Framed Vintage Photo. USS Shreveport LPD-12. 1964. Signed by Captain. 9 x 12 For Sale

8 x 10 black & white photo of USS Shreveport LPD-12 framed and matted in a 12 x 9 black wood frame with a gold painted interior border band. Signed and addressed to obviously a military member, Mr. Burgess, by the captain, J.M. Cart and dated 9/94 though the photo was taken in the late 1960\'s. Excellent condition free of any defects. Below is some history on this Navy boat from Google where a full accounting for her deployment & history is listed:
\"The USS SHREVEPORT (LPD-12), an Austin class amphibious transport dock, was commissioned on 12 DEC 1970. USS SHREVEPORT was built at Lockheed Shipbuilding at Seattle, Washington and after fit out and shake down steamed for her new homeport of Norfolk, VA, arriving in February 1971. After REFTRA in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, SHREVEPORT her first of many Atlantic crossings in June 1971. Over the next twenty six years SHREVEPORT deployed as any Atlantic \"Gator Freighter\" would; GITMO for REFTRA after overhauls and the cycle of maintenance availability, amphibious ready training in preparation for the \"Med\", the North Atlantic, the \"IO\". USS SHREVEPORT served her country for 36 years, 9 months and 14 days, until decommissioned on 26 SEP 2007. SHREVEPORT is laid up at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Phila., PA.