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Soon recommissioned, 28 december 1950, mattaponi served for almost 4 years as a military sea transport service vessel with the designation t ao 41. Uss forrest royal dd 872 1967 westpac vietnam cruise book 0 results. Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national archives catalog please note. The premier site for military history research for genealogists, researchers, history buffs. Where he had tremendous responsibility and lived with his closest shipmates. Mauna kea ae22 1969, 1970, 197677, 1979, 1984, 198788, 1990, 199293. Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. Note that both ships had been fully rearmed with four or five 350 guns before being decommissioned. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. 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 uboat war in world war two kriegsmarine, 19391945 and world war one kaiserliche marine, 19141918 and the allied efforts to counter the threat. Navy ship named for the mattaponi river in eastern virginia. Uss mattaponi ao41 off norfolk navy yard, 5 may 1943. A former crew member of the mighty o has made the entire collection of cruise books from the uss oriskany available in digital format. Military records for family, persons, notables and others. Completed 1525 round two lindberg repop of t2a tanker done as uss mattaponi, uss essex 1700 hasegawa dec 1942, uss yorktown 1700 trumpeter 1943. Search for shipmates, friends, family, and memories in one of the largest collections of online naval cruise book images and photos. Browse through military records by war, date, locations and name.
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If you have a cruise book, that can sometimes help you pin point the dates. South china sea a crewman aboard the seventh feet oiler uss mattaponi ao41 chips paint, a perpetual task of maintenance of the ship. Apr, 2016 uss mattaponi ao41 off norfolk navy yard, 5 may 1943. Aug 04, 2016 lindberg uss mattaponi ao 41 4522 views. South china sea a crewman aboard the seventh feet oiler uss mattaponi ao 41 chips paint, a perpetual task of maintenance of the ship. Uss tolovana ao64 cruise book westpac vietnam war cruise 19681969 the tolovana replenished ships at anchor off the coast of vietnam and underway in the westpac the tolovanas customers includes identified division photos 812 x 11 hardcover in good conditionthank you for looking the photos show the actual item being. Soon recommissioned, 28 december 1950, mattaponi served for almost 4 years as a military sea transport service vessel with the designation tao41. Uss yorktown cvs10 1968 25th anniversary westpacvietnam. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Military records vessel and station log books at the national archives navy deck. Uss mattaponi ao41 beginning to recommission in 1956 for the suez crisis with uss kennebec ao36 alongside.
The list does not include brown water boats though some of these ships did duty in brown water. Navy and coast guard deck logs so that they can be made available online. All of the ships of the class initially were to be built for private. Primarily a photographic record, the cruise books often exceed 500 pages and produce one of the best accounts of their voyages available to the public. We heard gun fire in the distance and the skipper said all back full and we went back out to wait on the boats. During the vietnam war uss mattaponi participated in the following campaigns. Uss mattaponi ao41 auxiliary oiler mobile logistic support ship, combat 30 years of service 19421972 click ships patch to view menu. This cruise book describing steretts 1972 tour of duty in the western pacific during the vietnam war. We set sea and anchor detail and started up the river. Personalized canvas ship print not just a photo or poster but a work of art. Navy deck logs available in the national archives catalog. The original specifications called for the use of asbestos to insulate from heat on all boilers, steam lines generators, steam operated pumps, evaporators, and ebony asbestos switchboards. Uss ingersoll dd652 1965 1966 1967 westpac cruise book vietnam saigon river. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
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Uss yorktown association news bulletin about the blue water navy vietnam veterans act signed into. Navy and coast guard deck logs from 1956 to 1978 will be closed to researchers. Navy ship named for the mattaponi river in eastern virginia history mattaponi was laid down as ss kalkay, a type t2a tanker. Weve built this interactive map to determine if your ship was inside the zone. Kearsarge was redesignated as attack aircraft carrier cva 33 on october 1, 1952, and antisubmarine warfare aircraft carrier cvs 33 in october 1958. She was headed for europe with deck cargo that included two pt boats. Uss mattaponi ao41 westpac 1968 1969 cruise book deployment vietnam tab patch. Creating those books is an old tradition in the us navy. It is a story of who they were and where they went. Uss tappahannock ao 43 in the south china sea on 1 august 1969. Cruise book and document reproduction naval historical.
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