USS Constellation CVA-64 souvenir coin. Connie. Minted 1965. 1.25 inch. for Sale

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USS Constellation CVA-64 souvenir coin. Connie. Minted 1965. 1.25 inch. For Sale

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USS Constellation CVA-64 souvenir coin. Connie. Minted 1965. 1.25 inch.:
$6.00

1.25 inches in diameter.
Unique USS Constellation CVA-64 souvenir coin.The late Dr. Fredrick Drew of Bremerton, WA minted this medallion circa 1965.
It was designed by Robert Perry, who also designed several other ship medallions as well as the famous 1964 Beatles coin and the USS Missouri and USS Kitty Hawk coins which I also have for sale.

This purchase is for one coin. There is two in the photos to show front and backs in same picture.

Many coins available.I have more than the available listed.

5+ lot discounts gladly given. Contact your shipmates!

Back of coin reads:

Worlds Largest
Conventional Powered
Aircraft Carrier
Keel Laid Sept.14.'57
New York Naval Shipyard
Commissioned Oct.27.'61
Length 1047' Beam 265'
280,000 Horsepower
4.1 Acres Flight Deck

R.A.P.

Built at the New York Naval Shipyard as the second ship in the Kitty Hawk class of aircraft carriers, Connie was commissioned on October 27, 1961, under the motto "Spirit of the Old, Pride of the New." She has been homeported at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego since July 1962.

In 1975 Connie was redesignated "CV" from "CVA" following a complex overhaul to the flight deck, enabling her to deploy with the S-3A Viking (anti-submarine) and F-14 Tomcat (fighter) aircraft.

In the summer of 1981, Connie hosted President Ronald Reagan. It turned out to be a watershed moment in the carrier's illustrious history. Reagan presented a Presidential Flag to the ship and proclaimed CONSTELLATION as "America's Flagship" - a new ship's motto which is used to this day.

In 1982, Constellation returned to the yards, this time in Bremerton, Wash. Naval aviation had undergone vast changes since 1961, and when Connie came out of the yards in 1984 two weeks early and under budget, it was completely modernized. One facet of the ship's upgrade was the ability to carry the Navy's newest strike fighter, the F/A-18 Hornet. She was also fitted with the new PHALANX radar-guided gatling gun, two new flush deck catapults and the NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System.

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