BALTIMORE (WJZ) — On December 12, the Navy football team will wear Under Armour-Designed “Navy Fleet” uniforms and hand-painted helmets for the Army-Navy Game presented by USAA at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
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— Navy Football (@NavyFB) November 30, 2015
The uniform pays homage to seven of the historic ships that make up the U.S. Naval Fleet.
Each ship will be detailed on one of seven hand-painted helmets.
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ICYMI: Navy will be wearing some sweet new fleet-inspired helmets for the Army-Navy Game this year. pic.twitter.com/xuimChv5bM
— Navy Athletics (@NavyAthletics) November 30, 2015
Additionally, the rally cry “damn the torpedoes!” is featured on the uniform as a nod to Admiral Farragut’s historic Naval victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864.
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