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Navy Zippos

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1956 Town & Country Zippo for the USS Bowers, a destroyer escort ship.

This 1960 T&C Zippo depicts USS San Pablo. Its story can be found HERE .

USS Donner was a landing ship dock designed to carry and launch amphibious vehicles.  The T&C Zippo is dated 1959.

The Navy is one of  the largest user of Zippos, making them available for sale on board their ships to crew and visitors.  Many of them have desirable Town & Country (T&C) artwork.

1957 Zippo of for the destroyer USS Shields

1956 Zippo with the colorful logo of USS Seadragon, a submarine with a story told HERE.

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.

The USS Muliphen on this 1960 T&C Zippo was an attack cargo transport.

1959 T&C Zippo for the anti-submarine warfare carrier USS Essex.

1946-47 Zippo for USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier launched in 1947.

Destroyer USS Sproston engraved on a 1961 T&C Zippo.

 USS Cacapon was an oiler. The 1960 T&C ZIppo shows a  rooster chasing the hen and word play on a politically incorrect expression.

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.

USS Lake Champlain was an antisubmarine aircraft carrier.  The T&C Zippo is from 1959.

1958 Zippo.  The USS Greenwich Bay was a sea plane tender with its story told HERE .

1955 Zippo for the USS Coral Sea, celebrating Christmas 1955.  

 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.

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.

See more Zippos:  Vietnam War- Army - World War II - Ernie Pyle - Brown Water Navy - Military or go to the Gallery Index

This is a 1960 Zippo for the USS Hornet which became a famous astronaut recovery ship.

 Go HERE to see the historical USS Missouri Surrender Zippo