Vintage Zippo lighter Collectible Collection very nice RAREU.S.S.DE WERT FFG 45


Vintage Zippo lighter Collectible Collection very nice RAREU.S.S.DE WERT FFG 45

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Vintage Zippo lighter Collectible Collection very nice RAREU.S.S.DE WERT FFG 45:
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This lighter is probably collectible. I quit Smoking with this lighter, and what You suggest. She served me faithfully for 5 years, and now I\'m ready to give it in reliable hands. The lid has a dent, what makes the lighter unique. I give the tracking number. I don\'t know how much it costs, but I appreciated it as a MASTERCARD :). Thank youUSSDe Wert(FFG-45)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaUSSDe Wertleaving Mayport in July 2013HistoryName:De WertNamesake:HospitalmanRichard De WertAwarded:28 April 1980Builder:Bath Iron Works,Bath, MaineLaid down:14 June 1982Launched:18 December 1982Commissioned:19 November 1983Decommissioned:4 April 2014Struck:4 April 2014Identification:
  • Hull symbol:FFG-38
  • Code letters:NRDW
Motto:\"Daring, Dauntless, Defiant\"Status:Stricken, to be disposed ofBadge:General characteristicsClass and type:Oliver Hazard Perry-classfrigateDisplacement:4,100 long tons (4,200t), full loadLength:453 feet (138m),overallBeam:45 feet (14m)Draft:22 feet (6.7m)Propulsion:
  • 2 ×General Electric LM2500-30gas turbinesgenerating 41,000shp (31MW) through a singleshaftandvariable pitch propeller
  • 2 ×Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350hp(260kW) retractable electricazimuth thrustersfor maneuvering and docking.
Speed:over 29 knots (54km/h)Range:5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300km at 33km/h)Complement:15 officers and 190 enlisted, plusSH-60LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainersSensors and
processing systems:
  • AN/SPS-55surface-search radar
  • CAS and STIRfire-control radar
  • & decoys:AN/SLQ-32Armament:
    • As built:
    • 1 ×OTO Melara Mk75 76mm/62caliber naval gun
    • 2 ×Mk32 triple-tube(324mm) launchers forMark46 torpedoes
    • 1 × VulcanPhalanxCIWS
    • 4 ×.50-cal(12.7mm) machineguns.
    • 1 ×Mk13 Mod4 single-arm launcherforHarpoonanti-ship missiles andSM-1MRStandardanti-ship/air missiles (40round magazine)
    • Note:As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class.
    Aircraft carried:2 ×SH-60 LAMPS IIIhelicoptersAviation facilities:
    • 2 ×Hangars
    • RASThelicopter hauldown system

    USSDe Wert(FFG-45), anOliver Hazard Perry-classfrigate, was a ship of theUnited States Navy. She was named forHospitalmanRichard De Wert(1931–1951). DeWert posthumously received theMedal of Honorfor his heroism while serving with the7th Marinesduring theKorean War.

    De Wertwas laid down on 14 June 1982 by theBath Iron Works, inBath, Maine;launchedon 18 December 1982, sponsored by Rita C. Kennedy; andcommissionedon 19 November 1983 at Bath, Commander Douglas Armstrong in command.[1]

    Comnander Destroyer Squadron Six conducted a Command Administration Inspection 24–26 August 1985.[2]The ship got underway with an air detachment embarked 13 August through 7 September to participate in a Readiness Exercise (READEX 3-85), along with fifteen surface ships, two (2) submarines of theUnited States Atlantic Fleetand one unit of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

    The ship got underway on 2 October for its first major overseas deployment.De Wertjoined the Sixth Fleet on 14 October and participated in Operation Display Determination 85, under the command of CommanderTask Force60 with 2 carriers, 16 warships, and 130 aircraft of the Sixth Fleet. This exercise proved to be predominately an anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare exercise.

    On 16 February 2007,De Wertwas awarded the 2006Battle \"E\"award.[3]

    In 2011,De Wertearned all command excellence awards and was awarded the 2010 Battle E award.

    On 11 October 2011,De Wert, along with the BritishRoyal Fleet AuxiliaryvesselRFAFort Victoria, rescued the Italian vesselMontecristoafter it was boarded by Somali pirates, while on joint anti-piracy operations in theIndian Ocean.[4]

    De Wertwasdecommissionedon 4 April 2014.[5]


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