USS Tripoli LPH-10 Iwo-Class Amphibious Assault Patch Silver Challenge Coin This is the first one

This is the first one of these type of pararescue coins to be made

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USS Tripoli LPH-10 Iwo-Class Amphibious Assault Patch Silver Challenge Coin This is the first oneThis 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