USS Reeves CG-24 Zippo Mint Condition! Navy Vietnam War Ship

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USS Reeves CG-24 Zippo Mint Condition! Navy Vietnam War Ship. Condition is "New". Shipped with USPS First Class.
The USS REEVES (CG-24), a Leahy class cruiser, was commissioned on 15 MAY 1964 as guided missile destroyer leader (DLG-24). USS REEVES was built in Bremerton, Washington by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. After fit out and shakedown, REEVES was homeported in Long Beach, California. Her service life began with a deployment to the Western Pacific and the waters of Vietnam. After returning to the US for upkeep, REEVES changed station to Yokosuka, Japan in June 1966, and for the next two years, steamed the area of Yankee Station with aircraft carriers sending strikes into Vietnam. Returning to the US in late summer 1968, REEVES sailed for the East Coast and a extensive overhaul in 1969. Returning to service in 1970, resumed operations in the Western Pacific off of Vietnam. As the war wound down, REEVES continued deploying to the "West Pac". In June 1975 REEVES was redesignated guided missile cruiser (CG-24). In the 1980s REEVES made a post call in Qingdao, China. Her later career was spent deploying to the Indian Ocean several times. USS REEVES served her country for 29 years, 5 months and 28 days, until decommissioned on 12 NOV 1993. The hulk of the REEVES was disposed of by a joint US/Australian "SINKEX" off of Queensland, Australia on 31 May 2001.