US NAVY - USS HOPPER (DDG-70) Challenge Coin for Sale

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US NAVY - USS HOPPER (DDG-70) Challenge Coin For Sale

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US NAVY - USS HOPPER (DDG-70) Challenge Coin:
$14.99

This is a great looking US NAVY - USS Hopper (DDG-70) 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 and is displayed in an attractive blue velvet covered presentation box with white satin lining which will make this a very impressive gift.

USS Hopper (DDG-70) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, named for the pioneering computer scientist Rear Admiral \"Amazing\" Grace Hopper.

The contract to build Hopper was awarded to Bath Iron Works Corporation in Bath, Maine on 8 April 1992 and her keel was laid down on 23 February 1995. She was launched on 6 January 1996 sponsored by Mrs. Mary Murray Westcote, sister of the ship\'s namesake, and commissioned on 6 September 1997 in San Francisco to be near Silicon Valley, with Commander Thomas D. Crowley in command.

Hopper is only the second U.S. Navy warship to be named for a woman from the Navy\'s own ranks. The first was the World War II destroyer USS Higbee named for the Superintendent of the U S Navy Nurse Corps during World War I, Lenah Higbee.

Name: HopperNamesake:Grace Hopper
Ordered:8 April 1992Builder:Bath Iron Works
Laid down:23 February 1995Launched:6 January 1996Commissioned:6 September 1997Homeport:Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S.Motto:Aude Et Effice– \"Dare And Do\"Status:In active serviceBadge:*COMBINED SHIPPING AVAILABLE* For combined shipping place all items in cart then purchase all items together from cart for 1 combined shipping charge...