Coat of Arms
Depicted:
- The Green Mountains, principal topographical feature of Vermont, for whose capital Montpelier was named.
- A crowned eagle, replica of the crest of the Empress Augusta, wife of Germany's William I, after which Empress Augusta Bay was named. Montpelier, as Flagship of Task Force 39, played the principal role in the defeat of the Japanese in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.
- On fringe are coral cockershells, representative of the vast expanse of the Pacific, main theater in which Montpelier operated.
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