SR-71 USS California Battleship Teak Rings (Style #1023)^TM

Arizona Skies Meteorites^® authentic, custom-made ring crafted from mission flown SR-71 Blackbird Titanium inlaid with WW2 era Teak from the deck of the USS California BB-44 Battleship! This is the veteran WW2 battleship which took part in the battle of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, during which she was struck by two torpedos and sunk. She was raised on March 25th, 1942 and after much repair she set sail to Puget Sound where she was reconstructed, extensively overhauled and modernized. On May 5, 1944 she departed the mainland to rendezvous with the fleet to take part in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign. She took part in the Philippians campaign and the battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle of Lingayen Gulf, and the Battle for Okinawa.

We are making some of our rare artifacts available as limited edition, custom-made rings. All designed are copyrighted. These materials are difficult to work, and there are no seams, joints or welds in the SR-71 titanium of our rings. Each ring is painstakingly crafted from a solid piece of mission flown SR-71 titanium with WW2 era Teak from the deck of the battleship USS California inlaid into the SR-71 titanium. Being hand crafted, there will be minor variations in each ring characteristic of hand made items. Our SR-71 rings are simple yet elegant and we are the only source for these rings.

This particular ring is crafted from a structural piece of titanium from SR-71A "Super Skater" (61-7970) similar to the one shown in the photo. It is inlayed with battleship teak from the deck of the USS California Battleship! The This SR-71 was lost on 17 June 1970 following a post-re-fueling collision with the KC-135Q (59-1474) tanker. Lt. Col. Buddy L. Brown and his RSO Maj. Mortimer J. Jarvis both ejected and survived the crash. The KC-135 made it back to Beale AFB, California with a damaged refueling boom and aft fuselage. The SR-71 (61-7970) "Super Skater" crashed in the western Texas desert on non-Federally owned land.

Each SR-71 / Battleship ring is enhanced with an engraving of " ASM SR-71 USS California" engraved into the inner SR-71 titanium of the ring. All our rings come with a Certificate of Authenticity and make great gifts for pilots, the military, and history, naval, aviation or space enthusiasts.

Our SR-71 Battleship Rings are unique, tangible, wearable, historically important artifacts from two of the greatest aviation and naval creations of all time!

Style #1023 Ring. Price (up to size 12 x 5mm width) $1595.00

The SR-71 titanium & battleship ring offered here is a CUSTOM ORDER. The buyer is responsible for ordering the correct ring size. There are no returns if you order the wrong size, so please be sure to carefully follow our ring sizing instructions to ensure that you order the correct ring size. The ring size shall be confirmed by buyer using our ring sizing instructions and ring sizing kit that will be sent to buyer upon purchase of this ring. This is a CUSTOM order and there are no returns on custom orders. The width of this ring will be approximately 5 mm. The turnaround time for this custom order will typically be 4 to 8 weeks from date of confirmation of your ring size using our ring sizers.