This sale is for a US Navy Presentation desk model of a Polaris nuclear missile mounted to a finely crafted solid mohagany cabinet with engraved plaque AND inside the rear cabinet door is a WWII-vintage airplane pilot joystick grip (also used at the time as an aerial torpedo release) wired to a 1970s RadioShack electronic sound generator (that still works!) and makes laser blaster sound effects. Size: 11 inches tall.
The engraved plaque states that this was presented to: Vice Admiral D. L. Cooper USN From Your Strategic Submarine Division (OP-21) January 1991.
Following graduation from the academy, Cooper began what would become a 33-year Naval career in the amphibious force. His submarine services began aboard the diesel submarine, USS TRIGGER (SS 564) in 1959. Later he served on USS HADDO (SSN 604); was the Executive Officer on USS SIMON BOLIVAR (SSBN 641) (B); and, in 1972, became Commanding Officer of the USS PUFFER (SSN 652), operating out of Pearl Harbor. From 1976 to 1979, he was Commander of Submarine Squadron TEN in New London, Conn., and from 1986 to 1988, he served as Commander of the Atlantic FleetÕs Submarine Force. In his last assignment, he was the Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Undersea Warfare.