet on her 1989 90 cruise, joining the last generation of Sailors to serve aboard a commissioned U. S. Navy battleship. Recommissioned in 1982, New Jersey had given the Navy nearly a decade of renewed service during the Reagan era fleet buildup. As the post Cold War drawdown approached, this cruise became one of her final voyages before decommissioning in February 1991. The battleship

This cruise shirt marks your place in that history

The crew served with the same commitment that had carried the ship through a decade of conflict

The 1977 crew carried forward a fighting tradition built on hard years of combat and Cold War presence

deploying to the Persian Gulf to keep the pressure on during Operation Iraqi Freedom's demanding middle chapter

The conflict was at its deadliest

but she is not forgotten

The mid-1990s saw American naval forces engaged in a range of demanding missions

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the Navy's transformation was undeniable — bigger

The Ageless Warrior came home one final time before being decommissioned in 1990

The 2000-01 deployment of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) carried her crew through Y2K and into the new century — maintaining Operation Southern Watch patrols over Iraq in the Persian Gulf while the rest of the world celebrated

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