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HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424
HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424
HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424
HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424
HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424
HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424
HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424
HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424
HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424

HAVANA, CUBA SOUVENIR WOOD CASTANETS. INSCRIBED 1957 NEW ORLEANS USS HASS DE 424

$ 44.88

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: EXCELLENT USED CONDTION. MUCH WEAR. BEAUTIFUL PATINA
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Modified Item: No
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Type: MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
  • Region of Origin: Caribbean Islands
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    ANTIQUE WOOD CASTANETS SOUVENIR FROM HAVANA CUBA. THESE ARE UNIQUE IN THAT THEY ARE INSCRIBED ON THE BACK BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER WITH A DATE AND PLACE. ON INSIDE OF CASTANET IS WRITTEN, "AUGUST 1957, NEW ORLEANS. USS HASS DE 424."
    1953 - 1959 DURATION OF THE COMMUNIST TAKE OVER OF CUBA BY FIDEL CASTRO.
    USS
    Haas
    (DE-424)
    was a
    John C. Butler
    -class
    destroyer escort
    acquired by the
    U.S. Navy
    during
    World War II
    . The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in
    convoy
    , in addition to other tasks as assigned, such as patrol or
    radar picket
    .
    Haas
    (DE-424) was named in honor of
    John William Haas
    who was awarded the
    Navy Cross
    after he was lost in action 4 June 1942 during the
    Battle of Midway
    . She was launched 20 March 1944 by the
    Brown Shipbuilding
    Co.,
    Houston, Texas
    ; sponsored by Mrs. Gladys Winifred Haas, widow of Chief Machinist Haas: and commissioned 2 August 1944, Lt. Comdr. A. M. White,
    USNR
    , in command.
    Reported to
    8th Naval District
    headquarters at
    New Orleans, Louisiana
    , 18 September to begin duties as a reserve
    training ship
    . Cruising primarily in the
    Gulf of Mexico
    and the
    Caribbean
    , with occasional visits to
    Central
    and
    South America
    ,
    Haas
    trained some 900 reservists annually as part of the Navy's never-ending effort to maintain skilled and ready reserve.
    IF ANY OF THESE STATEMENTS ARE WRONG, PLEASE MESSAGE ME. I APPRECIATE IT!!!
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