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ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970 United States Navy ship lighter for the USS Coral Sea CVA-43, an aircraft carrier launched on April 2, 194Adopted by the Golden Gate City in 1967, the carrier was known as "San Francisco's Own". The lighter was presented by...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1960s United States Navy ship lighter for the USS Morton DD-94Launched May 23, 1958, the destroyer was very active in the Southeast Asian seas during the Vietnam War. The lighter was made by Penguin of Japan. It has a...

ARTIFACT: This is a mint and unfired circa 1960 United States Navy ship lighter for the USS Kawashiwi AO-14Launched December 11, 1954, the Kawashiwi was an oiler that served in South Vietnam between 1965 and 196This lighter was made by Prince of Japan...

ARTIFACT: This is an unfired and near mint circa 1960 lighter for the United States Navy USS Pollux AKS-Launched February 5, 1942, the Pollux was a general stores ship. It participated in the Bikini Atoll atomic tests and was awarded five battle stars in...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1959 Zippo USN ship lighter for the USS Saratoga CVA-60 in excellent, lightly used condition. The lighter shows an image of the carrier bearing the number: 60 with a US Naval wing in yellow detail above and below it reads: "U. S. S...

ARTIFACT: This is a small grouping of 1925 United States Naval Academy at Annapolis graduate and eventual Captain, Frederick Frank Sima. Sima's early service was with the Atlantic Fleet in the Far East aboard the USS Pittsburgh, among other ships, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1913 United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Senior & Junior dance card holder. The holder has the class emblems of both 1913 and 1914 on the front. The holder hinges to open and has a nice engraved border on front and back...

ARTIFACT: Fantastic circa 1939 U.S.S. Squalus (SS-192) Monel Submariner's ring with engraved image of the sub and "U.S.S. SQUALUS" engraved below. The ring was made at the Portsmouth Navy Yard and is possibly uniqueÉone has to wonder if this was...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1946 United States Navy "The Log" yearbook for the 43rd Construction Battalion ("Seabees"). This hardcover book offers a history on the Battalion, as well as several black and white photos of the 43rd's activities, including the...

ARTIFACT: 1944 Wartime United States Navy Chaplain story God on a Battlewagon by Captain James V. Claypool Chaplain Corps, USNR. The front page of the hardcover book is inscribed by the author to a friend or clergy member and reads: "To "Padre" Ralph...

ARTIFACT: This is a postal cover in memory of the US Navy Airship USS Macon, mailed from Moffett Field, California on February 12, 1936 to a Miss Estelle Hyer of Sequim, Washington. The postal cover has two 1-1/2 cent stamps and bears the name Dudley...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful green enameled silver pin reading FORTITER ET RECTE (strength and right) by John Frick of New York. The pin is the symbol of The Chapin School, described here, from the School's website:The WheelThe wheel on The Chapin...