Books & Related Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "Patch Guide: U.S. Navy Ships and Submarines" by Michael L. Roberts, a retired US Navy Chief Aviation Machinist' s Mate. It has several full pages of color photographs of patches from all kinds of USN vessels, from...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback copy of "Cruise Books of the United States Navy in World War II: A Bibliography" by Dean L. Mawdsley, M.D. It lists each book published during the war in alphabetical order, including ship books, naval aviation unit books,...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful signed First Edition of PC Patrol Craft of World War II: A History of the Ships and Their Crews by Wm. J. Veigle, Ph.D., USNR (Ret). This hard cover example is in excellent condition with the dust jacket intact and features the...

ARTIFACT: Great history of WWII United States Navy Enlisted Pilots Silver Eagles on Freedom's Ramparts by James R. Goulding. This example is a First Edition printing, circa 1977 and was published by "TOV" Publishing Company in San Jose, California. The...

ARTIFACT: WWII United States Navy VPB-73 Squadron history written in 1995: Cats Over the Atlantic by WWII VPB-73 pilot, Robert L. Carlisle with a foreword by VADM Charles S, Minter, Jr., USN (Ret.). The title of the book refers to the PBY Catalina...

ARTIFACT: This is a Southeast Asia cruise book for the United States Navy destroyer USS Keppler (DD-765) entitled "Ready: Where the Action Is" published circa 196Launched June 24, 1946, the USS Keppler served in the Korean War, earning two battle stars,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1964 commemorative book entitled "United States Ship Thresher (SSN-593)". The Thresher, a nuclear submarine built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 1960, sunk off Cape Cod on April 10, 1963 during deep-diving tests. The book lists all...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce hardcover first edition of "Wake of the Wahoo" by Forest J. Sterling, a crew member of the Wahoo herself. Launched on Valentine's Day 1942, the USS Wahoo (SS-238) sank several Japanese craft and earned six battle stars on her...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1963 reprint for United States Navy use of the United States Army Technical Manual (TM 30-350) "Greek: A Guide to the Spoken Language". It offers many useful phrases and words in Greek and has some illustrations to accompany the...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce 1968 United States Navy "Westpac Cruise 1968 USS America CVA-66" cruise book. Launched February 1, 1964, America was an aircraft carrier assigned to the 6th Fleet, and later the 7th Fleet. The book documents the ship's travels,...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1967 United States Navy book on the deployment of the USS Constellation (CVA-64) supercarrier to Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam during 196The Constellation, along with USS Ticonderoga, had previously been the first...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce hardcover copy of the "USS Independence (CVA-62) WestPac 1965" Cruisebook. Launched on June 6, 1958, the aircraft supercarrier Independence had a hand in the dŽtente of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and a few years later took a...