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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.)...

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...

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful copy of "Far Eastern Cruise 1960 U.S.S. Ticonderoga CVA-14 Carrier Air Group Five". Having served during World War II in the Pacific Theatre, the Ticonderoga was...

ARTIFACT: This is a matted and framed circa 1965 four star admiral commission for Admiral John S. Thach, Commander-in-Chief, United States Naval Forces, Europe. Thach started his naval career on...

ARTIFACT: This is a Korean War era employee handbook for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (in Portsmouth, New Hampshire/Kittery, Maine). The cover's motto states "WE BUILD THE BEST WE SERVICE THE REST"...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce hardcover copy of the United States Navy book entitled: "The Cruise Record of the 95th Naval Construction Battalion: April 1943 to September 1945". Also known as "Seabees",...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1946 United States Navy "The Log" yearbook for the 43rd Construction Battalion ("Seabees"). This hardcover book offers a history on the Battalion, as well as several black and...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Vintage United States Navy Submariner 5 x 7 framed portrait photo. The portrait shows an unknown WWII USN Motorman 3rd Class of the submarine service in his Navy whites with an...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 published history of the USS Sangamon CVE-26, originally an Esso (Standard Oil Company) tanker. Launched November 4, 1939 as Esso Trenton, the oiler was converted into an...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945 first edition hardcover copy of "Silversides", the story of the USS Silversides (SS-236). Launched August 26, 1941, Silversides went on fourteen Pacific World War II patrols,...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce United States Navy book entitled "The Log: 33rd Special Naval Construction Battalion" which was commissioned July 10, 194The 33rd served on the island of Samar, in the...