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Medal commemorating the USS 'Bainbridge'- world's first nuclear powered frigate
Medal commemorating the USS 'Bainbridge' - world's first nuclear-powered frigate. Obverse: Within a rope border, starboard broadside view of sailing ship under full sail, a star above. The orbits of three electrons (planets) traced around ship. Below an inscription. Legend: 'USS BAINBRIDGE.' Beneath, on the ribbon, 'MOBILITY ENDURANCE VERSATILITY.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of the frigate. Legend: 'WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWERED FRIGATE U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE DLG(N) 25.' Inscription: 'BUILT BY/BETHLEHEM STEEL CO QUINCY YARD 1962.' Above the ship, incuse: 'JACK ROACH.' Boxed.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2749 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Vessels: | Bainbridge (1961) |
| Date made: | 1962 |
| People: | Roach, Jack |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 75 mm |
| Parts: | Medal commemorating the USS 'Bainbridge'- world's first nuclear powered frigate |