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CG-31 USS Sterett Patch

Enjoy this CG-31 USS Sterett Squadron Patch that is beautifully embroidered.  You’ll be able to display or wear it with pride.

• 4.5 inch
• Embroidered
• US Naval Veteran Owned Business
• Reproduction

USS Sterett (DLG/CG-31) was a Belknap-class destroyer leader / cruiser. She was the third ship to be named for Master Commandant Andrew Sterett (1778–1807), who served during the Quasi-War with France and the Barbary Wars. She was launched as DLG-31, a frigate, and reclassified a cruiser (CG) on 30 June 1975.

The contract to construct Sterett was awarded on 20 September 1961. Her keel was laid down at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on 25 September 1962. Sponsored by Mrs. Phyllis Nitze, wife of Secretary of the Navy, Paul H. Nitze, she was launched on 30 June 1964, delivered to the navy on 16 June 1967 and commissioned on 8 April 1967.

Sterett earned nine battle stars for her service along the coast of Vietnam