USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) 1989 Deployment Sweatshirt

USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser commissioned on September 26, 1987, and homeported in Norfolk, Virginia. She is named in honor of the Battle of Leyte Gulf — the largest naval battle in history — fought in October 1944 during the liberation of the Philippines, in which U.S. and Allied naval forces decisively defeated the Imperial Japanese Navy. This product commemorates her 1989 deployment, during which Leyte Gulf conducted operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean as part of the Second Fleet and Sixth Fleet. Wear it with pride to honor the officers and crew who served aboard CG-55 during that deployment.