1967 Town & Country VIETNAM Zippo USS RICHARD E KRAUSS

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PLEASE READ BEFORE BIDDING $5.00 shipping in the USA. Keep checking my listings for some more old and rare lighters,coins etc..MORE PICTURES BELOW PAYMENT DUE IN 7 DAYS . This auction is for an used 1967 Zippo lighter with the airbrushed Town and Country emblem for the U.S.S. RICHARD E. KRAUS DD-849.The ship was deployed in VIETNAM in 1966 (SEE HISTORY BELOW).Lighter is very lightly used in the box and has some surface scratches,the worse above the 2nd s in USS.Overall it is in great shape and works like new.Guaranteed you like this beauty or your money back. SOME HISTORY: 1966–1976 Deploying to WestPac in early 1966, Richard E. Kraus operated off Vietnam with Task Group 77.7 (TG 77.7) in the Tonkin Gulf , with TG 77.6 on " Yankee " and " Dixie " Stations, and provided gunfire support off South Vietnam until steaming home by way of the Suez Canal , arriving at Newport on 17 August 1966. She operated off the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean until May 1967 when she deployed to the Mediterranean. During the 6-day Arab-Israeli War , she operated out of Suda Bay , Crete . Back at Newport in late September, she assisted in extinguishing a fire in the after engine room of Stickell (DD-888) in November.Through the remainder of 1967 and through most of 1968, Richard E. Kraus operated off the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean. Homeported at Charleston, S.C. in July, she departed the United States for another extended cruise. Sailing south and east, she rounded the Cape of Good Hope and entered the Indian Ocean, w she remained until the spring of 1969. On 13 May 1969 Kraus returned to Charleston. Richard E. Kraus operated off the east coast of the United States through July 1970, visiting Cape Kennedy , Norfolk, New York City and the city of Montreal in Canada . She transited the St. Lawrence Seaway on 28 July en route to Europe via Nova Scotia , Newfoundland and Iceland . She cruised the North Sea area until 10 December, visiting Scotland , Denmark , Norway , the Netherlands , and Belgium . She arrived at Charleston, S.C., on 19 December, after short stops at Ponta Delgada in the Azores and Bermuda , B.C.C. Kraus remained in the Charleston area through September 1971, undergoing regular overhaul and post-overhaul tests and exercises. On the 23rd, she steamed out of Charleston, headed for the Indian Ocean. After stopping at Puerto Rico ; Recife , Brazil ; Luanda , Angola ; and Lourenço Marques , Mozambique, she arrived at Majunga , Madagascar , on 30 October and was officially transferred to COMIDEASTFOR. Richard E. Kraus remained with COMIDEASTFOR, circuiting the Indian Ocean , until 12 February 1972. On her way home, she visited several ports in Africa and arrived in Charleston on 11 March, w she immediately went into a 30-day stand down period. After six months of operations out of Charleston, she embarked on 1 November upon another major deployment, this time with the 7th Fleet in the western Pacific . Stopping at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , Rodman in the Panama Canal Zone ; Pearl Harbor , Hawaii ; and Midway Island , she made Yokosuka , Japan , on 29 November. She cruised with the Seventh Fleet, often just off the coast of Vietnam , through March 1973. At that time Kraus was ordered back to Charleston and operations in the Atlantic and Caribbean . [ edit ] ROKS Kwang Ju (DD-921) The destroyer remained in service until decommissioned on 1 July 1976, struck from the U.S. Naval Vessel Register the same day and officially transferred to the Republic of Korea through the Security Assistance Program on 23 February 1977. The warship served as ROKS Kwang Ju (DD-921) in the South Korean navy until retired on 29 December 2000. [ edit ] Awards Richard E. Kraus received two battle stars for Vietnam War service. $5.00 SHIPPING in the USA. Old overseas customers email about shipping as you must request first class shipping at your own risk. No shipping to Italy or China. . . Overseas shipping is $27.00 for Expre... read more

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