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ARTIFACT: This is a United States Navy officer's cap from World War II. The cap is visored and has an insignia with an eagle with two crossed anchors and a decorated leather band spanning from one...

ARTIFACT: This is a first edition memorial book for the USS Thresher (SSN-593) that was once a part of Admiral Nimitz' personal library. The USS Thresher was a nuclear submarine built at Portsmouth...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 edition of "U.S.S. Seawolf: Subamrine Raider of the Pacific" by Gerold Frank and James D. Horan. The book narrates the submarine's early World War II exploits told in a...

ARTIFACT: This is a framed 1924 Annapolis United States Naval Academy diploma for George Warren Patterson, Jr., the future World War II Commander of the USS Saury SS-18The Saury was launched on...

ARTIFACT: This is a Spring 1955 United States Navy Oak Leaf yearbook commemorating the 160th anniversary of the Supply Corps and the first anniversary of the Naval Supply Corps School at Athens,...

ARTIFACT: This is a book titled: The Navy at Sea and Ashore #: NAVEXOS P-47This is a good historical reference book that briefly summarizes the Navy's history up to WWII. It goes into greater detail...

ARTIFACT: This is a huge 1945 centennial edition of the United States Naval Academy's "Lucky Bag" yearbook. The book is less than one inch shy on each side of being a folio size, and has a great map...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful, huge (11"x17") September 1956 photo of the flight deck of the United States Navy aircraft carrier U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVA-42). This action shot shows a U.S...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare World War II cruise book for the United States Navy USS Samuel Chase Attack Transport (APA-26). Launched August 23, 1941 USS Samuel Chase was initially a Maritime Commission...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of the 1966 unit history for the United States Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Eleven (NMCB-11). Part of the "Seabees". The battalion voyaged to Camp Adenir,...

ARTIFACT: This is a first edition (1931) copy of the "U.S.S. Akron World's Largest Airship: Complete Pictures and Story of the DockÉ ShipÉ AirportÉ and "Lighter-than-Air-Center" of the World". Built...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful World War I era photograph of the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard band led by bandmaster Frank Zangari. The photo was taken on September 12, 191The photo has a "Walter C...