US NAVY - USS GRIDLEY (DDG-101) Challenge Coin

Description: This is a great looking US NAVY - USS Gridley (DDG-101) challenge coin. Coin has reeded edges and is about 1 1/2" in diameter. Front side of coin is printed and colorized while the rear side is raised lettering and gold plated. Coin is contained in an acrylic air tight holder. The fourth USS Gridley (DDG-101) is the fifty-first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Gridley is named after Captain Charles Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship Olympia, (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. In May 2004, the secretary of the Navy announced the names of five new Arleigh Burke class destroyers, including Gridley. Her keel was laid on 30 July 2004 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was christened on 11 February 2006. The Gridley was commissioned at the Port of Miami on Saturday, 10 February 2007. She has joined the Pacific Fleet and is homeported at Naval Base San Diego. Gridley departed Naval Base San Diego on 19 May 2008 for her maiden deployment and returned on 25 November 2008. Namesake: Captain Charles Vernon Gridley Ordered: 6 March 1998 Builder: Bath Iron Works Laid down: 30 July 2004 Launched: 28 December 2005 Commissioned: 10 February 2007 Motto: IGNIS UBI PARATUS (“Fire when ready”) Status: in active service Badge: *COMBINED SHIPPING AVAILABLE* For combined shipping place all items in cart then purchase all items together from cart for 1 combined shipping charge...

Price: 14.99 USD

Location: New Braunfels, Texas

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