Menus from Ship to Shore

Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners on Navy ships and shore installations provide an excellent snapshot of military food service and life in the Navy. Although today's Navy cooks and bakers are preparing more health-conscious meals for sailors and their families, these menus from 1903 to 1982 provide a nostalgic glimpse for all those who remember a meal with fellow sailors.

These menus are part of the Library's collection of holiday menus.

Ships

Thanksgiving		Christmas
Altair 1932		Altair 1932
Arizona 1917		Astoria 1937
Arkansas 1919		Barry 1956
Augusta 1942		Bridge 1935
Barry 1956		Bridge 1941
Case 1929		Case 1926
Coral Sea 1948		Case 1927
Craven 1938		Cavalla 1982
Hartford 1903		Colorado 1926
Holland 1935		Coral Sea 1948
Iowa 1943		Cushing 1939
Kentucky 1907		Guam 1932
New Jersey 1917		Henderson 1931
Oklahoma 1935		Kalinin Bay 1943
Raleigh 1905		Mississippi 1940
Sperry 1950		Monterey 1918
Wake Island 1943		Nevada 1945
		New Orleans 1934
		New York 1943
		Nitro 1932
		Oklahoma 1936
		Oklahoma 1937
		Omaha 1937
		Oregon 1917
		Raleigh 1937
		Ramsay 1930
		Ramsay 1931
		Rochester 1931
		Sacramento No date
		Santa Fe 1945

Shore Establishments

Thanksgiving		Christmas
Amphibious Training Center - Tulagi, Solomon Islands 1944		Navy Receiving Station, Boston Massachusetts 1942
Fleet Service Schools - Norfolk, Virginia 1944		Navy Station, New Orleans-Algiers, Louisiana 1942
Naval Repair Base, San Diego, California 1944		Navy Training Station, San Diego, California 1943
Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Virginia 1945
Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma 1956
Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia 1958
Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia 1959

Miscellaneous Menus

Apollo 10 Astronaut's Menu Onboard USS Princeton 1969
Armistice Day 1942
Birthday Dinner for Admiral Yarnell on USS Augusta 1937
Farewell Dinner to USS Augusta Officers 1937
July 4th Dinner on board the USS Coral Sea at Golfe Juan, France, 1948
July 4th Dinner, Officer's Mess, Philipine Islands 1945
New Year's Dinner, USS Iowa BB-61 1955
New Year's Dinner, USS Isabel PY-10 1922
Shellback Dinner, USS Wisconsin BB-64 1953
[George] Washington's Birthday Dinner, USS Pittsburgh, 1918

Related Sources: Navy Department Library Seeks Ship And Shore Holiday Menus.

USS Chaumont (AP-5), 1921-1948 - Miscellaneous Images (includes Thanksgiving and Christmas menus -1936).