Navy Ships Merch
Description: A patriotic emblem features a bald eagle with outstretched wings perched on a golden anchor. Behind it, the American flag waves. Two naval ships are depicted sailing on choppy waves, with missiles launching from behind them. The word "NAVY" is displayed on a golden banner below the anchor and ships, flanked by laurel branches.
Description: MV Abosso was a passenger, mail, and cargo liner, the flagship of Elder Dempster Lines. In peacetime she ran scheduled services between Liverpool and West Africa. In the Second World War she was a troop ship, running between the United Kingdom, West Africa, and South Africa. Abosso was built in 1935 and sunk by German submarine U-575 in 1942, killing 362 of the 393 people aboard. She carried the same name as an earlier Elder Dempster ship, SS Abosso, which had been built in 1912 and sunk by the submarine U-43 in 1917.[8]
Description: The second USS Conestoga (SP-1128/AT-54) was an ocean-going tug in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1917, it disappeared in the Pacific Ocean in 1921. The fate of the vessel was a mystery until its wreck was positively identified in 2016. Assigned to the Submarine Force, Conestoga carried out towing duties along the Atlantic coast, transported supplies and guns, escorted convoys to Bermuda and the Azores, and cruised with the American Patrol Detachment in the vicinity of the Azores. At the end of the war she was attached to Naval Base No. 13, Azores, from which she towed disabled ships and escorted convoys until her arrival at New York on 26 September 1919. She was then assigned to harbor tug duty in the 5th Naval District at Norfolk
Description: USS Alcedo (SP-166) was a yacht in the United States Navy. She was the first American vessel lost in World War I. Alcedo was built as SY Veglia in 1895 at Glasgow, Scotland, by D. and W. Henderson and Company for the banker Nathaniel de Rothschild. She was purchased by the Navy on 1 June 1917 from Mr. George W. C. Drexel of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and commissioned at New York City on 28 July 1917. Assigned to the Patrol Force, Alcedo departed Newport, Rhode Island on 5 August 1917. Steaming via Newfoundland and the Azores, the yacht arrived at Brest, France on the 30th. During her brief Navy career, the yacht conducted anti-submarine patrols and convoy-escort missions along the French coast. On two occasions, she rescued crew members
Description: Great for vintage sea warfare lovers, enthusiasts who love classic British battleships of WW1, intricate naval model makers and buffs. Perfect for early battleship collectors showing detailed color diagram illustration designs of the British 1912 Battleship HMS Iron Duke with vintage aged effect naval flag.
