Elvis Presley
(1935-1977) is the legendary King of Rock and Roll.
Over one billion Elvis records have been sold, more
than anyone in record industry history. Elvis
starred in 31 feature films and was one of
Hollywood’s top box office with movies like
Jailhouse Rock (1957) and King Creole (1958).
Today Graceland, his home for twenty years, is
the most famous
1946-47
Zippo for USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier
launched in 1947
1955 Zippo for the USS Coral Sea,
celebrating Christmas 1955.
1956 Zippo with the
colorful logo of USS Seadragon, a submarine with a story told
HERE.
1956 Town & Country Zippo for
the USS Bowers, a destroyer escort ship.
1957 T&C Zippo for the
destroyer USS Murray.
1957 T&C Zippo for the USS
Everglades, a destroyer tender used to support, supply and repair vessels for
the fleet.
1957 Zippo of
for the destroyer USS Shields
1958 Zippo. The USS Greenwich Bay
was a sea plane tender with its story told
HERE
USS Donner was a landing ship
dock designed to carry and launch amphibious vehicles. The T&C Zippo is
dated 1959.
USS Lake Champlain was an
antisubmarine aircraft carrier. The T&C Zippo is from 1959.
1959 T&C Zippo for the
anti-submarine warfare carrier USS Essex.
This 1960 T&C
Zippo depicts USS San Pablo. Its story can be found
HERE .
The USS Muliphen
on this 1960 T&C Zippo was an attack cargo transport.
This is a 1960
Zippo for the USS Hornet which became a famous
astronaut recovery ship.
USS Cacapon was an oiler.
The 1960 T&C ZIppo shows a rooster chasing the hen and word play on a
politically incorrect expression.
Destroyer
USS Sproston engraved on a 1961 T&C Zippo
1962 T&C
Zippo for USS Enterprise, the longest, tallest, and mightiest warship to ever
sail the seas.
1963 slim T&C Zippo
for destroyer USS Moale
Interesting
hand-painted mermaid design for the USS Reeves on this 1964 T&C Zippo.
This is a 1964 Zippo for the USS Caloosahatchee. The reverse reads:
"Built by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp Sparrows Point MD Keel laid 30
Nov 1944 Launched 2 June 1945 Commissioned 10 October 1945" The oil
transport ship was named after a river in Florida.
Aircraft carrier
USS Shangri La on a 1964
T&C Zippo.
This 1964 T&C Zippo has a
hand-painted emblem of the United States Naval Reserve, or USNR.
Go
HERE to see the historical USS Missouri
Surrender Zippo
