RE: the shield—I like it!—though I suspect the appeal is more the artwork than the basic design, which a less talented artist could easily have rendered in a quite boring fashion.

As for the crest—well, I really shield…

Yes the Crest will not win any design awards.

Joseph McMillan;68645 wrote:

Probably new, more’s the pity.

(And a nice pun in the crest of the old Coronado, which means "crowned.")

The city of Coronado, for which I assume the ship is named, uses a crown as its logo. http://www.coronado.ca.us/