USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) 1964 FP Cruise Jacket - Shellback Sleeve

The cruise jacket is one of the Navy's most enduring traditions — a custom commemoration of a specific deployment, worn with the pride of a sailor who was there. This jacket honors USS Enterprise's (CVAN-65) 1964 Western Pacific deployment, when the world's first and most powerful nuclear aircraft carrier patrolled the South China Sea as American involvement in Southeast Asia began to escalate. The Shellback Sleeve marks a sailor's crossing of the equator — an ancient maritime rite that connects every man who made that passage to centuries of seafarers before them. Few ships in American history have worn their cruise jackets with more distinction than The Big E.