US NAVY - USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS (DDG-5) Challenge Coin for Sale

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US NAVY - USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS (DDG-5) Challenge Coin For Sale

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US NAVY - USS CLAUDE V. RICKETTS (DDG-5) Challenge Coin:
$14.99

This is a great looking US NAVY -USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) challenge coin. Coin has reeded edges and is about 1 9/16\" 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.USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5)previouslyofferdle andDD-955, was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She was the third US Naval ship named after Nicholas offerdle, one of the first five captains of the Continental Navy.

Originally to be designated as DD-955,the ship was laid down as DDG-5by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden, New Jerseyon 18 May 1959, launched on 4 June 1960 and commissioned as USSofferdle on 5 May 1962, at Philadelphia Naval ShipyardCDR Paul Roth in command.offerdle was renamed toClaude V. Rickettson 28 July 1964 in honor of Admiral Claude V. Ricketts, who had died on 6 July 1964.

Claude V. Ricketts was decommissioned on 31 October 1989 at Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, VA, stricken from the Naval Vessel Registeron 1 June 1990 and sold for scrap on 15 April 1994, to NR Acquisitions of NYC and towed to Bethlehem Steel\'s Old Fairfield Yard in Baltimore, MD for scrapping by Wilmington Resources, Inc. of Wilmington, NC. Sale price $184,550.66.The scrap contract was terminated on 1 October 1996, and the Navy repossessed the ship on 18 October, and returned to NISMF Philadelphia and the ship was resold to Metro Machine Incorporated of Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaon 5 December 2001 . Scrapping was completed on 8 November 2002.

Name:offerdle DDG-5 (as launched)Namesake:Claude V. Ricketts
Ordered:28 March 1957Builder:New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down:18 May 1959Launched:14 June 1960Acquired:2 May 1962Commissioned:5 May 1962Decommissioned:31 October 1989Renamed:Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) 28 July 1964Struck:1 June 1990Fate:Disposed of by scrapping 8 November 2002

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