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USS Henry Clay SSBN-625 Patch — Lafayette-Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Embroidered Patch
Preservatio Ab Natio — preservation of the nation from the deep.
USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625) was a Lafayette-class fleet ballistic missile submarine named after the legendary American statesman Henry Clay, known as "The Great Compromiser." With the motto "Preservatio Ab Natio" (Preservation of the Nation), SSBN-625 served as a guardian of American security during the Cold War, carrying submarine-launched ballistic missiles on strategic deterrent patrols beneath the world's oceans.
Commissioned in 1964, USS Henry Clay was armed with Polaris ballistic missiles that could strike targets thousands of miles away from her hidden position beneath the sea. The Lafayette-class submarines were the backbone of America's sea-based nuclear deterrent, providing the most survivable leg of the nuclear triad. Henry Clay's crew conducted numerous deterrent patrols, each lasting months in the silent isolation of the deep ocean, maintaining constant readiness to execute the most consequential order in military history. The submarine's namesake would have appreciated the irony — Henry Clay was famous for finding peaceful compromises, while the submarine bearing his name carried the weapons that made compromise unnecessary by ensuring mutual assured destruction.
This patch honors the submariners who preserved the nation through silent deterrence.
Perfect For: SSBN-625 crew veterans, Lafayette-class submarine enthusiasts, Cold War deterrent patrol collectors, and U.S. Navy SSBN historians.
Preservatio Ab Natio — SSBN-625.
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