US NAVY - USS INDEPENDENCE CV-62 Challenge Coin W/ Presentation Box

Description

This is a great looking US NAVY - USS INDEPENDENCE CV-62 challenge coin. Coin has reeded edges and is about 1 9/16" in diameter. Front side of coin is printed and colorized (black & white) while the rear side is raised lettering and gold plated.
Coin is contained in an acrylic air tight holder and displayed in an attractive blue velvet presentation box which will make this a very impressive gift or presentation.
The fifth USS Independence (CV/CVA-62) is a Forrestal-class airdraft carrier of the United States Navy . She was the fourth and final member of the Forrestal-class of conventional-powered Supercarriers. She entered service in 1959, with much of her early years spent in the Mediterranean Fleet.
Independence made a single tour off the coast of Vietnam in 1965 during the Vietnam War, and also carried out airstrikes against Syrian forces during the Lebenese Civil War and operations over Iraq during Operation Southern Watch, the enforcement of the no-fly zone over southern Iraq.
Independence was decommissioned in 1998 after 39 years of active service. Currently stored at Bremerton, Washington, Ex-Independence will be towed later in 2015 to Brownsville, Texas, for scrapping, the last of the class to be scrapped.
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