USN US NAVY SWEATSHIRT NAVAL ACADEMY CREST CREWNECK 1980’S(Navy 1980s Sweatshirt Naval Academy Crest Crewneck)

The coat-of-arms, or seal, consists of a hand grasping a trident, a shield bearing an ancient galley ship coming into action, an open book (representing education), and a banner with the motto “Ex scientia tridens,” meaning “from knowledge, seapower.” Designed by Park Benjamin, Naval Academy Class of 1867, the seal was adopted by the Navy Department on Jan. 25, 1899.