Arizona Skies Meteorites® introduces another historic ring! A custom-made SR-71 USS Texas Battleship Ring (Style #1025), hand crafted from 114 year old Teak taken from the docking keel of the USS Texas Battleship BB-35, inlaid into mission flown Titanium from the SR-71.
This veteran WW1 & WW2 battleship is the last of the Dreadnaughts! She was commissioned in 1914 and was the flagship of the US Fleet from 1927 until 1941. She took part in the following major WW2 campaigns and battles:
Operation Torch, Operation Overlord, D-Day, Battle of Cherbourg, Operation Dragoon
Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Okinawa (Operation Iceberg)
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 wood from the USS Texas! 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.
This unique ring is engraved on the inside with "ASM SR-71 USS Texas". Size shown is approximately 10.75 x 5mm width. All of our rings come with a Certificate of Authenticity. Our SR-71 Battleship Rings are tangible, wearable, historically important artifacts from two of the greatest aviation and naval creations of all time!
Background on our SR-71 Titanium Relics
While the supply lasts, we can also make custom ring using wood from the following famous warships (please enquire for current price and availability):
WWII Battleships: USS Missouri (the mighty Mo), USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Alabama, USS Indiana, USS Wisconsin, USS Texas, USS California and USS North Carolina.
WWII Aircraft Carriers: USS Lexington
Heavy Frigates, Ships of the Line: Oak from the hull of the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides). Oak from the HMS Victory (Lord Horatio Nelson's flagship and ship of the line at the battle of Trafalgar).
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