USS Tripoli LPH-10 Iwo-Class Amphibious Assault Patch Silver Challenge Coin known as H1

known as H1

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USS Tripoli LPH-10 Iwo-Class Amphibious Assault Patch Silver Challenge Coin known as H1This patch is 4 inches wide by 5 1 4 inches high. This patch is Vietnam era patch with cut edges and cheesecloth back. USS Tripoli (LPH 10), an Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship, was laid down on 15 June 1964 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 31 July 1965; sponsored by Mrs. Jane Cates, the wife of General Clifton B. Cates, former Commandant of the Marine Corps; and commissioned on 6 August 1966 at