Check the listing for details. US NAVY - USS PETERSON (DD-969) Challenge Coin. Condition: New. Listed at 14.99 USD. This is a great looking US NAVY - USS Peterson (DD-969) challenge coin. Coin has reeded edges and is about 1 9/16" in diameter. Front side of coin is printed and colorized while the rear side is raised lettering and gold plated. Coin is contained in an acrylic air tight holder. USS Peterson (DD-969), named for Lieutenant Commander Carl Jerrold Peterson (1936–1968), was a Spruance-class destroyer laid down by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. Peterson was sponsored by Mrs. Miriam C. Peterson, the mother of LCDR Carl J. Peterson. Matron of Honor was Peterson's sister, Mrs. John F. Elliott. She commissioned on 9 July 1977 and decommissioned on 4 October 2002. Peterson decommissioned on 4 October 2002, and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 6 November 2002. On 16 February 2004 she was sunk in support of weapons effect tests for the new DD-21 program, later renamed DD(X), followed by a renaming to the DDG 1000 which is the current program of record. The ship's bell was transferred to Baldwin County, Alabama for display at the war memorial at the Foley satellite courthouse and was unveiled on 5 January 2012. The site of the wreck was confirmed in approximately 2,400 m (7,874 ft) of water on 7 July 2014 by the EV Nautilus.Name:USS PetersonNamesake:Carl Jerrold Peterson Ordered:15 January 1971Builder:Ingalls Shipbuilding Laid down:29 April 1974Launched:21 June 1975Acquired:13 June 1977Commissioned:9 July 1977Decommissioned:4 October 2002In service:1977Out of service:2002Struck:6 November 2002Motto: Proud Tradition Nickname(s):Proud PeteFate:Sunk in support of fleet training exercise 16 February 2004 Badge: *COMBINED SHIPPING AVAILABLE* For combined shipping place all items in cart then purchase all items together from cart for 1 combined shipping charge...