Navy deck logs chronicle events which took place aboard commissioned u. Like school yearbooks, they are usually paid for by. Navy light cruiser uss mobile cl63 and the hospital ship uss haven ah12 at nagasaki, japan, in september 1945. You would be purchasing both uss mississippi cruise books during world war ii. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. They are compiled by the officers and men of a ship, unit, or station for private distribution and customarily published by a local job printing firm. Marquette from new york, new york on 1 july 1945 to norfolk, virginia on 19 april 1946. Printing is also easily possible because of the high resolution 300dpi and the missing watermarks. Uss missouri bb 63 46 cruise book wwii on cd rare usn. Uss mobile cl63 1944 1945 world war ii ww ii cruise book. World war ii cruise book rare find bring the cruise book to life with this multimedia presentation. Primarily a photographic record, the cruise books often exceed 500 pages and produce one of the best accounts of their voyages available to the public. Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable. Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national archives catalog please note.
Oakland would be prominently visible in the photo except on 8 dec 1944 between 1235 and 1445 hours when she was fueling from the uss. Cruise book cd presentation advantages and features. Alaska cb 1, memories 17 june 194418 december 1945. Photographs of an 18month cruise during world war ii presented. She is named for the naval battle of mobile bay during the american civil war in 1864. Wwii 1945 japanese kamikaze planes attack uss bunker hill type 1 original photo. Rare cruise books like this sell for a hundred dollars or more when buying the actual hard copy if you can find one for sale. A portion of the proceeds from these cruise book sales by many of our partners goes to support ongoing naval historical foundation programs or for the addition of cruise books to the collection of the navy department library. Uss san diego cl 53 wwii cruise book great naval images llc on. Uss montpelier cl 57 wwii cruise book on cd rare navy. Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection 7300 total words in this text. Japanese training ship shikishima at sasebo, japan. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a.
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Other collections of navy cruise books can be found at the new york public library and the library of the naval war college, newport, rhode. Naval vessels during a variety of military engagements and during peacetime. The entire staff at bluewater is proud to be a part of this incredible navy tradition. Historical murderers row photograph at ulithi update. The cruise books cover years between 1947 and 1991.
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Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection. Uss astoria cl 90 cruise book wwii cd navy war photos. Cruiser navy cruise books on cd from wwii through the 1960s. Navy and coast guard deck logs so that they can be made available online. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of freely. You would be purchasing an exact copy of the uss san diego cruise book during world war ii. Uss mountrail apa 2 cruise book war log wwii cd navy. If you wish to contribute a copy of your own yearbook, submit it at. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. You would be purchasing an exact copy of the uss barnett ap 5 ap 11 cruise book during world war ii. Still under construction she is scheduled to be completed in early spring 1969. Japanese training ship shikishima at sasebo, japan, circa in november 1945. Cruise books capture the most personal memories of a sailors navy career.
Sasebo history assorted data on a historical city in. The ship was ordered from ingalls shipbuilding on 15 january. Uss mobile bay cg53 is a ticonderoga class guidedmissile cruiser serving in the united states navy. The navy does not stock or sell copies of ships cruise books. Navy light aircraft carrier uss belleau wood cvl24 launches a grumman tbf avenger of torpedo squadron 31 vt31, circa in august 1945. Uss mobile cl 63 uss mobile was a cleveland class light cruiser and the third ship in the navy named after the city in alabama. Aircraft carriers escort carriers battleships cruisers destroyers destroyer escorts and. Please note by clicking on the links below you will be forwarded to an external vendor. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. The cd comes in a plastic sleeve with a custom label. Navy deck logs available in the national archives catalog. Decommissioned on may 9, 1947, and stricken from the navy list in may 1959, the mobile was sold for scrapping in december 1959.
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