USS Nimitz (CVN-68) 1985 Cruise Sweatshirt

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) conducted her 1985 cruise as one of the world's most capable warships, deploying to the Mediterranean and Western Pacific with her embarked carrier air wing. The mid-1980s were a period of intensive operations for the Nimitz-class carriers as the Reagan administration pursued an assertive naval strategy against Soviet forces. Nimitz and her battle group conducted exercises, freedom of navigation operations, and power projection missions that kept America's adversaries on notice. This sweatshirt commemorates the 1985 cruise of USS Nimitz, a tribute to the Sailors and aviators who served aboard the world's most powerful nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.