Mediterranean cruise book for sale military collectibles. In late may of 1941 she was ordered to return to newport news to be handed over to the navy. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection 7300 total words in this text 51834 reads ship name hull number year of cruise or publication aaaron ward dm34 1945. Cruise book and document reproduction naval historical.
Uss america cv 66 mediterranean and indian ocean cruise. America did return to yankee station one last time, but her time on station proved short, as she returned to subic bay on 17 february and sailed thence for the united states three days later, on 20 february 1973. The america was moored at norfolk and acquired by the navy on june 1, 1941, to be used as a troop transport. See more ideas about america, american and uss america. Ashtray from 1979, donated to the museum by paul pospisil.
The cruise books have been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable viewing. A former crew member of the mighty o has made the entire collection of cruise books from the uss oriskany available in digital format. August 1990 a steam line burts aboard the uss america. Entering the norfolk naval shipyard on 6 november 1979, america underwent repairs and alterations for much of 1980 commencing her postrepair trials on 23 september 1980.
The seventh uss ranger cv cva61 was the third of four forrestalclass supercarriers built for the united states navy in the 1950s. You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. Us navy cruise book store 128 followers andermace 10 andermaces feedback score is 10 100. The ship made her first two cruises to the mediterranean. Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national archives catalog please note. Carrier air wing eleven on the uss kitty hawk cva63. The aircraft carrier was built at newport news, virginia, and was commissioned on jan. Navy cruise book for sale military collectibles for sale. South china sea collision 21feb 1979 cvw2 embarked, tail code ne, cag cdr ray. Mcdonald, the chief of naval operations, and commissioned at the norfolk naval shipyard on january 23, 1965, capt. This is a problem of the book itself and is not caused by my scanner. Great deals from u s naval history store on uss cv cruise. Printing is also easily possible because of the high resolution 300dpi and the missing watermarks. Navy and coast guard deck logs so that they can be made available online.
Among the work performed during the availability was the installation of the nato sea sparrow missile and closein weapon systems such as the multibarreled phalanx machine gun. In july 1976, captain leeds received orders as commander. They include the volumes in the navy department library s collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. Denver lpd9 1978, 1979 des moines ca 4 1952, 1953, 1958 desoto county lst1171 1964, 1970. Uss america is the third naval ship to be named such. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. On august 22, 2019, the va began scanning more than 20 million images from the u. Navy cruise book for sale us military collectibles. This cruise book contains many faint texts that are hard to read.
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