FREE: Vintage 1983 Zippo Chrome Lighter Coast Guard USCGC Bear WMEC-901

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This is a vintage USCGC Bear WMEC-901 Zippo slimline chrome lighter.

According to WIKI: "USCGC Bear (WMEC-901) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter. She was launched September 25, 1980 by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company of Tacoma, Washington. She was commissioned February 4, 1983. She was named for USRC Bear (AG-29), a steam barquentine that was built in Scotland and served the United States Treasury Department in the United States Revenue Cutter Service's Alaskan Patrol.[1]

In 1986, Bear responded to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster by searching over 1900 square nautical miles (6,500 km²).[2] During any given patrol, Bear conducts a wide-spectrum of missions such as search and rescue, alien migrant interdiction operations, counter-drug patrols, fisheries enforcement, and international engagement—illustrating the versatile, multi-mission character of the Coast Guard and the cutter fleet. Since her commissioning she has made 18 significant drug seizures involving 12 marijuana and 6 cocaine busts."


Condition: Preowned but in very good condition. There are a few scratches but overall this lighter is in good shape!! Needs fuel.