Round shaped, gold colored coin, 1- 11/16 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • Patrol & Reconnaissance Wing 2
  • Patrol Squadron 47 (VP-47)
Location
Coin Location: 11A8
Homebase: Marine Corps Base, Hawaii
Deployment: Ali Air Base, Iraq
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 25 May 2008
Donated by: B46
Copies: 1 of 1

C000551

Location: 11A8 Height: 1.69

Coin: Unit

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Narrative

Round shaped, gold colored coin, 1- 11/16 inches in diameter.

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SIDE 2 -

1st Navy P-3 unit to deploy to Iraq.

Patrol Squadron 47 (VP-47), also known as "The Golden Swordsmen", is a maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy based at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, attached to Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Two. The squadron currently flies the P-3C Orion, and is scheduled to transition to the P-8A Poseidon within the next few years.