US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "United States Submarine Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe, compiled shortly after the war for the Bureau of Naval Personnel. He drew upon work assembled by the Submarine Force historians and put...

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". The handbook was published in Boston in...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Navy Chaplains' Bulletin from the summer of 1950. The front cover of the bulletin shows an old, undated photo of a former "Chaplain of the Yard" at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. VINTAGE: Circa 1950. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare deluxe edition of the 1947 book "Overdue and Presumed Lost" by Martin Sheridan, a narrative about the United States Navy lost boat, USS Bullhead (SS-332). Unfortunately Bullhead's claim to fame was being the last US ship to be...

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", members of the Naval Construction Battalions were...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1948-1949 decal for the United States Navy 2nd VF-93 fighter squadron featuring Woody Woodpecker, who was officially approved as the group's insignia in January 194This squadron existed from August 1948 until November 1949...

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 white photos of the 43rd's activities, including the...

ARTIFACT: This is a scarce hardcover copy of the United States Navy book entitled: "The 7th Log: A Battalion Picture Biography". The book is a World War II account of the activities of the 7th Naval Construction Battalion. Also known as "Seabees",...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1948 United States Medical Corps (US Marine Corps Corpsman Officer) commission with the real signature of the Secretary of the Navy, John L. Sullivan. The commission is for Robert Irwin Katz and is numbered 375031 over an embossed...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II double launching program from Boston Navy Yard for LST-984 and LST-985, tank landing ships. Launched February 25, 194Neither ship saw combat during the war but both took part in occupational duties afterward...

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 embroidered Dolphin visible on his right sleeve and...

ARTIFACT: This is a large, original World War II watercolor for the insignia of the USS Sawfish SS-276, launched from the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard on June 23, 194The watercolor shows Japanese leader Tojo about to be sawn in half by a sawfish wearing a...