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USS Aaron Ward (cover). Lt. L. Lavrakas, USN, ed. N.p.,
[1946?]. 40 pp., heavy white paper cover with blue printing and
decoration, 28.1 x 22.8 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. NDL.
History of the U.S.S. Abbot DD 629. Anon. Foreword by
Comdr. F. W. Ingling, USN. N.p., [1945?]. 48 pp., orange hardcover,
21.5 x 14.5 cm. USNA.
USS Adair APA 91: Photographs of an 18-Month Cruise During
World War II Presented to Her Crew. Anon. N.p., [1945?]. Unpaged,
paper cover, 21 x 26.7 cm. NDL, NWC.
USS Admiral E. W. Eberle AP-123. Anon. Portland, Oreg.:
T. G. Merkley Co., [1945?]. 48 leaves, blue hardcover with gold
printing and silhouette of Eberle, loose-leaf binding, 22.8 x
28.8 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 838, Smith:
7043. Private collection.
Diary, U.S.S. Admiral Coontz. Anon. Portland, Oreg.:
T. G. Merkley Co., 1946. 56 leaves, 23 x 29 cm, photos, ports.,
maps. Dornbusch 1950: 837. NYPL.
U.S.S. Admiral W. L. Capps AP-121: A Pictorial History of
the Coast Guard Manned Navy Transport U.S.S. W. L. Capps AP-121.
Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 55 leaves, 21 x 26 cm, photos, Dornbusch
1951 supp: 1462. NDL, NYPL (photocopy).
Listed in Antheil Booksellers Catalogue in 1967, 1968, 1969.
War Diary, USS Alabama, 1942-1944. Anon. N.p., [1946?].
68 leaves, light blue hardcover with drawing of Alabama
pasted on and title printed in gold, 27.3 x 21.7 cm, photos, ports.,
map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 839, Smith: 7051. NDL, USNA.
U.S.S. Alaska (CB 1), "Memories" 17 June 1944-18
December 1945. Cover: U.S.S. Alaska CB1. Anon. N.p., [1945?].
64 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing, 20.2 x 27.2 cm,
photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 840, Smith: 7052. NDL, USNA.
The Saga of an AKA. Cover: U.S.S. Alcyone AKA 7. Anon.
Philadelphia: Campus Publishing Co., 1945. 32 leaves, embossed
blue hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of AKA 7, 28.7
x 22.3 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 841. NDL,
NYPL.
Alfred A. Cunningham, Destroyer DD-752. Anon. N.p.,
[1945?]. Unpaged, 28 x 22 cm, USNA (rebound).
Alkes Album, November 1945. Cover: Alkes Album. Anon.
Long Beach, Calif.: Robinson Printing & Stationery Co., 1945.
64 pp., embossed blue hardcover with gold printing and drawing
of ship, 26.0 x 20.7 cm, photos, ports. Private collection.
The United States Ship Ammen, March 12, 1943-April 15, 1946.
Cover: The Mighty A. Anon. Charleston: Walker, Evans &
Cogswell Co., [1946?]. 45 pp., blue hardcover with embossed title,
29 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 842, Smith: 7059. NDL, USNA.
U.S.S. Anne Arundel (AP-76). Cover: P 76. Lt. Henry
C. Gulbandson, USNR. Tacoma, Wash.: Johnson-Cox Co., [1945?].
103 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing, 23.7 x 30.5 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 843, Smith: 7063. NDL, USNA.
The Mad Anthony: The Story of a Ship and Her Men. Cover:
The Mad Anthony. Anon. Charleston, S.C.: Southern Printing &
Publishing Co., [1946?]. 24 pp., blue paper cover with red and
white printing and decoration, 26.5 x 20.7 cm, photos, roster.
Dornbusch 1950: 844, Smith: 7064. NDL, NYPL.
ARD Ten. Anon. N.p., 1945. This citation was taken from
NDL card file although copy could not be located in NDL. No other
known reference. Title may refer to a floating drydock.
USS Arkansas, Pictorial Review, 1944. Anon. Foreword
by the chaplain. N.p., 1944. 64 pp., 31 x 22 cm. Smith: 7068.
USNA (rebound).
U.S.S. Arkansas Pacific War Diary. Lt. H. A. Wilson, ed.
N.p., [1946?]. 56 leaves, blue cover with gold and blue printing,
27.2 x 21.4 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 845, Smith:
7067. NDL, USNA (rebound).
USS Ashtabula (AO 51): Her History. Ens. John Edward
Weeks. N.p., 1946. Unpaged, photos, ports., officer roster, itinerary,
list of ships refueled. NSP (photocopy).
USS Astoria CA-34, 1934-1942. Ken Cruse, ed. N.p., [1942?].
48 leaves, blue-gray softcover with black printing and photograph
of CA 34, 27.5 x 21 cm, photos, map, roster. NDL.
The First Cruise of the U.S.S. Astoria. Cover: Mighty
Ninety. Anon. Long Beach: Green's, [1946?]. 40 leaves, blue hardcover
with gold printing, 16 x 24 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950:
846, Smith: 7073. NDL, NYPL.
U.S.S. Atlanta: A Travelogue . . . September 22, 1947 to
May 12, 1948. Cover: U.S.S. Atlanta, China Cruise. Anon. Los
Angeles: Metropolitan Engravers, [1948?]. 27.3 x 20.3 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. NYPL. This is the first cruise book in the
early post-WW II period for one of the later units of the Cleveland
Class.
Cruise of the "Little A". Lt.(jg) E. G. Burrows,
ed. Sacramento: Bee Engraving and News Publishing Co., [1945?].
32 leaves, blue hardcover with silver printing and decoration,
28 x 22 cm, photos, ports., map. USNA.
U.S.S. Ault DD 698: A War History of U.S.S. Ault (cover).
Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 13 pp., printed on one side of sheet only,
buff paper cover with black printing and photo of DD 698, 20.4
x 15.6 cm, photos. Dornbusch 1950: 847, Smith: 7074. NDL.
Album, U.S.S. Bairoko CVE 115. Anon. Baton Rouge: Army
&
Navy Pictorial Publishers, [1946?]. 27 leaves, 31 cm, photos,
ports., Dornbusch 1950: 848, Smith: 7080. No known copy location.
The History of the USS Baltimore CA-68. Cover: USS Baltimore
CA-68. Anon. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing Co., [1945?].
117 leaves, blue hardcover with gold-embossed title and silhouette
of CA 68, 20.5 x 27 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 849,
Smith: 7083. NDL, USNA.
USS Barnes, Escort Carrier CVE-20, 1942-1945. Cover:
USS Barnes. Anon. Layout by Lt. Fred Stewart. San Francisco: Knight-Counihan
Co., [1946?]. 40 leaves, dark blue hardcover with light blue printing
and photo of ship pasted on, 30.9 x 23.5 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch
1950: 850, Smith: 7087. USNA.
Department of the Navy, USS Barnett, World War II, 1940-1945:
A Pictorial History of the USS Barnett (APA-5). Donald W.
Boyd, Jr., and E. Parker Osborne, eds. N.p., [1946?]. 28 leaves,
blue hardcover with embossed Department of Navy seal, 21.5 x 28.5
cm. Private collection.
) U.S.S. Barton DD 722 (cover). Anon. N.p., [1946?].
52 leaves, 21 x 33 cm, photos. Dornbusch 1950: 851, Smith: 7090.
No known copy location.
The U.S.S. Bataan, 1 August 1943-17 October 1945. Cover:
The Bataan. Anon. Charlotte, N.C.: Observer Printing House, [1946?].
219 pp., embossed cream and blue hardcover with ship, 31 x 24
cm, photos, ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 852, Smith: 7092.
NYPL, USNA (rebound).
Title unknown. Anon. San Francisco: 1945. 28 leaves, 21 x 31
cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 853, Smith: 7101. No known
copy location.
"Flight Quarters": The War Story of the U.S.S.
Belleau Wood. Lt. John W. Alexander, ed. Los Angeles: Cole-Holmquist
Press, 1946. 190 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing of title
and ship, 28 x 21.5 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch
1950: 854, Smith: 7105, Zeigler: 2553. NDL, NWC, USNA.
Ben-Vues--1945: Mementos of Our Ship, the USS Benevolence.
Cover: Ben-Vues, 1945. J. E. Shaw, CPhM, et al. N.p., n.d. Unpaged,
tan paper cover with photo of ship, 18 x 26 cm, photos, roster.
NDL.
U.S.S. Bennington CV-20 (cover). Historical and Pictorial
Review, U.S.S. Bennington, World War II (top of page 3). Anon.
N.p., [1946?]. 66 pp., gray softcover with title and photo of
Bennington, 30.5 x 23 cm, photos, map, crew roster and
casualty list. Dornbusch 1950: 856, Smith: 7108. NDL, NYPL, PNAM,
USNA (rebound).
The Story of the Bennion. Anon. N.p., November 1947.
112 pp., light blue hardcover with gold printing and black silhouette
of Bennion, 28.5 x 22 cm, photos, ports., map, crew roster
and casualty list. Dornbusch 1950: 855, Smith: 7109, Zeigler:
2692. NDL, USNA.
U.S.S. Benson DD-421, 1940-1946 (cover). Anon. San Angelo,
Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing Co., [1946?]. 36 leaves, blue hardcover
with gold-embossed printing and silhouette of DD 421, 20.5 x 27
cm, photos, ports., map, casualty list. Dornbusch 1951 supp.:
1465, Smith: 7111. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
U.S.S. Biloxi. Anon. San Francisco: Schwabacher-Frey
Co., [1945?]. 44 leaves, dark blue hardcover with gold printing
and silhouette of Biloxi, 23.5 x 30.8 cm, photos, ports.
Dornbusch 1950: 857, Smith: 7117. NDL, USNA.
CL-62: The Saga of the U.S.S. Birmingham, A Compilation
of Her Officers & Men. Cover: USS Birmingham. Anon. San Angelo,
Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing Co., [1946?]. 96 leaves, blue hardcover
with gold printing and silhouette of CL 62, 20.5 x 27 cm, photos,
ports., maps, roster of awards. Dornbusch 1951 supp.: 1465, Smith:
7119. NDL, NYPL.
U.S.S. Black Hawk, Built 1913, Commissioned May 1918: "Tender
Stuff," An Epitaph. Cover: USS Black Hawk. Anon. N.p.,
[1946?]. 123 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing and embossed
Indian head, 31 x 23.6 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Private
collection.
U.S.S. Block Island CVE 21 and CVE 106, United States Navy:
The Story of Two Escort Carriers Who Carried the War to the Enemy
During Three Years of Conflict. Anon. New York: Anchor Printing,
[1946?]. 33 leaves, blue hardcover, 35 cm, photos, ports., map.
Dornbusch 1950: 858, Smith: 7123. Private collection, NDL, NYPL
(film).
War Diary of the U.S.S. Blue Destroyer 744. Anon. Seattle:
Sterling Engraving Co., [1946?]. 17 leaves, red hardcover with
blue printing and silhouette of Blue, 27.1 x 20.7 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 859, Smith: 7125. NDL.
U.S.S. Bogue (cover). Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 48 pp., heavy
multicolor paper cover with photograph of Bogue and ribbon
decoration, 20.7 x 13.5 cm, photos, ports., map, roster of department
heads. Dornbusch 1950: 860, Smith: 7130. NDL.
U.S.S. Boston CA 69 (cover). Henry G. Leader. [San Angelo,
Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing Co.] [1945?]. 36 leaves, blue hardcover
with gold-embossed printing and silhouette of cruiser, 20.5 x
27.5 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1951 supp.: 1466, Smith:
7132. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
The U.S.S. Bountiful (AH-9) in the Pacific, World War II,
April 1944 to September 1945. Compiled by Comdr. Jack C. Morris.
Berkeley: Lederer Street & Zeus, [1945?]. 50 pp., 28.4 x 20 cm,
photos, ports., medical staff roster. NDL, NYPL.
"The Bullard,": The Story of the USS Bullard Destroyer
660 and the Men Who Served on Her. TM2c Herbert H. Graefe
and Lt.(jg) Richard C. Thommen, eds. N.p., [1946?]. 83 pp., dark
green hardcover with gold-embossed letters, 21.5 x 28 cm. Private
collection.
Overdue and Presumed Lost: The Story of the U.S.S. Bullhead.
Martin Sheridan. Francistown, N.H.: Marshall Jones Co., 1947.
143 pp., Controvich 1992: 27, Dornbusch 1950: 862. No known copy
location. This book does not strictly qualify as a cruise book,
but is included because it has appeared in earlier bibliographies.
A History of the U.S.S. Bunker Hill CV-17, Dec. 1942-Oct.
1945. Private collection list. No known copy location.
The U.S.S. Bunker Hill, November 1943-November 1944: The Record
of a Carrier's Combat Action Against the Axis Nations in the Pacific.
Cover: U.S.S. Bunker Hill, Department of the Navy, November 1943-November
1944. Lt. Wallace C. Mitchell, USNR, and Lt. Eugene F. Brissie,
USNR, eds. Chicago: Rogers Printing Co., 1945. 272 pp., maroon
hardcover with gold-embossed seal, 31.2 x 23.7 cm, photos, ports.,
map. Dornbusch 1950: 863, Smith: 7161. NDL, NWC, PNAM, USNA.
The Cruise, Published by and for the Crew of the U.S.S.
Burleson. Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 32 leaves, 27 cm, photos, ports.
Dornbusch 1950: 864, Smith: 7162. NDL.
U.S.S. Cabot, Unit History. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. Part
I: chronology, 14 pp; Part II: narrative, 62 pp.; Part III: photographs.
Unbound softcover, 20.3 x 26.7 cm. NWC. Author has not seen this
book, and it may not be a typical cruise book.
U.S.S. California: An Account of the Wartime Cruising of
the USS California from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay, 7 December
1941-3 October 1945. Cover: U.S.S. California. Gunnery Sgt.
Richard W. Cunningham, USMC, and Lt. William A. Hewitt, USNR.
N.p., [1945?]. 124 leaves, blue and white cloth hardcover with
gold printing, 22.3 x 28.6 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch
1950: 865, Smith: 7167. NDL (photocopy), NYPL, USNA (rebound).
U.S.S. California: Homeward Bound from Tokyo. Cover: U.S.S.
California. Lt. William A. Hewitt, USNR. N.p.: Stern, [1946?].
27 leaves, heavy maroon paper cover with blue printing and spiral
binding, 22.5 x 29.8 cm, photos, ports. Private collection.
U.S.S. Cape Gloucester Album: A Pictorial Log. Anon.
Chicago: Rogers Printing Co., [1945?]. 107 pp., 28 cm, photos,
ports. Dornbusch 1950: 866, Smith: 7168. No known copy location.
U.S.S. Cascade, 1943-1944 (cover). Chaplain W. A. Nicholas,
ed. San Francisco: Recorder-Sunset Press, [1945?]. 64 pp., heavy
blue paper cover with gold printing and silhouette of Cascade,
21.5 x 28.5 cm, photos, ports. Private collection.
The War Diary of the U.S.S. Chandeleur (AV-10). Cover:
For Auld Lang Syne: U.S.S. Chandeleur, 1942-1945. Anon. San Francisco:
Schwabacher-Frey Co., 1946. 71 leaves, blue hardcover with gold
printing and Chandeleur silhouette, 31.1 x 23.5, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 867, Smith: 7183. NDL, USNA.
Destroyer 697. John Louis Casey, Jr. Illustrated by
Loring Corkum, William Forquer, and Oscar Lefebre. N.p., [1945?].
28 leaves, 27 cm, photos. Dornbusch 1950: 868, Smith: 7180. NYPL
(reproduced from typewritten copy).
The Chenanigan Victory Edition, 1942-1945. Cover: U.S.S.
Chenango C.V.E. 28. Almon B. Ives and Ben A. Meginniss, eds. Los
Angeles: Kater Engraving Co., [1945?]. 64 pp., blue softcover
with gold printing and cartoon, 27.3 x 21 cm, photos, ports.,
roster. Dornbusch 1950: 869, Smith: 7186, Zeigler: 2560. NDL (photocopy),
USNA (rebound).
U.S.S. Chilton Pictorial Log (cover). Anon. N.p., [1945?].
37 pp., photos, ports., map. Advertised in All Hands, July
1947, NYPL.
History of the U.S.S. Clamp (ARS 33) (cover). Anon.
N.p., [1947?]. 8 pp., paper cover, 26 x 19.3 cm. Advertised in
All Hands, July 1947. USNA (mimeographed copy of typewritten
manuscript received August 1947).
United States Ship Cleveland. Cover: USS Cleveland.
Ens. D. D. Robertson, ed. Andover, Mass.: Andover Press, 1946.
80 pp., blue hardcover with embossed title and U.S. Navy seal,
31 x 23.5 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 870,
Smith: 7189. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
The Seafarer: Published at Sea by the Men of the Cockrill
(cover). John A. Hafling, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 68 pp., white softcover
with blue and black printing, 25.3 x 19.0 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch
1951 supp.: 1467. USNA.
The Colorado Cruise Book. Cover: U.S.S. Colorado Cruise
Book, 1942þ1946. Lt. Robert C. Lusk, ed. Seattle: Craftsman,
[1946?]. 47 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing and photograph
of Colorado on front, 27 x 21.2 cm, photos, ports., map,
roster. Dornbusch 1950: 871, Smith: 7194. NDL, NSP, USNA.
Battle Record and History of the U.S.S. Columbia, 1942-1945.
Cover: U.S.S. Columbia, 1942-1945. Comdr. F. O. Iffrig, USN, et
al., eds. Baltimore: Horn Shafer Co., [1945?]. 88 pp., blue hardcover
with gold printing, photograph of Columbia and battle ribbons,
27.4 x 20.3 cm, photos, ports., maps. Dornbusch 1950: 872, Smith:
7195. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
Following the Comet's Tale, 1944-1945 (cover). Lt.(jg)
R. C. Ferguson, USNR, ed. San Francisco: Schwabacher-Frey Co.,
1946. 95 pp., embossed blue cover with gold printing and decoration,
22 x 15.5 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 873, Smith:
7196. NPL, NYPL, USNA.
The Bay Wake: U.S.S. Commencement Bay (CVE 105). Cover:
Bay Wake. RdM2c John R. Pyburn, ed. Tacoma, Wash.: Johnson-Cox
Co., 1946. 76 pp., blue hard plastic-cover with silver printing,
28.9 x 20.9 cm, photos, ports. USNA.
This citation was taken from NDL card file although copy could
not be located in NDL. No other known reference.
The Story of the U.S.S. Cowpens (CVL-25). Anon. Baton
Rouge: Army & Navy Pictorial Publishers, 1946. 49 pp., 27 cm,
photos, ports. Dornbusch 1951 supp.: 1468, Smith: 7209. Private
collection (photocopy), PNAM (photocopy).
U.S.S. Custer (cover). Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 16 leaves,
blue softcover with gold printing, 21 x 14 cm, photos, ports.,
roster. Dornbusch 1950: 874, Smith: 7217. Private collection.
U.S.S. Daly (DD 519). Anon. Charleston: Walker, Evans
&
Cogswell, [1945?]. 94 pp., brown hardcover with embossed title
and decoration, 26.3 x 18.3 cm, photos, roster. Dornbusch 1950:
875, Smith: 7219. NDL, NYPL.
The United States Ship Dashiell . . . Her Story. Cover:
U.S.S. Dashiell: Her Story. Anon. Charleston: Walker, Evans &
Cogswell, [1945?]. 35 leaves, blue hardcover with black printing
and ship silhouette, 28.9 x 22.0 cm, photos, ports., roster. Dornbusch
1950: 876, Smith: 7220. No known copy location.
Cruise of the U.S.S. Dauphin (Attack Transport No. 97),
23 September 1944 to 20 November 1945. Cover: U.S.S. Dauphin.
Anon. San Francisco: Mercury Press, [1945?]. 120 pp., blue hardcover
with gold printing and decoration, 29.5 x 20.5 cm, photos, ports.,
map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 877, Smith: 7222. NSP, NYPL, USNA.
War Cruise of the U.S.S. Dayton CL-105. Cover: The Dauntless
"D" CL-105. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 32 leaves, 15 x 23
cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 878, Smith: 7229. NDL.
Life Aboard the U.S.S. Denver: A Biography of the CL 58,
1942- 1945. Cover: Life Aboard the U.S.S. Denver, 1942-1945.
Anon. Baltimore: Thomsen-Ellis-Hutton Co., [1946?]. 40 pp., blue
hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of CL 58, 27.8 x 20.3
cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 879, Smith: 7231, NDL,
NYPL.
U.S.S. Duluth: A Short History. Cover: U.S.S. Duluth.
Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 15 leaves, gray hardcover with black and
red printing, 15.3 x 23.4 cm, photos, ports. Private collection.
History of the U.S.S. Dutchess APA-98, August 1944-March
1945. Lt. Comdr. Raymond Stevenson, USNR. Norfolk: Phaup Printing
Co., [1946?]. 89 pp., rebound in blue hardcover, 23 x 16 cm, photos,
ports., roster. NDL, USNA. Author has not seen original cover.
U.S.S. Dyson Destroyer 572. Anon. Philadelphia: Campus
Publishing Co., [1946?]. 24 leaves, blue hardcover with gold-embossed
title and decoration, 27.3 x 20 cm, photos, ports., map, roster.
USNA.
United States Ship Edgecomb. Cover: Amphibious Attack
Transport U.S.S. Edgecomb APA 164, 1945. Cpl. Robert J. W. Lund,
USAAF, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 32 leaves, printed on one side of sheet
only, blue softcover with silver printing, 27 x 20.6 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 881, Smith: 7247, NDL.
USS Eldorado 1945, AGC 11 Flagship (cover). Anon. Printed
on board 1945. 48 pp., green and blue softcover with bow view
of Eldorado, 26.5 x 20.4 cm, ports., photos, map. NDL,
private collection.
U.S.S. Elizabeth C. Stanton (cover). Lt. Kenneth A.
Berg, ed. N.p., [1945?]. 112 pp., green hardcover with gold printing,
28.5 x 20.9 cm, photos, ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 882, Smith:
7251, NDL.
Saga of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Anon. New York: N.p.,
1945. 8 leaves, 20 cm. Dornbusch 1950: 883, Smith: 7255. No known
copy location.
History of the U.S.S. Enterprise (CV-6) (cover). Anon.
N.p., [1946?]. 23 pp., white paper cover with black printing,
19.9 x 15.4 cm, list of ship's battle stars, list of commanding
officers. PNAM.
U.S.S. Essex CV-9. Cover: Saga of the Essex. Anon. Baton Rouge: Army & Navy Pictorial Publishers, 1946. 168 pp., blue hardcover with embossed title and embossed gold wing, 30.8 x 23.3 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 884, Smith: 7259, Zeigler: 2578. NDL, PNAM.
Epic of the U.S.S. Euryale Submarine Tender (AS-22)
(cover). Anon. N.p., [1946?]. Photograph of AS-22 and dark printing
on cover, photos, ports., map. NDL, SFL (both photocopies).
U.S.S. Eversoll (cover). Anon. Tacoma, Wash.: Marland Bookcraft, 1946. 6 leaves, 22 x 28 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 885, Smith: 7260. No known copy location.
[Cruise Book of the USS Fall River]. Anon. Erie, Pa: Advance Printing & Lithographing Co., 1945. 56 leaves, 28 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 886, Smith: 7268. No known copy location.
Straddled: U.S.S. Fanshaw Bay. Cover: Straddled: A Short
History of the U.S.S. Fanshaw Bay. Anon. Seattle: Seattle Printing
& Publishing Co., [1946?]. 72 pp., gray-green hardcover with blue
printing and silhouette of Fanshaw Bay, 27.3 x 20.8 cm,
photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 887. Private collection.
Saga of the Fighting "F" U.S.S. Farenholt (DD
491), Flagship of DesRon Twelve. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 56 pp.,
blue hardcover with black printing and silhouette of DD 491, 28
x 22 cm, photos, ports., large folded map tipped in, crew roster,
award roster. Dornbusch 1950: 888, Smith: 7273. NDL.
Our Ship's Log, July 7th, 1943 to October 7th, 1945.
Cover: U.S.S. Fogg (DE 57), 1945. Doyle L. Riley, ed. Philadelphia:
C. E. Howe & Co., 1945. 20 leaves, silver softcover with blue
printing and emblem, 21.5 x 28 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950:
889, Smith: 7731, NDL.
Shipmates: The Crewbook, U.S.S. Foote DD 511--"45".
Cover: U.S.S. Foote, 1942þ1945. Anon. New York: Robert W.
Kelly Publishing Corp., [1945?]. 71 pp., blue hardcover with gold
printing and decoration, 27.3 x 20.3 cm, photos, ports., map,
roster. Dornbusch 1950: 890, Smith: 7283. NYPL.
U.S.S. Foss DE-59, Second Anniversary (July 23, 1943-July
23, 1945). Anon. N.p.: Tropical Press Printers, 1945. 14 leaves,
17.5 x 26 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1951 supp.: 1473, Smith:
7288. NDL.
Big Ben, the Flattop: The Story of the U.S.S. Franklin.
Lt. Marvin K. Bowman, ed. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, [1946?].
68 leaves, blue and buff hardcover with blue and buff printing
and silhouette of CV 13 in background, 30.9 x 23.2 cm, photos,
ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 891, Smith: 7292. Private collection.
The Fulton Bow Plane, Anniversary Edition. (cover, which
is also page one). Lt. G. C. Westlund, ed. Printed on board September
12, 1942. 10 leaves, printed on one side only, white paper cover,
27.4 x 20.3 cm, photos, drawings, outline of AS 11 activity during
the year. SFL. This is an enlarged anniversary edition of the
ship's newspaper and is not a typical cruise book.
The Fulton Bow Plane, Second Anniversary. (cover, which
is also page one). Lt. E. W. Ross, ed. Printed on board September
12, 1943. 18 leaves, printed on one side only, white paper cover,
27.4 x 20.3 cm, photos, drawings, outline of ship's activities
during the year. SFL. This is an enlarged anniversary edition
of the ship's newspaper and is not a typical cruise book.
The Fulton Bow Plane, Third Anniversary. (cover, which
is also page one). Lt. A. C. De Blanc, ed. Printed on board September
12, 1944. 34 leaves, printed on one side only, white paper cover,
27.4 x 20.3 cm, photos, drawings, outline of ship's activities
during the year. SFL. This is an enlarged anniversary edition
of the ship's newspaper and is not a typical cruise book.
U.S.S. Gallup (PF-47) List of Officers & Crew Sailing From
San Pedro, Wednesday, May 31, 1944 to Australia, New Guinea, Leyte
Gulf, the Aleutians, and Dildo Key. Cover: U.S.S. Gallup PF-
47, List of Officers and Crew, Corrected November 1949, United
States Coast Guard. Anon. New York: Benj. H. Tyrrel, [1949?].
8 leaves, gray paper cover, 17.6 x 12.6 cm, roster. NYPL.
The Log of the Mighty "A", 1943-1945--Being the
Story in Words and Pictures of the Wanderings of the U.S.S. General
A.E. Anderson. Cover: The Mighty "A", 1943- 1945.
Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 50 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing
and embossed silhouette of AP 111, 31 x 23.4 cm, photos, ports.,
map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 892, Smith: 7303. NDL, USNA (rebound).
Supplement to Former Album (on page 1). Anon. N.p.,
May 1941. 6 leaves, no cover, 21.1 x 27.8 cm, photos, ports.,
map, roster. Private collection.
U.S.S. General H. S. Hodges (AP 144), 1945. Cover: U.S.S.
General H. S. Hodges (AP 144). Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 24 leaves,
dark blue hardcover with gold printing, 22 x 28.4 cm, photos,
ports., roster. Private collection.
Log of the U.S.S. General Leroy Eltinge AP-154. Cover:
Log of the U.S.S. Leroy Eltinge. Anon. Seattle: Farwest Printing
Co., [1946?]. 24 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing and
silhouette of AP 154, 27 x 20.5 cm, photos, ports., map, roster.
Dornbusch 1950: 893, Smith: 7304. USNA.
1U.S.S. General M. L. Hersey (AP 148) (cover). Anon.
N.p., [1946?]. 32 pp., gray and blue hardcover with photo of AP
148, 29.3 x 21.6 cm, photos, map. Private collection.
1U.S.S. General O. H. Ernst (AP 133), First Year of Service,
15 July 1944 to 15 July 1945 (cover). Anon. N.p., [1946?].
12 leaves, white paper cover with photo of AP 133 and blue printing,
27.9 x 21.6 cm, photos. Private collection.
1Callan Cruises, Aug. '44-June '46. Lt. Comdr. A. H.
Roberts, MC, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 101 pp., blue hardcover with gold
printing and embossed silver and gold emblem, 28.5 x 21 cm, photos,
ports., map. Dornbusch 1951 supp.: 1475, Smith: 7306. NDL, NYPL
(film).
U.S.S. General R. L. Howze AP-134. Lt.(jg) Ottis H.
Abrey, USCG. N.p. [1946?]. 32 leaves, blue embossed hardcover
with gold printing and emblem, 27.3 x 20.3 cm, photos, ports.,
roster, chronology of each voyage. USCGA.
1The Story of the U.S.S. Gen. R. Blatchford (AP-153): An
Illustrated Account of the Career of the U.S.S. General R. M.
Blatchford (AP-153) From Keel Laying to the End of the Last War--
Time Voyage. Anon. Seattle, Wash.: Deers Press, [1946?]. 16
leaves, 26.5 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1951 supp.: 1474. NDL.
U.S.S. General S. D. Sturges, Pacific Year 1944-1945.
Cover: Pacific Year. Lt. Comdr. R. L. Geiger et al., eds. N.p.,
[1946?]. 88 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing and anchor,
27.7 x 20.3 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 896,
Smith: 7307. NDL.
U.S.S. General W. A. Mann AP-112. Anon. Portland, Oreg.:
T. G. Merkley Co., [1946?]. 51 leaves, printed on one side only,
blue hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of AP 112, loose-leaf
binding, 23 x 28 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950:
894, Smith: 7308. NDL.
Our Sentimental Journey, November 23-December 10, 1945.
Anon. Berkeley: Lederer Street & Zeus, 1946. 32 pp. Smith: 7309.
No known copy location.
The U.S.S. General W. H. Gordon: A Photo-Story of Duty Aboard
Navy Troop Transport AP-117 Manned by the United States Coast
Guard. Cover: The U.S.S. General W. H. Gordon. Lt.(jg) Robert
N. Aylin, USCGR. N.p., 1945. 112 leaves, dust jacket with photo
of ship, blue hardcover with silver printing, 23.5 x 29.8 cm,
photos, ports. Dornbusch 1951: 1476, Smith: 7077, Zeigler: 2273.
USNA (rebound).
Ship's Album, U.S.S. General William Mitchell AP-114.
Anon. Portland, Oreg.: T. G. Merkley Co., [1946?]. 24 leaves,
23 x 29 cm, photos, Dornbusch 1950: 895, Smith: 7310. No known
copy location.
The Fighting Fox (cover). Anon. Seattle: Sterling Engraving
Co., [1946?]. 35 leaves, tan hardcover with brown printing and
drawing of fox, 28 x 20.7 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950:
897, Smith: 7311. Private collection.
The Cruise of the G.W. Ingram, 1943-1945. Cover: The
Cruise of the USS Geo. W. Ingram DE 62-APD 43. Lt. John Ohnysty,
USNR, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 40 pp., blue softcover with title printed
in black and white silhouette of DE 62, spiral binding, 19.1 x
25.4 cm, photos, ports, map, roster, photos of conversion to APD.
NDL.
Philadelphia: Campus Publishing Co. Advertised in All Hands,
November 1946. No known copy location.
War Diary of USS Gilmer. Grahame F. Shrader. Lynnwood,
Wash.: Edmonds Printing Co., 1987. 17 pp., white and gray paper
cover, 28 x 21.6 cm, photos. Private collection. This is an atypical
booklet published over forty years after World War II and not
a true cruise book. It is included because of its similarity to
cruise books.
First Year of the U.S.S. Goodhue APA 107, November 11, 1944-
November 11, 1945. Anon. Los Angeles: W. F. Lewis, [1945?].
35 leaves, 21 x 26 cm, photos, map. Dornbusch 1951 supp.: 1477.
NYPL.
The Register, U.S.S. Goshen. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 36
leaves, 28 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 898, Smith: 7328.
No known copy location.
U.S.S. Guadalcanal: Memory Log (cover). Anon. N.p.,
[1946?]. 46 pp., embossed blue hardcover with gold printing and
photo of Guadalcanal, 21.4 x 26.5 cm, photos, ports., map.
Dornbusch 1950: 899, Smith: 7350. NDL, SMPH, USNA.
U.S.S. Guam: Her Story, 1944-1945. Cover: U.S.S. Guam.
Comdr. Walter A. Mahler, ChC, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 50 leaves, embossed
blue hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of Guam,
36.4 x 27.4 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 900,
Smith: 7351. NDL.
U.S.S. Hamlin, Department of the Navy (cover). Ens.
J. P. LeBlanc, USNR, ed. Birmingham, Ala.: Alabama Engraving Co.,
[1945?]. 51 pp., blue hardcover with green title and decoration,
26.2 x 31.2 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. NDL.
The "Fighting Hannah": A War History of the U.S.S.
Hancock CV-19. Cover: The Fighting Hannah: U.S.S. Hancock
CV 19. E. G. Hines, USNR. Seattle: Sterling Engraving Co., [1946?].
72 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of
CV 19, 28 x 21 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 901, Smith:
7406a, Zeigler: 2605. NDL, PNAM, USNA. Reprinted by the Battery
Press, Nashville, Tenn. in 1969.
This Is the Story of the U.S.S. Harris APA-2 in World War
II. Cover: Four Years Afloat PA-2. Lt (jg.) L. E. Wright,
USNR, ed. Boston: Rand Press, [1946?]. 50 leaves, embossed blue-green
hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of PA 2, 28.4 x 22.2
cm, photos, ports., map. NDL, private collection.
History of the Harry Lee, 1940-1945. Anon. N.p., [1945?].
12 leaves, 28 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 902, Smith: 7387,
NDL.
Not a WW II cruise book, but a mimeographed 19-page history
of 1945-1953 operations, including the Korean War. NDL.
War History of the U.S.S. Heermann. Cover: Destroyer
X, U.S.S. Heermann DD-532. Anon. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing
Co., March 1947. 30 leaves, embossed blue hardcover with white
printing, 27.5 x 20.5 cm, photos, maps, roster, award list. USNA.
USS Henry A. Wiley DM 29 Scrapbook. Cover: USS Henry
A. Wiley DM 29. Lt. L. B. Varney, USNR, ed. Fowler, Ind.: Benton
Review Publishing Co., [1946?]. 74 pp., blue hardcover with gold
printing and silhouette of DM 29, 27.4 x 20.3 cm, photos, ports.,
map. Dornbusch 1950: 904, Smith: 7395. NDL, USNA.
The U.S.S. Herald of the Morning. Cover: U.S.S. Herald
of the Morning. Anon. Seattle: Sterling Engraving Co., [1946?].
18 leaves, white hardcover with blue printing and ship silhouettes,
28 x 20.6 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 905, Smith:
7396. Private collection.
War Diary of the U.S.S. H. L. Edwards. Cover: U.S.S.
H. L. Edwards. Anon. Seattle: F. McCaffrey, [1946?]. 20 leaves,
blue hardcover with gold printing and decoration, 27 x 20.5 cm,
photos, ports., map, roster, award list. Dornbusch 1950: 906,
Smith: 7390. NYPL, USNA.
The Story of U.S.S. Highlands. Don L. Oeschlaager and
S. W. Tuell. N.p., 1946. 35 pp., 23 cm, photos. Dornbusch 1951
supp.: 1478. No known copy location.
U.S.S. Hoggatt Bay, Queen of the CVEs. Cover: CVE-75:
The Story of the U.S.S. Hoggatt Bay. Anon. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto
Publishing Co. (not noted in NYPL copy), [1946?]. 60 leaves, embossed
blue hardcover with black printing and silhouette of CVE 75, 20.5
x 27.4 cm, photos, ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 907, Smith:
9410. NYPL, USNA (rebound).
"Old 97": The Story of the U.S.S. Hollandia.
Lt. Arthur C. Walsh. San Diego: Arts & Crafts Press, December
1945. 63 leaves, embossed blue hardcover with gold printing, 31
x 23.5 cm, photos, ports., maps, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 908,
Smith: 7413. NDL, NYPL, PNAM, USNA.
The United States Ship Hornet: First War Cruise, 1943-1945
(cover). Anon. Printed on board October 1945. 24 leaves, green
paper cover with black printing and silhouette of Hornet, 26.5
x 20.9 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 909. NDL, NYPL,
TIL.
The Tale of the Hornet (cover and top of page 1). Stanley
Blumenthal. N.p., [1945?]. 27 pp., blue paper cover with black
printing and view of Hornet, 29.2 x 22.4 cm. Private collection,
PNAM (variant containing additional 16-page roster of the crew).
Listed in NDL for CA 30. Author did not see this book, and
it more likely describes the successor CL or a prewar cruise book
for CA 30.
Cruise of the USS Huntington (CL107): June to 8 December
1948. Cover: USS Huntington 107. Ens. Charles F. Rauch, USN,
ed. Baltimore, Md.: Horn-Shafer Company, [1949]. Blue hardcover
with silver embossed lettering. Unpaged (45 leaves), photos, map
on end leaves. NDL.
U.S.S. Hutchins (DD 476): "The Spirit of 476."
Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 28 pp., 26 x 20 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch
1950: 910, Smith: 7441. NDL (rebound).
U.S.S. Idaho BB 42: Mighty I, Commissioned March 1919.
Cover: U.S.S. Idaho. Lt.(jg) E. L. Collings, ed. N.p., [1946?].
24 leaves, embossed green hardcover with bow view of BB 42, 27.3
x 20.5 cm, photos, ports., map. NSP, private collection.
U.S.S. Indiana Battleship. Cover: U.S.S. Indiana. Anon.
Berkeley: Lederer Street & Zeus Co., [1945?]. 151 pp., blue and
white hardcover with embossed title and decoration, 27.5 x 20.5
cm, photos, ports., crew roster. Dornbusch 1950: 911, Smith: 7445.
NDL, NWC, USNA (rebound).
U.S.S. Intrepid. Cover: The Intrepid. Anon. Los Angeles:
Metropolitan Engravers, [1946?]. 168 pp., embossed white hardcover,
28.5 x 22 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 912, Smith: 7448.
NDL, PMAN, SMPH, USNA.
History of U.S.S. Intrepid. 2 vols. Vol. 1, 16 August
1943--1 March 1945, 12 pp. Anon. N.p., 1945. Hardcover (rebound
mimeograph) 26.3 x 20 cm. NDL. This is an operational history
originally classified confidential.
War Record of the U.S.S. Izard (DD 589), 1943-1945 (cover
and top of page 1). Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 13 pp., paper cover with
cross-hatched gray background, 23.5 x 15.6 cm. Private collection.
U.S.S. Jason in World War II (cover). Anon. N.p., [1945?].
113 pp., manila paper cover, 28 x 21.6 cm, photos, ports., map,
roster. Dornbusch 1950: 913, Smith: 7467. NDL (rebound).
The Story of the U.S.S. John Q. Roberts APD 94, Commissioned
8 March 1945. Cover: U.S.S. John Q. Roberts APD 94. Anon.
Jacksonville: Douglas Printing Co., [1946?]. 14 leaves, blue hardcover
with gold printing and anchor emblem, 28 x 20.4 cm, photos, ports.,
map, roster. Advertised in All Hands July 1947. NDL.
The Mighty "K": U.S.S. Karnes APA 175 (cover).
Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 18 leaves, soft, heavy blue paper cover with
blue printing and red and blue decoration, 18.3 x 26.8 cm, photos,
ports., map. NDL.
Photographed, Edited, and Published Aboard the Kenneth Whiting
AV-14, 1944-1945. Cover: Life Aboard the Kenneth Whiting.
Anon. Printed on board [1946?]. 25 leaves, soft cover with photo
of Whiting and red printing on red background, 26 x 20.7
cm, photos, ports. Private collection.
The Mighty "K": Photographic History of the U.S.S.
Kenton and Its Personnel (cover). Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 22
leaves, softcover with blue and white printing and photo of Kenton
in background, 27 x 34 cm, photos, ports., map, officer roster.
NDL.
Log of U.S.S. Kershaw APA 176. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 32 pp., photos, ship's history. This citation was taken from NDL card file although copy could not be located in NDL. No other known reference.
Kwaja-Lines: First Anniversary, USS Kwajalein CVE 98, June
7 '44-June 7 '45 (cover). Anon. Printed on board 1945. 16
pp., softcover, 23.5 x 15.9 cm, photos. Private collection.
The U.S.S. Kwajalein CVE 98: 100,000 Miles Under the Keel During
World War II (cover). Anon. Printed on board [1945?]. 5 pp.,
paper cover, 28 x 21.6 cm. Private collection.
Farewell to the Great Lake: USS Lake Champlain, the Anniversary
and Inactivation Issue (cover). Anon. New York: Anchor Printing,
[1947?]. 16 leaves, paper cover, 27 x 20.5 cm, photos, list of
plank owners. Dornbusch 1950: 919, Smith: 7486. USNA (rebound).
USS Lander, 1945 (cover). Ens. B. K. Isaacs, Jr., USNR,
ed. N.p., [1946?]. 57 leaves, embossed blue hardcover with title
and shield printed in gold, 20 x 24.5 cm, photos, ports., map,
roster. Dornbusch 1950: 920, Smith: 7489. NDL, NWC, NYPL, USNA.
Sea Goin' Memories: U.S.S. Lanier U.S. Navy Attack Transport
APA 125, 22 December 1944-1 November 1945. Anon. N.p., [1946?].
112 pp., heavy blue paper cover printed in dark blue, red, and
yellow, spiral binding, 30.5 x 23 cm, photos, port., map, roster.
Dornbusch 1950: 921, Smith: 7497. NDL, USNA.
U.S.S. LaSalle Family Album. Cover: U.S.S. LaSalle.
SoM3c D. L. Moore, ed. Seattle: Metropolitan Press, [1946?]. 31
pp., light blue paper cover with dark blue printing and photo
of ship, 26.2 x 20.3 cm, photos, ports., roster. NDL.
History of U.S.S. LCI 542, 1943þ1945. Frederick
R. Van Vechten, Jr., USNR, (inactive). [New York: C.P. Young Co.]
[1946?]. 36 pp., gray paper cover with black printing, 23.5 x
15.6 cm, photos, roster. NDL.
Copy in Navy Department Library. Author has not seen and has
no details. No other reference.
USS Lejeune (AP-74). Anon. Tacoma, Wash.: M. D. Boland,
[1947?]. 9 leaves, 22 x 28 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950:
922, Smith: 7504. NDL.
War History, USS Lenoir AKA 74, December 31, 1944 to November
4, 1945. Lt. D. O. Grossman, USNR. N.p., 1945. 20 leaves,
printed on one side only, 33 cm, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 923,
Smith: 7507. NYPL (film). This is a typewritten manuscript, probably
reproduced by mimeograph.
Tarawa to Tokyo, 1943-46. Lt. (jg) C. R. Million and
Lt. (jg) S. E. Whicher, eds. [Los Angeles: Standard Lithographic
Co.], 1945. 83 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing, 28.3
x 21.7 cm, photos, ports., map on endsheets and loose maps, 48.2
x 63.8 cm map of the Pacific Theater, roster. Dornbusch 1950:
926, Smith: 7522. NSP, PNAM, USNA.
The Blue Ghost: A Photographic Log and Personal Narrative of
the U.S.S. Lexington in Combat Operation. Capt. Edward Steichen,
USNR (Ret.). New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1947. 149 pp.,
blue hardcover, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 925, Smith: 7817,
Zeigler: 2690. NDL, private collection.
Shakedown Cruise United States Ship Leyte CV-32, August-
December 1946. Cover: U.S.S. Leyte CV32. Lt. Comdr. O. E.
Sporrer, USN, ed. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises (publisher),
Foot & Davies (printer), [1947?]. 100 leaves, embossed blue hardcover
with gold printing, 31 x 23 cm, photos, ports., map. USNA. This
is the first cruise book for this World War II-constructed ship
commissioned soon after the war.
The "Arkansas Traveler": U.S.S. Little Rock, 1945-
1947. Ens. C. L. Beach, ed. New York: Paramount Printing &
Publishing Co., 1947. 32 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing
and silhouette of Little Rock, 28.5 x 21.7 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Advertised in All Hands February 1948.
NDL, private collection. This is the first cruise book for this
World War II-constructed ship commissioned in June 1945.
Lady Lou. Cover: 1944. Anon. N.p., 1944. 16 leaves,
blue hardcover with silhouette of CA 38 and gold printing, spiral
binding, 22.2 x 28.3 cm, photos, ports., map. NSP.
Man of War: Log of the United States Heavy Cruiser Louisville.
Cover: Man of War. Anon. Philadelphia: Dunlap Printing Co., 1946.
219 pp., embossed brown hardcover with gold printing and silhouette
of Louisville, 31.3 x 23.3 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch
1950: 927, Smith: 7534, Zeigler: 2631. NDL, NSP, NWC.
United States Ship Lowry (DD-770): Leyte, Mindoro, Lingayan,
Iwo Jima, Tokyo Raid, Okinawa, Occupation of Japan. Cover:
Lowry Scrap Book, 1944-45. Anon. N.p., [1947?]. 41 leaves, blue
hardcover with white printing, 27.5 x 21 cm, photos, ports., maps.
Dornbusch 1950: 928, Smith: 7536. NDL, NWC, USNA..
The Cruise of The LSM 267 (cover). Robert P. Langlangs
and staff. Elmira, N.Y.: Quality Printers, [1946?]. 32 pp., orange
hardcover with black printing, 28 x 20.5 cm, photos, ports., map.
NDL (photocopy).
The United States Ship Landing Ship Tank 471. Cover:
The Fightin' 471. Anon. Charleston: Walker, Evans & Cogswell,
[1946?]. 10 leaves, blue hardcover with black printing and silhouette
of LST, 28.3 x 21.9 cm, photos, ports., large folding map tipped
in. Dornbusch 1950: 915, Smith: 7484. NDL, NYPL.
The Ol' Double Trouble. Cover: The Ol' Double Trouble
USS LST 491. Lt. James W. Knox, USNR. Pittsburgh: R. T. Lewis
Co., 1949. 56 pp., blue and white hardcover with blue printing
and drawing of LST 491, 22.2 x 14.5 cm, photos, ports.,
map. Dornbusch 1950: 916, Smith: 7482. Private collection.
Turn to: USS LST 511, United States Atlantic Fleet Amphibious
Force. Cover: USS LST 511, Turn To'. Anon. N.p., December
1945. 10 leaves, blue softcover with silver printing, 23.4 x 15.7
cm, photos, ports., roster. NDL.
Log of the LST 530. Cover: Log of the LST 530, Lt. Comdr.
Anthony D. Duke, Commanding. Lt. Comdr. Anthony Drexel Duke, ed.
New York: Phillip Andrews Publishing Co., 1945. 16 leaves, blue
hardcover with gold printing and spiral binding, 23.5 x 31 cm,
photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 917, Smith: 7243. NDL.
United States Ship Landing Ship Tanks 533: Ship History
(December 1943 to April 1953) (cover). Lt. E. C. Ross, USNR.
N.p., [1953?]. 15 pp., yellow paper cover with photo of LST
533, stapled binding, 26.5 x 20.2 cm, photos, ports. USNA.
The Flatbottom U.S.S. LST 692 (cover). Anon. N.p., [1945?].
14 leaves, blue, yellow, and gray softcover with black printing
and photo of ship, 26 x 20.5 cm, photos, map. Dornbusch 1950:
918, Smith: 7485. NDL.
A Little Bit of Nonsense. Cover: LST 925. Anon. N.p.,
[1946?]. 26 pp., buff softcover with blue printing, 23.2 x 15.3
cm, photos, ports., roster. NDL.
U.S.S. Ludlow (DD 438): "She's Been Around".
Anon. N.p., 1946. 36 pp., plus 6 unnumbered pp., blue softcover
with dark blue printing, 27.7 x 21.9 cm, photos. Dornbusch 1950:
929, Smith: 7538. NDL.
U.S.S. Lunga Point CVE 94: A Pictorial Log Covering the
Ship's Career in the War Against the Axis, 14 May 1944-14 May
1945. Cover: U.S.S. Lunga Point, Department of the Navy, 14
May 1944 to 14 May 1945. Lt. S. Linton Smith, USNR, ed. Raleigh,
N.C.: Edwards & Broughton Co., [1945?]. 240 pp., maroon hardcover
with gold printing and embossed emblem, 31.2 x 23.3 cm, photos,
ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 930, Smith: 7803. NDL, NYPL, PNAM,
TIL.
History of the U.S.S. Macomb DD 458-DMS 23, September 1941-
September 1945. Cover: U.S.S. Macomb, 1941-1945. Anon. Baltimore:
Horn-Shafer Co., [1945?]. 82 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing
and silhouette of DD 458, 27.2 x 19.9 cm, photos, ports., map,
roster. Dornbusch 1950: 931, Smith: 7543. NDL, NYPL.
The Unofficial Story of the Destroyer USS Madison. Cover:
There Was A Ship. Anon. [Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan Co.],
[1945?]. 16 leaves, buff paper cover with black title and reproduction
of watercolor painting of DD 425, 25.4 x 19.4 cm, one photo, drawings.
Dornbusch 1950: 932, Smith: 7560. NDL, NYPL (film).
U.S.S. Makassar Strait on Her Maiden Crossing of the Equator
on 14 October 1944 in World War II. Anon. N.p., October 1944.
37 pp., blue-gray softcover, 20 x 26.3 cm, photos, ports., partial
roster. NDL (missing cover).
U.S.S. Makassar Strait. Cover: The Mighty Mac' (CVE-91).
Anon. Seattle: Sterling Engraving Co., [1946?]. 36 leaves, red
hardcover with title and decoration printed in silver, 27 x 20.5
cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 933, Smith: 7562. NDL,
NYPL, USNA.
The Escort Carriers in Action: The Story--In Pictures--of
the Escort Carrier Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (cover). Supplement
for U.S.S. Makin Island (CVE-93) (on page 185). Comdr. Price Gilbert,
Jr., USNR. Atlanta: Ruralist Press, 1946. 184 pp. plus Makin Island
Supplement of 43 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing, 31.1
x 23.5 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. NSP, USNA. See Naval Aviation
Section for the version of this book on escort carrier operations
without the Makin Island Supplement.
U.S.S. Marcus Island CVE 77. Cover: U.S.S. Marcus Island.
Lt. (jg) D. G. Lannamann, USNR, et al. eds. San Diego: Arts &
Craft Press, [1946?]. 48 leaves, blue flexible cover with gold
printing and silhouette of CVE 77, 31 x 23.5 cm, photos, ports.,
roster. Private collection.
The Long Way Home or We've Been Around: Being a Chronicle
of the First Cruise of the U.S.S. Marquette from New York, New
York on 1 July 1945 to Norfolk, Virginia on 19 April 1946.
Cover: The Long Way Home: U.S.S. Marquette. K. W. Vining, CY.
Norfolk: Eugene L. Graves, June 1946. 73 pp., gray hardcover with
gold-embossed shield and red printing, 23.6 x 15.9 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 934, Smith: 7567. NDL.
U.S.S. Maryland 1941-1945 (cover). Anon. Baton Rouge:
Army & Navy Pictorial Publishers, 1946. 51 pp., blue hardcover
with embossed title and gold Navy seal, 27.2 x 19.6 cm, photos,
ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 935, Smith: 7572. NDL, NWC, USNA.
A Pictorial History of the U.S.S. Massachusetts. Cover:
U.S.S. Massachusetts, April 1942-August 1945. Anon. [San Antonio,
Tex.: Universal] [1945?]. 126 pp., embossed blue hardcover with
title and Massachusetts silhouette in silver, 28.6 x 22.3
cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 936, Smith: 7574. MSL,
NDL, NSP, NWC, NYPL, USNA.
U.S.S. Mayflower. Edwin A. Falk. New York: Benj. H.
Tyrrel, [1946?]. 71 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing, 24
x 16 cm, photos, USNA.
War Cruise, USS Mayo. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 55 pp., 22
x 28 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 937, Smith: 7575.
NDL.
History of the U.S.S. McNair, Commissioned December 30,
1943. Cover: U.S.S. McNair (DD 679). Anon. San Francisco:
Haywood H. Hunt, February 1946. 24 leaves, blue softcover with
dark blue printing and silhouette of DD 679, 26 x 17.5 cm, photos,
ports., roster. NDL.
The Album of USS Meade. Cover: USS Meade. Lt. (jg) Harry
Greenspan, ed. N.p., [1945?]. 72 leaves, embossed blue hardcover
with embossed ship silhouette, 27.2 x 21 cm, photos, ports., 48.7
x 44 cm map folded in pocket in back of book. Dornbusch 1950:
938, Smith: 7343, NDL.
Mellena Days (AKA 32) (cover). Anon. Portland, Oreg.:
T. G. Merkley Co., [1945?]. 47 leaves, 29 cm, photos, ports.,
map. Dornbusch 1950: 939, Smith: 7580. No known copy location.
Story of U.S.S. Melvin, Commissioned November 24, 1943.
Cover: This Is Our Story. Anon. San Francisco: Heywood H. Hunt,
1945. 43 pp., photos, ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 940, Smith:
7581. NDL, NSP, NYPL (film).
U.S.S. Memphis CL 13, 1942-1945 (cover). Lt. Walter
O. Severson USNR, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 12 leaves, blue softcover
with dark blue printing and photo of CL 13 in background, 29.8
x 22.5 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 941, Smith: 7582. NDL.
The Mighty "M". Cover: U.S.S. Meriwether APA
203, 1944-45. Lt. (jg) Clark F. Woodard, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 60
leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing and shield, 28.6 x 22.2
cm, photos, ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 942, Smith: 7584.
NDL.
The Story of the United States Ship Miami (CL89). Cover:
U.S.S. Miami. Anon. Baton Rouge: Army & Navy Pictorial Publishers,
1946. 47 leaves, embossed blue hardcover with gold printing and
silhouette of cruiser, 31 x 23 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch
1950: 943, Smith: 7585. NDL, USNA.
The "Minnie" or The War Cruise of the U.S.S. Minneapolis.
A. T. Luey and H. P. Bruvold. Elkhart, Ind.: Bell Printing Co.,
1946. 126 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing, 22.7 x 15.7
cm, photos, map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 944, Smith: 7539, Zeigler:
2633. NDL, NYPL, TIL, USNA. This cruise book was reprinted about
1987 and contains some extra material not in the original 1946
printing.
USS Mississippi: War Record, 1941-1945. Cover: USS Mississippi, 1941-1945. Anon. Baltimore and New York: Thomsen- Ellis-Hutton Co., [1946?]. 126 pp., black hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of bow view of BB 41, 31 x 23 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 945, Smith: 7593. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
U.S.S. Mississippi 1945. Anon. N.p., 1945. 14 leaves, gray and green softcover with black printing and photo of BB 41, 26.9 x 21 cm, photos, ports. NDL.
The History of U.S.S. Missouri. Cover: USS Missouri.
Anon. Atlanta: Albert Love Enterprises, [1945?]. 59 leaves, blue
hardcover with embossed title and gold-embossed reproduction of
surrender plaque, 31 x 23 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 946,
Smith: 7594. NDL, NYPL, TIL, USNA, WCL.
The Story of a Ship: USS Mobile and the Men Who Fought Her.
Cover: USS Mobile (CL 63). Anon. Long Beach: Greens, 1945. 80
leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of CL
63, 21 x 26 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 947, Smith: 7598.
NDL, NYPL, USNA.
The Mighty Mo. Cover: CL 63. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 50 leaves,
blue hardcover with gold printing, 16.7 x 24.6 cm, photos, ports.
USNA.
"History of the U.S.S. Monterey, 17 June 1943 to 2 September
1945." Anon. Unpublished typescript in three parts. Part
I: Chronology; Part II: Narrative. Part III: Appendices. Various
pagings. 26.5 x 19 cm. NDL. Rebound in blue hardcover.
War Diary of CL 57, U.S.S. Montpelier, September 1942-December
1945. Cover: "Mighty Monty." Lt. J. B. Cralle, USNR,
and Ens. J. R. Chadwick, USNR, eds. [New York: Robert E. Kelly
Publishing Co.], December 1945. 39 leaves, blue hardcover with
gold printing and photo of Montpelier pasted on, 20.3 x
26.7 cm, photos, ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 948, Smith: 7604.
NWC, NYPL, USNA.
The 212 (cover). Anon. Mare Island, Calif.: Autumn 1945.
31 leaves, green paper cover with black printing, 26.4 x 20.3
cm, photos, ports., map, roster. NYPL.
First Cruise of the "Mighty Mac" USS Mount McKinley,
1944-1945. Cover: First Cruise of the "Mighty Mac".
Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 24 leaves, gray and white softcover with
white printing, 28 x 21.6 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 949,
Smith: 7613. NDL.
Second Cruise of the "Mighty Mac" USS Mount McKinley:
Occupation of Japan, September-November 1945. Anon. N.p.,
1945. 12 leaves, softcover, 27.4 x 20.5 cm. Smith: 7614. NDL.
Third Cruise of the "Mighty Mac": Far Eastern Commission,
December 1945-February 1946. Anon. N.p., 1946. 12 leaves,
softcover, 27.4 x 20.5 cm. NDL.
Fourth Cruise of the "Mighty Mac": Operation Crossroads.
Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 22 leaves, softcover, 27.4 x 20.5 cm. NDL.
United States Ship Mount Vernon, a Navy Transport. Cover:
U.S.S. Mount Vernon. Anon. Philadelphia: Campus Publishing Co.,
1946. 52 leaves, blue hardcover with gold-embossed printing, 27.5
x 20.3 cm, photos, ports., loose 25.3 x 70.8 cm map. Dornbusch
1950: 950, Smith: 7615. NDL, private collection.
U.S.S. Mountrail APA 213: November 16, 1944 to December
1, 1945. Cover: U.S.S. Mountrail APA 213. Anon. N.p., [1946?].
38 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing, 28.4 x 22.1 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 951, Smith: 7616. NDL, private
collection.
Napalogue. Anon. Berkeley: Lederer Street & Zeus Co.,
1946. 107 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing and ship in background,
27.5 x 20.5 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 952,
Smith: 7619, Zeigler: 2651. MSL, NDL, USNA.
Your Ship, the Nashville, 1942-45. Cover: U.S.S. Nashville.
Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 124 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing,
12.3 x 17.2 cm, photos, map. Dornbusch 1950: 953, Smith: 7620.
NDL.
"History of U.S.S. Natoma Bay (CVE-62), October 1945."
Anon. N.p., n.d. 54 pp. NDL. This is a typed manuscript and was
stamped "Confidential" when originally issued. It is
an official operational report, not a cruise book.
The History of the U.S.S. Neshoba. Cover: U.S.S. Neshoba.
Anon. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing Co., [1946?]. 58 leaves,
embossed blue hardcover with title and silhouette of APA 216,
20.5 x 27 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 954,
Smith: 7631. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
USS Nevada, 1916-1946. Cover: USS Nevada. Lt. (jg) W.
S. Wyatt, USNR, ed. San Francisco: James H. Barry Co., [1946?].
196 pp., brown hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of
Nevada, 31 x 23.7 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 955,
Smith: 7632. NDL, private collection.
War Log, USS New Jersey, 1943-1945. Cover: War Log,
USS New Jersey. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 96 pp., gray and blue hardcover
with blue printing and gray silhouette of New Jersey, 27.5
x 20.4 cm, photos, ports., map, officers roster. Dornbusch 1950:
956, Smith: 7634. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
U.S.S. New Kent APA 217 (cover). Anon. N.p., [1946?].
20 leaves, 28 cm, photos. Dornbusch 1950: 957, Smith: 7635. NDL.
The No Boat: The Unfinished Story of the U.S.S. New Orleans.
Lt. Clyde Carters, Jr. Berkeley: James J. Gillick &
Co., [1945?]. 14 leaves, 22.0 x 14.0 cm, photos. Dornbusch 1950:
958, Smith: 7179. NDL (rebound), NYPL (film).
The History of the U.S.S. New York BB-34. Cover: USS
New York BB 34. Anon. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing Co.,
[1947?]. 112 leaves, embossed blue hardcover with white printing
and silhouette of BB 34, 20.5 x 27 cm, photos, ports., map, roster.
USNA.
U.S.S. Nicholas (DD 449) Destroyer. Cover: U.S.S. Nicholas.
Anon. Rochester, New York: Cohber Press, 1946. 55 pp., blue hardcover
with gold printing and silhouette of DD 449, 28.5 x 21.5 cm, photos,
ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 959, Smith: 7641. NYPL, USNA.
USS Nitro: A Chronological Story of the Cruise, April 44
to August 45 (cover). Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 9 leaves, white
paper cover with drawing of ship and title printed in black, 23
x 20.5 cm, drawings, map, roster. NDL.
The Story of a Good Ship: U.S.S. Noble (APA 218), 1944-
1945. Cover: U.S.S. Noble (APA 218). Anon. N.p., [1947?].
42 pp., blue hardcover with gold-embossed title, 28 x 20 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster, chronology of Pacific service. Dornbusch
1950: 960, Smith: 7642. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
The Showboat: BB 55 U.S.S. North Carolina. Cover: The
Showboat. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 72 leaves, blue hardcover with
gold background for printing, 27.8 x 21.3 cm, photos, ports.,
map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 961, Smith: 7649. NDL, NYPL NWC,
USNA.
War Diary of the U.S.S. Oberon. Anon. Seattle, Wash.:
Frank McCaffrey Co., [1945?]. 16 leaves, 24 cm, photos, ports.
Dornbusch 1950: 963, Smith: 7653. NDL.
Cruise Book: USS Oconto APA-187, 1944-46 (cover). Anon.
Portland, Oreg: T. G. Merkley, [1946?]. 56 leaves, blue hardcover
with title and silhouette of APA 187 printed in gold, 22 x 28
cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 964, Smith: 7654.
NDL, USNA.
Log of U.S.S. Oglethorpe. Anon. Seattle: Sterling Engraving
Co., [1946?]. 27 leaves, 19 x 26 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch
1950: 965, Smith: 7657. NDL.
U.S.S. Okaloosa (APA-219) (cover). Anon. Tacoma, Wash.:
Johnson Cox Co., [1945?]. 6 leaves, buff softcover with black
printing and ship photo of ship, spiral binding, 22 x 28 cm, photos,
ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 966, Smith: 7658. NDL, NYPL.
The Yearling: A Pictorial History of the First Year in the
Life of the United States Ship Oklahoma City, December 1944- December
1945. Cover: U.S.S. Oklahoma City. Anon. Rochester, N.Y.:
DuBois Press, [1946?]. 185 pp., blue hardcover with gold-embossed
printing and Indian shield, 27.5 x 20.5 cm, photos, ports., map,
roster. Dornbusch 1951 supp.: 1482, Smith: 7659. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
The Story of the USS Otus. Cover: Otus Odyssey. Chaplain
E. I. Van Antwerp, USNR, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 47 leaves, blue hardcover
with silver printing and emblem, 27.3 x 20 cm, photos, ports.,
roster. Private collection.
The U.S.S. Panamint: Amphibious Force Flagship 13, Her Voyage
and Her Mission, World War II. Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 36 leaves,
photos. Dabney Catalogue 352: 445. No known copy location.
Panamint Parade of the Bikini Bums. Cover: Panamint Parade.
Anon. N.p., 1946. 44 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing,
26.7 x 21 cm, photos, port, map, passenger list. Private collection.
This is a post-WW II book covering the Bikini atomic bomb tests
shortly after the close of WW II.
CL-65 U.S.S. Pasadena (cover). Anon. San Angelo, Tex.:
Newsfoto Publishing Co., [1945?]. 38 leaves, 20 x 27 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 967, Smith: 7675. NDL.
Saga of the U.S.S. Pelias Submarine Tender (AS-14).
Anon. San Francisco: Schwabacher-Frey Co., 1946. 24 leaves, heavy
buff paper cover with blue printing and photograph of AS 14, 30.5
x 22.9 cm, photos, ports. NDL (photocopy), SFM.
War History of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania (BB 38). Cover:
War History of the USS Pennsylvania. Lt. Clifton Cates, Jr., USN.
Published by Ship's Welfare Fund. Seattle: Metropolitan Press,
[1946?]. 66 pp., heavy blue paper cover with black printing and
silhouette of BB 38, spiral binding, 30.5 x 23 cm, photos, ports.,
maps, list of dead. Dornbusch 1950: 968, Smith: 7182. NDL, NWC,
NYPL, USNA.
USS Pensacola CA-24, 1929 thru 1946. Cover: U.S.S. Pensacola.
Anon. San Francisco: Phillips & Van Orden Co., 1946. 108 pp.,
blue hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of Pensacola,
28.5 x 22 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 969,
Smith: 7682, Zeigler: 2660. NDL, NWC, NYPL, USNA.
History of USS Phelps (DD 360), 1936-1945. Cover: USS
Phelps DD 360 History. Lt. Roger E. Jones, USN (ret.), ed. N.p.,
[1946?]. 345 pp., white softcover with red and black printing
and picture of Phelps with dates 1936-1945 and motto in
English and Latin, 21.6 x 28 cm. NWC.
The Story of the U.S.S. Philippine Sea (CV-47). Cover:
The U.S.S. Philippine Sea, 1946-1948. Anon. N.p., [1948?]. 56
leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing and embossed silhouette
of CV 47, 31.2 x 23.6 cm, photos, ports., map. NDL, PNAM, USNA.
Part of wartime construction, CV 47 was commissioned shortly after
WW II ended. This is the first cruise book for CV 47.
The Story of the Pickens APA 190, September 1944-April 1946.
Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 23 pp. Smith: 7688. No known copy location.
Unofficial Log of the USS Pittsburgh: Boston-Panama-Jamaica-
Miami-New York, Twelfth of January to Twentieth of January, 1945.
Cover: Over the Bounding Main. Anon. N.p., [1945?], flexible blue
cover with black printing, spiral binding, 29.2 x 22.9 cm, photos,
ports., drawings. NDL.
History of USS Pocomoke (AV-9) (Large Seaplane Tender),
From 28 April 1941 to 2 September 1945 (cover). Anon. Printed
on board November 1945. 5 pp., printed on one side of sheet only,
buff softcover with black printing and photo of AV 9, 26.3 x 19.8
cm, photos, ports., map, chronology and history. NDL.
U.S.S. Pondera (APA-191). Cover: U.S.S. Pondera APA
191, 1944-46. Anon. San Diego: Frye & Smith, March 1946. 58 leaves,
blue hardcover with gold printing and emblem, 28.6 x 22 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 970, Smith: 7691, Zeigler:
2661. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
Odyssey of the U.S.S. Quincy. Cover: Odyssey: U.S.S.
Quincy. Lt. (jg) W. E. Jessup, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 111 pp., blue
hardcover with gold printing and Navy Department seal, 28.7 x
22.3 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 971, Smith:
7710. NDL, TIL, USNA.
The Gangway: A Pictorial History of the U.S.S. Randolph's
First Year at Sea, October 9, 1944 to October 9, 1945. Cover:
U.S.S. Randolph. Lt. Jack Herod, ed. N.p., 1946. 80 leaves, maroon
hardcover with embossed title and gold-embossed emblem, 31 x 23
cm, photos, ports., maps, roster. NDL, NSP, NYPL, USNA.
U.S.S. Razorback SS 394. Lt. Aubrey, ed. N.p., [1945?].
31 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing and emblem, 30.8
x 23 cm, photos, ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 972, Smith: 7718.
NDL, USNA.
Advertised in All Hands, July 1947. No other reference.
A Record of the Service of the U.S.S. Remey Consisting of
Copies of Letters, Newspaper Clippings, and Photographs Regarding
this Ship From Her Launching to the Close of World War II.
Assembled by Charles Mason Remey. Washington: Charles Mason Remey,
[1947?]. 59 leaves, typed on one side of leaf only, flexible brown
binder, 28 x 21.7 cm, photos, ports. NYPL. This is not a true
cruise book, but a scrapbook and brief history of USS Remey
put together by Charles Remey. Few copies were made; the NYPL
copy is No. 5.
U.S.S. Reno (cover). Anon. San Francisco: Carlisle,
[1945?]. 28 leaves, blue hardcover with title and decoration printed
in gold, 28 x 21.2 cm, photos, ports., roster. NDL, USNA.
The United States Ship Renville APA 227. Cover: U.S.S.
Renville. Ens. Oscar Lax, ed. N.p., January 1946. Blue softcover
with title and eagle printed in gold, 22 x 14.5 cm, photos, ports.,
roster. NDL, USNA.
Log of the U.S.S. Richard P. Leary. Anon. N.p., [1946?].
Unpaged, blue hardcover, 23.5 x 18 cm. USNA.
U.S.S. Richmond in the Pacific War. Anon. Philadelphia:
Allen Lane & Scott, December 1945. 10 leaves, heavy paper cover
with printing in green and black and photo of CL 9, spiral binding,
28.5 x 22 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 973,
Smith: 7730. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
The Officers and Men of the U.S.S. Ringgold Bid You a Cordial
Welcome and Offer You This Booklet. Anon. Printed on board
October 1945. 14 pp. Smith: 7732. No known copy location. This
is not a true cruise book, but a visitor's brochure.
War History of the U.S.S. Rodman (cover). Anon. N.p.,
[1946?]. 47 pp., buff paper cover with black printing and photo
of DMS 21, 13.4 x 20 cm, photos, map, roster. NDL.
NDL. This is not a WW II book. It covers a 1939 homeward cruise
from the Orient to New York via Suez.
U.S.S. Saint Croix APA 231, 1944-1945. Anon. Portland,
Oreg: T. G. Merkley Co., [1945?]. 48 pp., blue paper cover with
gold printing and emblem, 28 x 21.7 cm, photos, ports., roster.
Dornbusch 1950: 974, Smith: 7754. NDL.
The Lucky Lou CL 49: The Saga of the Lucky Lou. Anon.
San Francisco: Allied Photographic, 1945. 61 leaves, blue hardcover
with gold-embossed letters. Private collection.
The War Cruise of the U.S.S. Saint Paul. Comdr. Thomas
H. Suddath, USN, and Lt. Comdr. Stanley T. Dommer, USNR, eds.
N.p., [1945?]. 96 pp., blue hardcover with title printed in gold,
28 x 18.5 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 975,
Smith: 7831. NDL, USNA.
The First Hitch: A History of the First Year in the Life
and Times of the United States Ship Saipan CVL-48 From July 1946
to July 1947. Cover: U.S.S. Saipan 1946þ1947. Chaplain
Alden A. Read and CPhoM Cecil P. Free, eds. Philadelphia: Campus
Publishing, [1947?]. 176 pp., blue hardcover with title and ship
silhouette embossed in gold, 27 x 20 cm, photos, ports., map.
NDL, USNA. This is the first cruise book of a ship built in the
war program and completed shortly after WW II.
The Story of the U.S.S. Salt Lake City, 1929 to 1946.
Cover: USS Salt Lake City. Anon. Long Beach: Green's, 1946. 72
pp., blue hardcover with gold printing, 23.6 x 16.3 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 976, Smith: 7755. NDL, NSP.
War Record, U.S.S. Samuel N. Moore, Destroyer Division 122.
Cover: U.S.S. Samuel N. Moore, Destroyer-747, 24 June 1944-15
August 1945, War Record Book. Lt. (jg) W. G. Solum, USNR, ed.
YM2c William Robert Hoke, publisher, [1945?]. 27 pp., heavy paper
cover with blue printing and photograph of ship, 27.2 x 20.6 cm,
photos, map. NDL.
U.S.S. San Diego Cruiser. Cover: U.S.S. San Diego, World
War II. , Ens. Peter J. Firra, ed. Berkeley: Lederer Street &
Zeus, [1946?]. 127 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing and
silhouette of CL 53, 27.4 x 20.5 cm, photos, ports., map, roster.
NDL, USNA.
One Ship, U.S.S. San Francisco, The Crew's Cruise Book.
Cover: U.S.S. San Francisco, One Ship. Anon. San Francisco: Crocker
Union Lithography Co., 1945. 41 leaves, blue and gray hardcover
with silhouette of CA 38 and Golden Gate Bridge, 22.1 x 28.3 cm,
photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 977, Smith: 7756. NDL, USNA (rebound).
A Short History of the U.S.S. San Jacinto, 3 May 1944-14
September 1945. Anon. San Francisco: Merrill Reed, [1945?].
77 pp., blue hardcover with title printed in gold, 28 x 21.5 cm,
photos, ports., map, roster, award roster. Dornbusch 1950: 978,
Smith: 7757. NDL, USNA.
USS San Juan. Cover: Panther Strikes USS San Juan. E.
G. Hines, USNR. Seattle: Sterling Engraving Co. (not noted in
NYPL copy), [1946?]. 53 leaves, cream hardcover with orange and
black printing and logo, 28 x 20.9 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch
1950: 979, Smith: 7405. NYPL, USNA (rebound).
The San Saba: U.S.S. San Saba (APA 232) (cover). Anon.
N.p., [1946?]. 16 leaves, gray paper cover with black printing,
20 x 28 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 980, Smith: 7758.
NDL.
U.S.S. Sanborn (cover). Anon. Seattle: Sterling Engraving
Co., [1946?]. 48 leaves, heavy blue paper cover with gold printing
and silhouettes of ship, spiral binding, 27 x 21.2 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 980A, Smith: 7759. NDL, NYPL.
The Story of the U.S.S. Sangamon: An Oil Can With Wings.
Cover: U.S.S. Sangamon. Anon. Baton Rouge: Army & Navy Pictorial
Publishers, [1945?]. 64 leaves, blue hardcover with gold lettering
and red and gold logo of flying oil can, 22.9 x 30.6 cm, photos,
ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 981, Smith: 7760, NDL, PNAM.
The U.S.S. Santa Fe: A Pictorial Record of a Light Cruiser
During the War Years, 1942-1945. Cover: U.S.S. Santa Fe CL-
60. Lt. (jg) Forrest W. Voss and Ens. Lewis A. Kremer, eds. Chicago:
Rogers Printing Co., [1946?]. 169 pp., blue hardcover with gold-embossed
title and emblem, 31.1 x 23.4 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch
1950: 982, Smith: 7947. NDL, PNAM, USNA.
Sara: The Story of the U.S.S. Saratoga. Lt. B. J. Richards,
ed. N.p., [1946?]. 173 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing
and silhouette of CV 3, 23.5 x 30.5 cm, photos, ports., 55.8 x
74.2 cm map inserted loosely. Dornbusch 1950: 983, Smith: 7761,
Zeigler: 2671. NDL, PNAM, USNA (rebound).
U.S.S. Saufley (DD 465): Her Story (cover). Anon. Charleston:
Walker, Evans & Cogswell, [1946?]. 53 pp., orange softcover with
black printing and silhouette of destroyer, 17.6 x 12.5 cm, photos,
ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 984, Smith: 7762. NDL.
Battle Baby: A Pictorial History of the Escort Carrier USS
Savo Island (CVE 78). Cover: 125,000 Miles of Pacific Hell
and History: A Pictorial History of the Escort Carrier U.S.S.
Savo Island (CVE 78). Lt. Brantford B. Benton, ed. Baton Rouge:
Army & Navy Publishing Co., 1946. 132 pp., embossed blue hardcover
with gold printing, 30.8 x 23.3 cm, photos, ports., map, roster.
Dornbusch 1950: 985, Smith: 7763, Zeigler: 2675. NDL.
Logbook of the Second War Patrol. 140 pp., Beachcomber
Books, Cortaro, Arizona Catalogue of November 1985. No known copy
location. Author has not seen this book and there is a question
as to whether it is a cruise book.
"The Mighty Rock": The Story of the USS Shamrock
Bay CVE 84. Cover: USS Shamrock Bay CVE 84. Anon. Baton Rouge:
Army & Navy Pictorial Publisher, 1946. 95 pp., green hardcover
with gold printing and decoration, 27 x 19.5 cm, photos, port.,
map. Dabney Catalogue 324, November 1988. Private collection.
Shangri-la to Bikini. E. G. Hines. N.p., [1946?]. 127
pp., blue hardcover with embossed title, 27.4 x 20.3 cm, photos,
ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 987, Smith: 7406. NDL.
Saga Shannon: The Story of the USS Shannon DM 25 in Action,
1944-1945. Cover: Saga Shannon, 1944þ1946: USS Shannon
DM 25. John Noyes. New York: J. Curtis Blue, [1945?]. 80 pp.,
blue hardcover with gold printing and decoration of mine and chain,
31.2 x 23.3 cm, photos, ports., maps, roster. Dornbusch 1950:
988, Smith: 7652, Zeigler: 2655. NDL, NYPL.
The Fighting Story of the Shootin' Shea: A Complete Review
of the U.S.S. Shea DM 30 and the Thrilling Part She and Her Valiant
Crew Played in Bringing About Our Greatest Victory (cover).
James E. T. Carrigan, ed. New York: Collinson & Klingman, [1945?].
48 pp., white paper cover with blue and red printing, 27.5 x 23
cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 989, Smith: 7780.
NDL, NYPL.
U.S.S. Sheliak, Commissioned 1 Dec. 1944 (cover). George
Downing, ed. San Francisco: Hooper Printing Co., [1946?]. 32 pp.,
hardcover with silver printing and photograph of AKA 62, 29.8
x 22.4 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Private collection.
Siboney News: Souvenir Edition, 14 May 1945þ23 January
1946 (cover). Chaplain R. G. Massengale, ed. N.p., 1946. 6
leaves, paper cover with black printing and photograph of CVE
112, 15.3 x 22.9 cm, photos, ports., map. Private collection.
USS Sierra, Destroyer Tender, March 1944 to March 1946
(cover). Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 24 leaves, gray paper cover with
black printing and silhouette of Sierra, 26.3 x 23.3 cm,
photos, ports., map. NDL.
U.S.S. Sitkoh Bay CVE 86, 1945 (cover). Anon. N.p.,
[1945?]. 28 leaves, blue and white hardcover with printing in
white and blue and bow view of CVE 86, 28 x 21.7 cm, photos, ports.,
map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 991, Smith: 7796. NYPL.
The Wartime Cruise of the U.S.S. Smith: DD 378 (cover).
Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 48 pp., blue hardcover with title printed
in gold, 28.5 x 22.2 cm, photos, ports., roster. Dabney Catalogue
372, March 1991. NDL, USNA.
A Pictorial Account of Crossin' the Line, U.S.S. Sperry
(A.S. 12). Cover: Crossin' the Line, 4 December 1945, U.S.S.
Sperry (AS 12) Bound From Guam, Mariana Islands to Manus, Admiralty
Islands. Comdr. F. M. Gambacorta et al., eds. N.p., 1945. 13 leaves,
heavy white paper cover with blue printing and decoration and
photograph of AS 12, 27.5 x 21.6 cm, photos, map, roster. NDL.
The Pictorial History of the USS Springfield CL-66.
Cover: USS Springfield. Anon. San Angelo, Tex.: Newsfoto Publishing
Co., [1947?]. 62 leaves, blue hardcover with title and gold-embossed
silhouette of ship, 20.5 x 27.4 cm, photos, ports., map, roster.
Dornbusch 1950: 993, Smith: 7811. NDL, USNA.
USS Stevenson (DD 645), 1942-1945. Anon. Chicago: University
Printing Co., [1946?]. 117 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing
and silhouette of DD 645, spiral binding, 27.4 x 21 cm, photos,
ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 994, Smith: 7818, NDL, NYPL,
USNA (rebound).
"Ramp" 224 (cover). Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 8
pp., heavy blue paper cover with black printing and DD 224 in
background, 26.8 x 20.3 cm, photos. Dornbusch 1950: 995, Smith:
7819. NDL, NYPL. This booklet describes the recommissioning of
Stewart in the United States Navy after being captured
by the Japanese in Java and spending most of WW II in the Japanese
Navy.
U.S.S. Stormes DD 780. Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 17 leaves,
28 cm, photos. Dornbusch 1950: 996, Smith: 7826. No known copy
location.
War Log U.S.S. Suwannee CVE 27. Anon. Baton Rouge: Army
&
Navy Pictorial Publishers, [1946?], end paper map printed by the
Engineer Map Reproduction Plant. 86 pp., embossed blue hardcover,
27 x 19.4 cm, photos, map. Dornbusch 1950: 997, Smith: 7835. TIL.
U.S.S. Takanis Bay. Cover: A Short History: U.S.S. Takanis
Bay. Anon. Seattle: Sterling Engraving Co., [1946?]. 37 leaves,
light blue-gray hardcover with black printing and silhouette of
CVE 89, 27.4 x 21 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 997, Smith:
7841. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
History of the USS Talamanca (cover and top of page
1). Lt. (jg) Robert C. Alexander III, USNR. N.p., 1945. 10 pp.,
printed on one side, typewritten and mimeographed, paper cover
with black printing and drawing of AF 15, 26.8 x 20.5 cm, roster.
Private collection.
U.S.S. Tarawa. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 32 leaves, blue
softcover with gold printing and decoration, 26 x 19 cm, photos,
ports., officer's roster. Dornbusch 1950: 998, Smith: 7847. NDL,
USNA (rebound).
War-Time Log of the U.S.S. Tate AKA-70, 25 November 1944
to 12 December 1945. Cover: War-Time Log of the U.S.S. Tate
AKA-70. Anon. Everett, Wash.: Kane and Marcus Co., [1945?]. 20
leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing and silhouette of Tate,
26.2 x 20.9 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 999,
Smith: 7848. NDL, NYPL.
The U.S.S. Taylor DD-468, August 28, 1942-September 2, 1945.
Cover: U.S.S. Taylor. G. M. Holstein, ed. N.p., [1946?]. 48 leaves,
blue hardcover with gold printing and anchor, 30.9 x 23.4 cm,
photos, ports., map. Dabney Catalogue 380, December 1991. Private
collection.
Two-O-Nine: A Ship's Biography. Cover: Two-O-Nine. HA1c
Gilbert S. Mombach, ed. Published by USS Tazewell APA 209. Berkeley:
Howell-North Press, [1946?]. 96 pp., blue hardcover with gold
printing, 27.2 x 20.3 cm, photos, ports., roster. Dabney Catalogue
380, December 1991. Private collection.
USS Tennessee, December 7, 1941-December 7, 1945 (cover).
Anon. Philadelphia: Clark Printing House, 1946. 209 pp., embossed
blue hardcover with silver printing and silhouette of Tennessee,
31.2 x 23.4 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 1000,
Smith: 7849. NSP, NYPL, USNA.
U.S.S. Teton (AGC-14). Cover: Teton Diary. Anon. Printed
on board [1945?]. 24 leaves, 26.5 x 35 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch
1951 supp.: 1486, Smith: 7852. NYPL (film).
The United States Ship Texas in World War II: A Pictorial
Review of the Accomplishments of the Thirty-One Year Old Battleship.
Cover: The United States Ship Texas in World War II. Anon. [New
York: Publishers Print Co.], 1946 copyright by Welfare Fund, USS
Texas. 63 leaves, blue softcover, 21 x 26 cm, photos. Dornbusch
1950: 1001, Smith: 7853, Zeigler: 2532. NSP, USNA (rebound).
U.S.S. Thadeus Parker DE-369, or Gullible's Travels.
Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 30 pp., 29 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950:
1002. Smith: 7854. NDL.
Log of the U.S.S. Theenim
U.S.S. Thetis Bay (cover). Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 18 leaves,
gray paper cover with black printing and drawing of CVE 90, 20
x 28 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 1003, Smith: 7855.
NDL.
In Oriental Waters: USS Thomas Jefferson (APA 30). Cover:
In Oriental Waters, USS Thomas Jefferson, July-November 1945.
Lt. (jg) W. H. Rogers, ed. N.p., published by Ship's Welfare Department,
1945. 16 pp., heavy buff paper cover with brown printing and silhouette
of APA 30, 27 x 20.5 cm, photos, ports. NDL.
Pacific Islands Peoples and Crossing the Equator, USS Thomas Jefferson
(APA 30). Cover: A War Cruise of the Pacific, USS Thomas Jefferson,
January 1945-July 1945. Anon. N.p., published by Ship's Welfare
Department, 1945. 17 leaves, blue softcover with black printing,
26.7 x 20.4 cm, photos, ports., Antheil Book Catalogue, July 1982.
NDL.
USS Thorn DD 647: War Record and History, April 1943-March
1946. Cover: USS Thorn DD 647. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 53 pp., blue
hardcover with printing in gold, 28.5 x 21.5 cm, photos, ports.,
map, list of plank owners. Dornbusch 1950: 1004, Smith: 7861.
NDL, USNA.
USS Ticonderoga War Log, 8 May 1944 to 5 October 1945. Cover:
USS Ticonderoga CV-14. Anon. Baton Rouge: Army & Navy Pictorial
Publishers, 1946. 153 pp., embossed blue hardcover with gold printing,
31.3 x 23.3 cm, photos, ports., roster, map. Dornbusch 1950: 1005,
Smith: 7864. No known copy location.
The U.S.S. Topeka CL 67: The Story of a Fighting Ship and
Her Fighting Men, 1944-1945. Cover: U.S.S. Topeka CL 67, 1944þ1945.
Ens. H. W. Arthur. Chaplain Mitchell T. Ancher, USNR, ed. Officers
and men of the USS Topeka, publisher. N.p., [1946?]. 143 pp.,
blue hardcover with gold printing, 31 x 23.2 cm, photos, ports.,
roster. NDL.
U.S.S. Tulagi CVE-72, 1943-1946. Anon. N.p., March 29, 1946.
34 pp., heavy blue paper cover, 20.3 x 26.7 cm, photos, ports.,
map. Private collection.
Tuscaloosa Merry-Go-Round, 1944 (cover). Anon. Philadelphia:
E. A. Wright Co., [1945?]. Heavy gray paper cover with red and
black printing and map and Indian in background, 21 x 25.5 cm,
photos, ports. NDL.
U.S.S. Valley Forge World Cruise, 1947-48. Comdr. J. P.
Lunger, USN, ed. N.p., [1948?]. 71 leaves, blue hardcover with
gold printing and silhouette of CV 45, 31 x 23.6 cm, photos, ports.,
map. Antheil Booksellers Catalogue, January 1987. PNAM, USNA.
This is the first cruise book of this ship built in the WW II
shipbuilding program but completed after the war ended.
Advertised in All Hands, July 1946. No known copy location.
U.S.S. Vicksburg (CL 86) (cover). Anon. Long Beach, Calif.:
Greens, [1946?]. 34 leaves, blue softcover with gold printing
and silhouette of ship, 15.5 x 23 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch
1950: 1006, Smith: 7944. NDL, USNA.
A Log of the Vincennes. Donald H. Doris. Louisville: Standard
Printing, 1947. 402 pp., 23.5 x 15.0 cm, photos, ports., casualty
list. Advertised in All Hands, May 1948, Smith: 7240. USNA.
Antheil Booksellers Catalogue, October 1986. No known copy
location.
USS Wakefield AP-21, Operated for the U.S. Navy by the U.S.
Coast Guard. Cover: U.S.S. Wakefield AP-21 War Cruise History.
Anon. Philadelphia: Clark Printing House, 1946. 66 pp., embossed
blue hardcover with gold printing and Coast Guard seal and campaign
ribbons, 27.6 x 20.4 cm, photos, ports., map. Advertised in All
Hands, January 1948. NDL, private collection.
U.S.S. Warren. Cover: The 53. W. J. Lugman, ed. Chicago:
Suiter Craft, [1946?]. 48 leaves, embossed blue hardcover with
white printing and star, 22.5 x 28 cm, photos, ports., map, roster.
Smith: 7960. NDL, NYPL, USNA.
Cruise Book, USS Wasatch, 1944-45 (cover). Lt. (jg) James
Conwell Welch, ed. Printed on board [1945?]. 25 leaves, paper
cover with printing in purple and map of Pacific Ocean as background,
30 x 22.4 cm, photos, ports., map, roster. Dornbusch 1950: 1007,
Smith: 7964. NDL.
History of the U.S.S. Washington, 1941-1946. Cover: U.S.S.
Washington, 1941-1946. Lt. Comdr. R. W. Baker, USN, ed. New York:
Robert W. Kelly Publishing Co., [1946?]. 119 pp., blue hardcover
with title and emblem printed in gold, 27 x 20 cm, photos, ports.
Dornbusch 1950: 1008, Smith: 7081, Zeigler: 2734. NDL, NWC, NYPL,
USNA.
U.S.S. Wasp CV 18, (The Seventh Wasp Belonging to the United
States), History (From Commissioning, 24 November 1943 to V-J
Day, 2 September 1945, East Longitude Date. Cover: U.S.S. Wasp
CV 18, The Seventh Wasp, History, 24 November 1943-2 September
1945. Anon. N.p., 1945. 101 pp., typewritten on one side of page,
heavy paper cover with white printing and photograph of CV 18
in background, 26.4 x 20 cm. NDL. This is not a true cruise book,
but an operations history. It contains a chronology and narrative
of operations of USS Wasp in WW II.
Prep Charlie: A History of the Peregrinations of Our Fighting
Lady, USS Wasp, While Mothering Air Group Eighty-one. Cover: Prep
Charlie. Anon. Wasp and Air Group 81, publisher. N.p., 1945. 208
pp., blue hardcover with gold printing and signal flags, 31 x
23 cm, photos, ports., map, roster of flight personnel. Dornbusch
1950: 1010, Smith: 7966, Zeigler: 2736. USNA.
The Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp CV-18. Cover: USS Wasp. Lt. James
S. Ferris, ed. Boston: George F. Crosby Co., [1946?]. 107 pp.,
embossed blue hardcover with gold printing and decoration, 31.2
x 24 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 1009, Smith: 7965, Zeigler:
2735. Private collection. Smith lists this book as being printed
by Army & Navy Publishing Co. of Baton Rouge. Dornbusch, Zeigler,
and the author's own observation indicate that George F. Crosby
of Boston was the printer. There is a later Wasp cruise book from
the early 1950s which was Army & Navy Publishing Co. and perhaps
this has led to confusion.
U.S.S. Webster (ARV 2). Cover: U.S.S. Webster: War Cruise
to Tokyo Bay, 1945. Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 22 leaves, light blue
softcover with dark blue printing, 23 x 15.4 cm, photos, ports.,
roster, chronology of ports of call. NDL.
United States Ship Westmoreland APA (AGCR) 104 . . . Flagship
of Commander Transport Squadron Twenty-Two. Cover: U.S.S. Westmoreland
(APA 104). Anon. N.p., [1946?]. 12 leaves, blue softcover with
gold printing and decoration, 27.2 x 19.8 cm, photos, ports.,
roster, chronology of travel. Dornbusch 1950: 1011, Smith: 7973.
NDL.
U.S.S. West Point: The Story of Naval Transportation and
the Return of GI Joe. Anon. Washington: 1945. 21 pp. Smith: 7889.
No known copy location.
USS West Virginia Crosses the Equator Again, October 1944.
Lt. R. O. Baumrucker, USNR, ed. San Francisco: Trade Pressroom,
[1945?]. 78 pp., blue softcover with gold printing and Navy seal,
27.8 x 21.2 cm, photos, ports., roster. Controvich 1992. NDL,
USNA.
300,000 Miles to Victory. Cover: U.S.S. Wichita. Anon. N.p.,
[1946?]. 86 pp., blue hardcover with gold printing and eagle,
20.7 x 25.7 cm, photos, ports., map. Dornbusch 1950: 1012, Smith:
7984. NDL, NWC, USNA.
Advertised by Campus Publishing Co., Philadelphia, in All
Hands, November 1946. No known copy location.
A Record of the USS Wisconsin BB64 Dedicated to Those Men
of the United States Navy Who Served Aboard From 1943 to 1947.
Cover: USS Wisconsin. Anon. Philadelphia: Campus Publishing Co.,
[1947?]. 96 leaves, blue hardcover with gold printing and eagle,
29 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 1013, Smith: 7986. NYPL.
Historical Report, 219th Hospital Ship Complement, USAHS
Wisteria. Anon. N.p., [1945?]. 24 pp., Smith: 7993. No known copy
location. This is an Army ship and unit, but is included here
because of its similarity to other material covered.
U.S.S. Woolsey DD 437, Dedicated to the Men Who Manned and
Fought the Woolsey World War II. Cover: U.S.S. Woolsey DD 437.
Anon. Philadelphia: Campus Publishing Co., [1946?]. 24 leaves,
embossed blue hardcover with gold printing and decoration, 27.6
x 20.4 cm, photos, ports. Dornbusch 1950: 1014, Smith: 7998. NDL.
Into the Wind: U.S.S. Yorktown in World War II CV 10 (cover).
Lt. Robert L. Brandt, USNR, ed. N.p., 1946. 160 pp., embossed
blue hardcover with gold printing and emblem, 31.4 x 23.5 cm,
photos, ports., maps. Dornbusch 1950: 1015, Smith: 8004. NWC.
History of the U.S.S. Yukon (AF-9) Navy Supply Ship. Comdr.
A. L. McMullen and Y2C E. J. Roeckel. N.p., [1946?]. 125 pp.,
green paper cover with black printing and photo of AF 9, 28 x
22 cm, photos, ports., roster. Dornbusch 1950: 1016, Smith: 7556.
NDL.
Narrative War History of USS Zaurak (AK 117), March 17, 1944 to January 30, 1946. Cover: History of the USS Zaurak (AK 117). Lt.(jg) T. H. Coley, USNR. N.p., 1946. 40 pp., roster. NSP (photocopy).