IT REALLY IS A UNIQUE PIECE AND RARE FIND. THE ENGRAVING STATES AS FOLLOWS: PHYLLIS M. BENNETT, SPONSOR, FRIGATE U. WORCESTER, LAUNCHED JANUARY, 7TH, 1944, AT, GLOBE SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN. WORCESTER WAS CHANHGED TO THE USS GLADWYNE (PF-62) AFTER GLADWYNE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE NAME WAS CHANGED AFTER THE LAUNCHING AND DEDICATION (UNDER THE NAME USS WORCESTER), SO THAT THIS NAME COULD BE GIVEN TO THE NEW LIGHT CRUISER USS WORCESTER (CL-144). THE OFFICIAL SPONSOR WAS MRS. BENNETT, WHO WAS VERY WELL KNOWN IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. THIS TROPHY MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 14.5 INCHES TALL. THE ENGRAVING PROVIDES A GREAT OF ITS HISTORY AND THE REST CAME THROUGH RESEARCH. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING! I WOULD LOVE FOR THIS TO GO TO A GOOD HOME SO!!!!! ALL REASONABLE OFFERS ARE WELCOMED, BUT REMEMBER, THIS IS QUITE A UNIQUE AND RARE PIECE OF HISTORY. The item “RARE WW2 USS GLADWYNE PA ORIGINALLY USS WORCESTER LAUNCH DEDICATION TROPHY 1944″ is in sale since Saturday, April 28, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Other US WWII Original Items”. The seller is “robybaggio24″ and is located in North Haven, Connecticut. This item can be shipped worldwide.