Vintage USS Indianapolis Zippo for Sale

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Vintage USS Indianapolis Zippo For Sale

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Vintage USS Indianapolis Zippo:
$95.00

Ok. This is a tuff one to let go but I’m relocating to Key Largo Florida and funds are a must in order to keep the farm in KY. So if you need a kitchen sink?… lemme know! Zippo lighter from USS Indianapolis was a Portland class heavy cruiser warship for the USA blasted out of the water, after completing a secret wartime mission, by a Japanese sub on 30,July,1946, on the return cruise, sinking in just 12 minutes. 1190 souls on board. 300 killed at sinking. 890 men went into the water. On day 2 many sharks arrived and started taking the men 1x1 must’ve been terrorizing! )This was mentioned by “Quint” in a scene in the movie “JAWS” as they were on board at night eating and drinking and showing scars and telling tales.) The real crew weren’t considered missing for 4 f**king days! Due to secrecy of the mission. They had been on a secret mission to deliver Uranium and other components for the Atom bomb aptly named “BIGBOY” that would destroy Hiroshima and basically ended WWII. ( we did drop another in Nagasaki days later just to be sure, and maybe a little pay back for the surprise decimating attack on Pearl Harbor HI. ) this lighter was left to me by my father in 1989 at time of his death. I foolishly carried in a belt pouch for 10 years until I realized its significance and put it up in a display case. It still works very good . It’s a “2 strike lighter” lights on 2nd try… every time.. I’m including a Zippo metal case to protect the lighter. The case is not original and probably didn’t exist when this Zippo was sold. But idk that. The here ya go! Sigh!