ORIGINAL- WW2 US NAVY MARKED MINI ANVIL AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS VALLEY FORGE CV-45

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ORIGINAL WW2 U.S.NAVY MARKED MINI BRASS ANVIL from AIRCRAFT CARRIER * U.S.S. VALLEY FORGE CV-45
CONDITION IS FINE AND UNCLEANED (USED) WITH SOME LIGHT OXIDATION ON PART OF SOME OF THE BUTTON SNAPS.
LENGTH 4 3/8" x HEIGHT 2 1/8 x WIDTH 1 1/2"
WEIGHT: .9915 lbs. (ALMOST 1 POUND)
FORGED SOLID BRASS FROM A PART OF THE *
AIRCRAFT CARRIER U.S.S. VALLEY FORGE CV-45.
STAMPED ON THE LEFT SIDE LOOKING AT THE POINT:   CV-45
STAMPED ON THE RIGHT SIDE
SIDE LOOKING AT THE POINT
:  U
(ANCHOR DESIGN)
S
UNCLEANED CONDITION AND EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME LIGHT USE ON THE TOP.
(please see pictures)
PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.
* U.S.S. VALLEY FORGE -
(CV-45)
FIRST IN PEACE - FIRST IN WAR -
USS Valley Forge was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the first US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named after Valley Forge, the 1777–1778 winter encampment of General George Washington's Continental Army.
USS
Valley Forge
was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a war bond fundraiser there. Launched
5 November 1945.
Commissioned November 1946. In 1947, she transferred to the Pacific fleet. After making a round the world cruise in the late 1940’s, the ship was deployed to the Western Pacific.
She was the only aircraft carrier in the region when the Korean War broke out in June of 1950. She served four separate combat tours during the next three years. In October 1952, her hull number changed to CVA-45. The ship began to show the age of her design as aircraft became heavier and faster.
In January 1954, she was re-designated as an anti-submarine support carrier. This changed her hull number to CVS-45. With this change, she moved into the Atlantic and served the next few years there. In 1961,
Valley Forge
got her fourth designation as an amphibious assault ship. This changed her hull to its final form of LPH-8. She was stationed in the Pacific carrying helicopters for Marines. From 1965 through 1969 she worked supporting combat operations during the Vietnam conflict.
The ship was decommissioned in 1970.