GREYTCOVERS NAVAL COVER USS MIAMI SSN-755 DECOMMISSIONING 28 MARCH 2014

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You are bidding on a computer designed/printed Greytcovers by W.J. Wladyka (USCS #9915) naval cover (design #388)(#5 of 12 ) commemorating the decommissioning of the USS Miami SSN-755.
The Navy formally decommissioned Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Miami (SSN 755), March 28, during an indoor ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
Past and present crew members, their families and other invited guests attended the event.
"Admiral, the watch is secured," reported Miami's skipper Cmdr. Rolf Spelker to Submarine Group 2 commander Rear Adm. Ken Perry, marking the end of the ship's nearly 24-year journey.
"Every once in a while a ship earns a waterfront reputation as a 'hot boat.' Miami earned that reputation early and kept it going," said Perry, the guest speaker. "Miami's journey has been unprecedented and unique, and today we show our gratitude and pride."
Miami was commissioned June 30, 1990 as the Navy's 44th Los Angeles-class submarine and the fifth ship of the "improved" 688-class. She was built with an improved sonar and weapon control system, 12 vertical launch system tubes, and full under-ice capability - embodying the most modern design and construction of her time.
During more than a dozen deployments over the past two decades, Miami fully employed her capabilities while operating in maritime regions near North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Miami was America's first nuclear-powered submarine to transit the Suez Canal, an honor earned during her second deployment in 1994.
In the late 1990s, Miami launched Tomahawk cruise missile strikes during Operation Desert Fox in Iraq and Operation Allied Force in Kosovo. She earned the nickname "Big Gun" after becoming the first submarine since World War II to fire ordnance during combat operations in two different theaters.
The cover is cancelled with a well-struck pictorial postmark on 28 March 2014 at Portsmouth, NH 03804 and is franked with a 'Flag' Forever stamp.
Overall cover condition is very good. The cover is a standard No. 6-3/4, 3-5/8 x 6-1/2". The blue around the edge is part of the background.
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