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This USS
America 1965 T&C Zippo has an engraved "plank owner" on the reverse. A "plank
owner" is an individual who was a member of the crew of a ship when that ship
was placed in commission. Plank owner Zippos are highly valued by collectors |
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1965 Zippo with a Town & Country
hand-painted USS F. D. Roosevelt CVA 42
aircraft carrier. The engraved lid reads
"From Capt C.C. Talley". |
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This is 1965 T&C Zippo for
carrier SS Bon Homme Richard CVA 31. A Navy tradition is the Shellback
initiation that takes place when a sailor crosses the equator for the first
time. The ship becomes a pirate ship in the domain of King Neptune. |
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In 1966 the USS Thomas J Gary participated in Operation Deep
Freeze, a scientific expedition to the Antarctic, and this 1966 Zippo
commemorates the event. The ship's history is told
HERE. |
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USS Sculpin submarine Zippo is dated 1965. A sculpin as grotesque looking
fish. |
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1965 Zippo. The carrier USS Shangri La was once commanded by Vice Adm.
John S McCain, the father of John McCain, current senator and former
Presidential candidate. |
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1966 T&C Zippo for the destroyer USS Purdy and the Purdy Pirates. |
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The USS Fulton was a
submarine tender. The T&C Zippo is dated 1966. |
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1966 T&C Zippo
for USS Forrestal. Go
HERE to see
the ship's Vietnam Zippo and story. |
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1966 slim T&C Zippo for USS F.D. Roosevelt. |
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1966 T&C Zippo for the heavy cruiser USS Newport News "stolen from Steve
Rowan". In 1972, while in action in Vietnam, she sustained an in-bore
explosion killing 20 and injuring 36 men. |
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1967 T&C Zippo for the carrier USS Franklin Roosevelt with attached badge
Commander Carrier Division Six. On the reverse, the name Mr. J.E. Bent on
the lid. Presented by R. Adm. V.G. Lambert USN ComCarDiv Six, 2 May 1968. |
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1967 slim T&C Zippo for Commander Carrier Division Four, presentation
lighter by Rear Admiral G.C. Talley Jr. CTF-60. |
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1969 T&C Zippo for USS Pargo,
a nuclear attack submarine. |
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1975 Zippo commemorating the Mayaguez Incident when Cambodians captured an
American merchant vessel the Mayaguez and the subsequent events leading to the
death of 41 servicemen.
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Both of these Zippos are dated 1976 for
"CPO Club Caribou II" in Adak,
Alaska.
One carries the image of a stag, the
other an anchor, probably for
the
Chief Petty Officer Club at the
Adak Naval Air Station. |
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This 1977 Zippo
is for the USS Trenton, the story of the ship can be found
HERE . |
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1978 slim Zippo for USS John
F. Kennedy with the ship's
emblem on the
reverse. |
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1997 Zippo for
USS The Sullivans, named after the five Sullivan brothers killed on one ship
during World War II . |
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