U.S.S ESTES AGC 12 Mint Condition Vintage Military Konwal Lighter & Original Box For Sale

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U.S.S ESTES AGC 12 Mint Condition Vintage Military Konwal Lighter & Original Box:
$24.95

Rare U.S.S ESTESAGC 12 Mint Condition Vintage Military Konwal Lighter with Original Box andpaperwork.

Mintcondition Lighter never used in it’s original box. The original paperworkstates” Lifetime Guarantee”

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Beautifulvintage military collectible lighter. Note the detail, one side has the heavyduty gold USS ESTES AGC

12 shield on oneside with the golden eagle and the alligator and the vessel embossed on theother side. New

in original box with paperwork as shown, never used. Highquality lighter Made In Japan by Konwal. Just a

beautiful piece of vintagemilitary collectible lighter.

USS Estes(AGC-12) was a Mount McKinley-class amphibious force command ship, officiallynamed after "A mountain peak and national park in Colorado."[1]

She was designedas an amphibious force flagship, a floating command post with advancedcommunications equipment and extensive combat information spaces to be used bythe amphibious forces commander and landing force commander during large-scaleoperations.

Estes waslaunched on 1 November 1943 at the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company inWilmington, North Carolina, as Morning Star. The ship was acquired by the Navyon 22 February 1944 and commissioned on 9 October 1944, with Commander Bob OrrMathews in command.

On 20 November1944, Estes arrived at Pearl Harbor from Naval Station Norfolk, and aftertraining, broke the flag of Rear Admiral William H. P. Blandy, Commander,Amphibious Group One. She sailed from Pearl Harbor on 10 January 1945 forrehearsal landings in the Marianas, and on 16 February arrived off Iwo Jima. Asflagship for TF 52, Estes served as control center for the pre-invasionbombardment and the work of underwater demolition teams preparing the beachesfor the assault. It remained off the island through the landings of 19February, receiving wounded and supplying and repairing small craft. It arrivedat Ulithi on 11 March to make final preparations for the Okinawa assault.

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