USS Okinawa LPH-3 Patch – Plastic Backing for Sale

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USS Okinawa LPH-3 Patch – Plastic Backing:
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USS Okinawa LPH-3 Patch - Plastic Backing

Sailors! Enjoy this beautifully embroidered USS Okinawa LPH-3 Patch. You\'ll love displaying or wearing it on a jacket!

4\" inches
Sew On
US Veteran-Owned Business

USS Okinawa (LPH-3) was the second Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship assigned the name \"Okinawa\", in honor of the World War II Battle of Okinawa. Okinawa was laid down on 1 April 1960 (15th anniversary of the invasion of Okinawa) by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; launched on 19 August 1961; sponsored by Mrs. John L. McClellan, wife of Arkansas Senator John L. McClellan; and commissioned on 14 April 1962. Okinawa was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 17 December 1992. She was transferred to MARAD and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Suisun Bay, Benicia, Calif.

The ship was sunk as a target in a COMSUBPAC ship sinking exercise (SINKEX) on 6 June 2002, off the coast of Southern California, in 2,020 fathoms (3,700 m) at 031°27′N 119°42′WCoordinates: 031°27′N 119°42′W. After being hit by several Maverick, Harpoon missiles, and general-purpose bombs, the ex-Okinawa was finally sunk by a Mk 48 torpedo fired by the USS Portsmouth.