Description: This is a great looking US NAVY - USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964) challenge coin. Coin has reeded edges and is about 1 9/16" in diameter. Front side of coin is printed and colorized (black & white) while the rear side is raised lettering and gold plated. Coin is contained in an acrylic air tight holder.USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), named for Vice Admiral Paul F. Foster USN (1889–1972), was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. She commissioned on 21 February 1976 and decommissioned on 27 March 2003. She now serves as a test ship for experimental U.S. Navy weapons and sensors. Paul F. Foster was decommissioned on 27 March 2003. In 2004, Paul F. Foster was designated to replace ex-Decatur as a Self Defense Test Ship for the Navy, a role she assumed in 2005. In support of this new role, she is assigned to Naval Service Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division . As of 2011, ex-Paul F. Foster is the last surviving example of the Spruance-class. On 8 April 2011, Wired.com reported that ex-Paul F. Foster had successfully used the Maritime Laser Demonstrator for the first time in a sea-to-sea target test, sinking a small inflatable motorboat at a range of one mile in rough seas. On 17 November 2011, ex-Paul F. Foster demonstrated the use of shipboard alternative fuel, while underway in the Pacific Ocean on a 50–50 blend of an algae-derived, hydro-processed algal oil and petroleum F-76. The ship arrived Thursday morning to the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Port Hueneme in Southern California after traveling for 17 hours on a maiden trip from San Diego.Namesake:Paul F. FosterOrdered:1 June 1970Builder:Ingalls Shipbuilding Laid down:6 February 1973Launched:22 February 1974Sponsored by:Mrs. Isabelle L. Foster, widow of namesake.Acquired:1 February 1976Commissioned:21 February 1976Decommissioned:27 March 2003Reclassified:16 March 2005 as EDD-964Struck:6 April 2004Motto:Honor, Valor, ServiceStatus:Assigned to NSWC Port Hueneme as SDTS ship, as of 2015. *COMBINED SHIPPING AVAILABLE* For combined shipping place all items in cart then purchase all items together from cart for 1 combined shipping charge...
Price: 14.99 USD
Location: New Braunfels, Texas
End Time: 2025-01-23T03:08:21.000Z
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Featured Refinements: Navy Challenge Coin
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Country/Region of Manufacture: China
Theme: Militaria
Time Period Manufactured: 2001-Now
