UA 552.01 Admiral Charles D. Griffin Collection

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Admiral Charles D. Griffin (1/12/1906-6/26/1996) served in many capacities during his 41 years of Naval Service. He was involved in major incidents in the Second World War, Korean War, the Cold War. Griffin also participated in the famous "Revolt of the Admirals" in the late 1940s. In the early 1960s, he served as Commander, Seventh Fleet and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations. Later in his career, Griffin served as the Commander In Chief of Allied Forces - Southern Europe and Commander in Chief - US Naval Forces Europe. Griffin retired in 1968 at a ceremony in Naples, Italy.
UA 552-01
Scrapbook 1: Parties & Ceremonies in Vietnam, 1960
Scrapbook 2: USS Saint Paul (CA-73); USS Richard S. Edwards (DD 950); President Yun of Republic of Korea; President Diem of South Vietnam
UA 552-02
Scrapbook 1: Kinmen Island, Taiwan; War Memorial for All Navy Dead
Scrapbook 2: USS Canberra (CA-70); Korean PM Chung Huh
Scrapbook 3: Dinners & Ceremonies
UA 552-03
Scrapbook 1: USS Paul Revere (APA-248); USS Coral Sea (CVA-43); A-4 Skyhawk
Scrapbook 2: USS Swordfish (SSN 579); USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31); USS Helena (CA-75); Chiang Kai-Shek
Scrapbook3: Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia, USS Swordfish (SSN 579), USS Rogers (DDR 876), USS Saint Paul (CA-73), USS James E. Kyes (DD 787), USS Hancock (CVA 19)
Scrapbook 4: Photographs of ceremonies and newspaper clippings of Exercise Pony Express visits to various nations.
UA 552-04
Scrapbook 1: Baseball; USS Midway (); Maritime Self-Defense Force Service School Training Center, Eta Jima; USS Kawishiwi (AO-146); USS Manatee (AO 58);
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Folder 4: USS Essex (CV-9); USS Forrestal (CVA-59)
Folder 5: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42); President Harry Truman’s visit to the FDR; USS Saratoga (CV-60); PD1 Seaplane; VP-10 Seaplane & first non-stop flight of VP-10s from San Francisco, California to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; USS Oriskany (CV-34)
UA 552-06
Folder 1: Saudi Arabia visit; Zsa Zsa Gabor’s visit to a Navy ship
Folder 2: Portraits of Admiral Griffin
Folder 3: USS Topeka (CL-67); USS Oriskany (CV-34); USS Antietam (CVS-36); Admiral Radford
Folder 4: Battle of Kwajalein
Folder 5: USS Enterprise (CV-65)
Folder 6: USS Midway (CVA-41)
Folder 7: USS Oriskany (CV-34) docking in Hawaii – with photos of festivities; USS Essex (CV-9) with photos of Griffin as a Commander
Folder 8: President Truman’s visit to a ship
UA 552-07
Scrapbook 1: Chiang Kai-Shek; Ceremonies; Visits to various ships
Scrapbook 2: Printed photo of Griffin’s visit to Verona and the Headquarters Allied Land Forces Southern Europe (in Italian)
Scrapbook 3: Griffin’s visit to Turin in 1966
Scrapbook 4: Griffin’s visit to Japan – Photos include ceremonies and dinners
Scrapbook 5: Weapons Demonstration 1961 for Commander In Chief: Pacific
UA 552-08
Scrapbook 1: Postcards from Hong Kong
Scrapbook 2: Photographs from Griffin’s trip to the Philippines in October, 1961
Scrapbook 3: 7th Fleet visit to Shimoda, Japan in May, 1960
UA 552-09
Scrapbook 1: Memoral for Townsend Harris; President Eisenhower visiting the 7th Fleet in June 1960
Scrapbook 2: USS Hancock (CV-19)
Scrapbook 3: USS Scorpion (SSN 589); NASA
UA 552-10
Scrapbook 1: USS Benson (DD 421); USS St. Paul (CA 73); South Vietnamese President Diem; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara
Scrapbook 2: Sir Thomas Pike; USS Midway (CV-41); USS Ranger (CV-61)
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Scrapbook 1: USS Segundo (SS 398); Admiral Thach in Turkey
Scrapbook 3: Griffin in Turkey
Scrapbook 5:
Packet 1: London; Tropical Canal (Panama?); USS Oriskany (CV-34)
Packet 2: Berlin; Tropical scenes; Plane takeoffs
Packet 3: Portraits
Packet 4: Events in Asia; Portraits
Packet 5: Events in Arabia / Asia / Parties
Scrapbook 6: USS Morton (DD 948); USS Puro (AE-24); USS Midway (CVA-41)
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Scrapbook 2: USS America (CV-66); Ceremonies in Greece; Stewart Symington
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Scrapbook 1: General Lyman Lemnitzer
Scrapbook 2: F9F Panther, USS Oriskany (CVA-34)
Scrapbook 3: USS Oriskany (CVA-34); USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13); USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42);
VS-6 planes
Scrapbook 4: USS Midway (CV-41); Crash of plane on USS Oriskany (CVA-34); Receptions for Griffin
Scrapbook 6: Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer
Scrapbook : F2H Banshee lost of the side of USS Oriskany (CVA-34) & rescue
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Scrapbook 1: Nettuna Memorial Day Services, 1965; Visit to Attaturk Tomb
Scrapbook 2: USS Mississippi (EAG-128); Task Force 80 off Guantanamo Bay; USS Oriskany (CV-34);
Lockheed WV-2 (EC 121 Warning Star)
Scrapbook 3: Party for Change of Command ceremony on Oriskany
Scrapbook 6: USMC 191st birthday party
Scrapbook 7: Satcom (Telephone) System
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Scrapbook 3: F9F-8 on USS Intrepid (CVA-11); USS Ranger (CVA-61); George Meany; USS Randolph
(CVA-15); USS Forrestal (CVA-59); Night time take off from Forrestal; HU-2 helicopter
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Scrapbook 1: USS Okinawa (LPH-3) Commissioning, 14 April 1962
Scrapbook 2: Photographs
Scrapbook 3: Kobe Shipyard & Engine Works, Mitsubishi Heavy-Industries, Reorganized, Limited. Kobe,
Japan
Scrapbook 4: Photos – Look at me! – Unidentified military parade / review event in Europe
Scrapbook 5: Comando Forze Terrestri Alleate Sud Europa, Verona (Italia)
UA 552-17
Scrapbook: A Souvenir of your visit to Landsoutheast
Scrapbook: A Souvenir of your visit to Landsoutheast
Scrapbook: Visit to headquarters 17 November
Scrapbook: U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London: Admiral Charles D. Griffin Cincusnaveur
Scrapbook: Scuola Allievi Sottufficiali: Viterbo
Scrapbook: Scuola Militare Di Paracadutismo
Scrapbook: CincSouth Change of Command March 31, 1965
Scrapbook: CincSouth Deep Furrow 1965
Scrapbook: Pre Sail Briefing USS Lexington (CVA-16) Subic Bay, P.I., 30 January 1961
Loose photos of Griffin
UA 552-18
Scrapbook 1: AFSouth 25th Anniversary Ceremonies
Scrapbook 2: Commander Carrier Division Four
Scrapbook 3: Arrivo e Partenza Amm. Charles Donald Griffin 26.2.1964
Scrapbook 4: Visit of Adm. C.D. Griffin USN, Naples Italy
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