For rating shirts click on your rating abbreviation below. This page contains scans from the commissioning of the uss america, 1965. Uss america cvacv66 company hopewell junction, new. This site is a tribute to the aircraft carrier uss coral sea cv43. The profits from each purchase go towards the maintenance of cv41. In these cases, the name of the contributor is mentioned on the cruise books index page. Uss monterey cg61 commemorates the battle fought on 2024 september, 1846, in the war with mexico.
Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection. Largest collection of old navy cruise books yearbooks on the internet. America welcomed her final air wing, cvw1, aboard during 1982 and in august departed for an elevenweek cruise which ranged from the north atlanticand mediterranean for nato exercises, and finally the caribbean for her operational readiness evaluation. In honor of the fourth of july we have decided to create a 3 part blog series honoring famous american military ships. The uss somers, from 1959 to 1982 participated in 11 cruises. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. Life on a naval vessel during the vietnam war in the 1960s. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. On august 22, 2019, the va began scanning more than 20 million images from the u.
The aircraft carrier was built at newport news, virginia, and was commissioned on jan. Welcome and thank you for looking at uss midway cruise books on cdrom. Maiden cruise 1962 mediterranean cruise 1963 world cruise 1964 operation sea orbit westpac cruise 1965 66 westpac cruise 1966 67 westpac cruise 1968 westpac cruise 1969 westpac cruise 1971 72 westpac cruise 1972 73 westpac cruise 1974 75 westpac cruise 1976 77 westpac cruise 1978 westpac cruise 1982 83 westpac cruise 1984 85. The only other memory i have of that cruise was watching the moonwalk in the officers club at pearl. Our scheduled ports of call were san francisco, monterey, and pearl harbor. Uss america cv66 carrier battle group underway c1992. America departed the mediterranean on 2 november and was home ten days later. Alamo lsd33 1961, 1966, 196768, 1969, 1972, 1974, 197576, 1977, 1980, 1986. Laid down on july 17, 2009, america is to be completed in 2012. Uss monterey cg 61 is a ticonderogaclass guidedmissile cruiser in the united states navy. American aircraft carriers at their peak are the queens of the high seas.
Please refer to the table below for shipping options. Uss america cva 66 mediterranean cruise book 1974 did you serve aboard uss america cv 66. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable computer viewing. In 1974, the navy changed its definitions of nuclear weapons accidents. Uss america cva66 1968 westpacvietnam war cruise book ebay. You are not required to have a paypal account to make credit card purchases. Cruise books these cruise books have been donated to the independence memorial library for use in developing this site 1965 westpac cruise john l. The uss america facebook page is run by the uss america carrier veterans association. Org cruise book web store uses paypal shopping carts for secure internet transactions. August 1990 a steam line burts aboard the uss america. Uss america is the third naval ship to be named such. She differs from the amphibious assault ships lhas she replaces. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment.
Uss monterey cvl26 was commissioned in 1943, weighing 11,000. The ship made her first two cruises to the mediterranean. This vessel was formerly the destroyer uss harwood dd861. Usn cruise books online navy, marine, aircraft, commission. America, cva66cv 66, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 197778, 1979. Disasters and phenomena main tragedy of uss memphis sinking of uss. Uss oriskany cva34 19731974 westpac cruise book ebay.
Bring the cruise book to life with this multimedia presentation. Back to uss america cva 66 mediterranean cruise book 1974 page. This page contains scans from the launching of the uss america, 1964. Jun 28, 2016 in july, we went on the annual pacific midshipman training cruise pacmidtracru 69. Uss constellation cv64 will be the latest carrier to meet the scrappers. It will open in a new window and is image extensive.
America cv 66 naval cruise book, class of 1981, page 200. Each one of these ships has a colorful history earning their places in us history books. On 22 july 1974, a tragic military blunder occurred during the brief conflict on cyprus, in which a turkish plane or planes, bombed and sank a turkish destroyer mistaken for part of an invading force from greece. She is the fourth us navy vessel named for the battle of monterrey at monterrey, nuevo leon during the mexicanamerican war in 1846. See more ideas about aircraft carrier, navy ships and navy aircraft. The inside story of americas war against terrorism new. Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb. Because of their scarcity, locating and purchasing a specific cruise book can be extremely difficult.
Uss america cvacv66 was one of three kitty hawkclass supercarriers built for the united states navy in the 1960s. In 1974, the navy donated her to patriots point development authority in south. Org cruise book web store uses paypal shopping carts for secure internet. The cd comes in a plastic sleeve with a custom label. Org and the san diego aircraft carrier museum, home of the uss midway. Together with the eight lhds the last of which is makin island, her class will maintain the u. On the 19th of september, general zachary taylor, with a force of 6,625 men, arrived at monterey. A former crew member of the mighty o has made the entire collection of cruise books from the uss oriskany available in digital format. Search for shipmates, friends, family, and memories in one of the largest collections of online naval cruise book images and photos. A fire in the pump room of uss america kills two sailors and causes minor damage while the ship is in the atlantic en route to the mediterranean for a sixmonth deployment. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of. All ticonderoga class aegis cruisers are named for great american battles. Vessel and station log books at the national archives navy deck logs. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of freely.
The famous american military ships blogs monterey boats. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. Uss monterey cg 61 naval cruise book, covers 1 3 has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. They were sold in exchange for an aloha friday if i remember correctly to keep the rec committee out of the red. Uss america lha 6 is the latest largedeck amphibious ship, the first of a fourship class. Navy and coast guard deck logs so that they can be made available online.
Capps ap121 1946 agerholm dd826 1963, 1966, 1969 ainsworth de1090 1974 ainsworth ff1090 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990. Uss america cva 66 mediterranean cruise book 1974 the. Ship name hull number year of cruise or publication aaaron ward dm34 1945 abbot dd629 1958, 1960 abraham lincoln cvn72 1993 acadia ad42 1985, 1991 adair apa91 1946 adirondack agc15 1952 admiral w. Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national archives catalog please note. Check out our uss america cv 66 crew list and reconnect with old shipmates. 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 island. Mar 01, 2015 one of the boomers i was on did a cruise book. Unfortunately, a cruise book was not published for the 1960 cruise. Check out our web sites for complete cruise book details. Commissioned in 1965, she spent most of her career in the atlantic and mediterranean, but did make three pacific deployments serving in the vietnam war. Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national. Uss america cvacv66 was one of three kitty hawkclass supercarriers built for the united. We were part of a group that included uss new jersey bb 62. Uss monterey cvl 26 was an independenceclass light aircraft carrier of the united states navy, in service during world war ii and used in training for several years thereafter.
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