USS Midway (CV-41) Persian Gulf Tour 1987-88 Sweatshirt

USS Midway (CV-41) conducted a dedicated Persian Gulf tour in 1987-88 during Operation Earnest Will, the U.S. Navy's large-scale escort of Kuwaiti oil tankers through the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War. Midway and Carrier Air Wing 5 operated in the region as the Navy faced a genuine shooting war — including the infamous USS Stark missile attack in May 1987 and the mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts. This sweatshirt commemorates that tense and historic Persian Gulf deployment.