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Unit/Organization Information
  • USS Bainbridge (DDG 96)
Location
Coin Location: 11G8
Homebase: Bath Iron Works, Maine
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 2 of 2
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Round shaped coin, antique brass in color, 1 1/2 inches in diameter.

USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to carry that name, and the 46th destroyer of a planned 75-ship class. Bainbridge is named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge, who as commander of the frigate USS Constitution distinguished himself in the War of 1812 when he and his crew captured HMS Java, a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

The coin was struck to commemorate the Christening of the USS Bainbridge at Bath Iron Works, Maine, on13 November 2004