“Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead” – Living Up to the Admiral Farragut’s Cry

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David Glasgow Farragut U.S. Navy’s the first rear admiral, vice admiral and admiral who is known for his battle cry “Damn the Torpedoes, Full Speed Ahead” at the Battle of Mobile Bay. USS Farragut (DDG-99) is the fifth Navy ship named after the admiral. The USS Farragut (DDG-99) challenge coin is exclusively minted for U.S. Challenge Coins as a commemorative coin designed for the First Class Petty Off
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Navy Challenge Coins – In Honor of Servicemen

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Some of the most US Navy challenge coins available are given to members of the Navy. Like all military branches it is essential to give honor to servicemen and each coin is valued by the members who receive them. Navy challenge coins are given to honor ranks of the members like the Chief Petty Officers and the Seabee Chiefs. Most of these tokens contain the rank as inscribed on the coin and are made of different ty
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Navy Challenge Coins and What Makes Them Interesting

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Challenge coins originated from the military. Although you can see a lot of earlier forums denying that they have never heard of challenge coins but some have produced real challenge coins owned by the different servicemen in the military. This is of course not to prove that challenge coins were massively produced at that time. It is to prove that challenge coins existed and had been going around for years around t
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U.S. Navy Challenge Coins – Finding the Great Deals and Designs

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The history of the U.S. Navy started during the American Revolutionary War whose origins can be traced back to the Continental Navy. It was the time when the Continental Congress was debating whether to have an official navy or not. George Washington who was then the Commander in Chief reported that he had captured two British supply ships that ended the debate. According to the nation’s father, the nation should
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