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Meritorious Service Medal noticeEntry/Object ID
2025.1014.11Scope and Content
Notice from the United States Atlantic Fleet Headqwuarters of the Commander in Chief that the POTUS awarded Captain Fiedler the Meritorious Service Medal for commanding Cruiser Texas.Context
USS Texas (CGN-39) was the 3rd ship named USS Texas. She was a Virginia-class nuclear guided-missile cruiser commissioned from September 10, 1977, to July 16, 1993. She entered the nuclear recycling program on October 1, 1999.
Peter Fiedler was the first captain of the nuclear cruiser USS Texas (CGN-39) from October 1975 to January 1979. He supervised construction, and took official command on September 10, 1977, when the cruiser was commissioned.Collection
Collection (Peter B. Fiedler), Historical CollectionsLexicon
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