USS Essex (CVS-9) 1963 MED CRUISE T-Shirt

The world exhaled after Cuba, but the Cold War never rested. In 1963, USS Essex returned to the Mediterranean for another deployment in service of the Sixth Fleet's mission: deterrence, presence, and readiness. As an anti-submarine warfare carrier, CVS-9 ranged across the Med hunting Soviet submarines — the hidden threat beneath the surface that NATO had to constantly monitor and counter. The crew of Essex in 1963 were veterans of the world's most dangerous standoff, sailing with the hard-earned knowledge that what they did every day was the difference between war and peace.

• 100% cotton
• Classic fit
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping
• Ribbed crew neck