USS NORMANDY CG-60 Commissioning Program 1989

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This is the official program for the Commissioning of the U S Navy argis guided missile cruiser USS NORMANDY CG-60 . Size is approx. 8 1/2" x 10". Eighty pages, cover to cover. Event took place on Dec. 9, 1989 at Newport RI. CO was Capt. Joseph W. Perotta, Jr. Commissioned 9 December 1989, USS Normandy (CG 60) is the third Bath, ME, built Aegis cruiser and the 14th ship of the Ticonderoga-class. Normandy is named after the allied invasion of Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. The armada that conducted the invasion consisted of 702 warships protecting 9000 ships and landing craft and preceded by 25 minesweeper flotillas. The invasion shifted the tide of WWII in favor of the allies. The crew calls Normandy the "Vanguard of Victory" and themselves Vanguardsmen. dy , France , on 6 June 1944 . The armada that conducted the invasion consisted of 702 warships protecting 9000 ships and landing craft. The invasion shifted the tide of WWII in favor of the allies. NORMANDY 's motto is "Vanguard of Victory" and her crew is known as the Vangaurdmen. Commissioned December 9, 1989 , USS NORMANDY (CG 60) is the third Bath , Maine built Aegis Cruiser and the 14th ship of the Ticonderoga class. NORMANDY is named after the allied invasion of Normandy , France , on 6 June 1944 . The armada that conducted the invasion consisted of 702 warships protecting read more