US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

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 escort carrier and renamed. She served in the Pacific...

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, earning her twelve battle stars. The book was written...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII Submarine Coloring Book. The very large format book was published in 1944 by Merrill and illustrated by Fredric C. Madan. Two of the pages have been tastefully colored with a small color test spot on a third page. Great graphic...

ARTIFACT: This is a First Censored Mail From Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH, December 9, 1941 Postal Cover. On the back of the cover is sender's name and building number. VINTAGE: Circa December 10, 1941. SIZE: About 6-1/2 in width by 3-3/4" in height...

ARTIFACT: This is a United States Navy class photograph of US Naval Training Center S.D. (San Diego) Class #44-40The photo comes with a handwritten partial list of names of the men in the photograph. Not all of the graduates are equally attentive to the...

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 Philippines. The book has many shots of work and play, and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1944 copy of the United States Navy manual "Survival on Land and Sea" NAVAER 13-1-50It was prepared by the Ethnographic Board and the Staff of the Smithsonian Institution, and has several black and white Audubon-esque illustrations of...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1944 copy of NAVAER OO 80V-29 United States Navy "So You Are Going to the South Pacific?". This booklet was compiled for naval aviator being transferred to advanced South Pacific bases during World War II. This booklet is not...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of the "The USS Bunker Hill November 1943 November 1944: The Record of a Carrier's Combat Action Against the Axis Nations in the Pacific". Launched on December 7, 1942, the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) . The book has several...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1942 launching postal cover for the USS Lexington (CV-16), also known as the "Blue Ghost". An aircraft carrier, the Lexington was launched September 23, 194The name USS Cabot had been intended for the ship, but this changed when word...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of "The Overseas History of the 16th U.S.N. Construction Battalion" by Edgar B. Hickey, Capt. CEC, USNR, Retired. The 16th worked on infrastructure both at Pearl Harbor and other Pacific islands. The book deals with the 16th...

ARTIFACT: 1944 Wartime United States Navy Chaplain story God on a Battlewagon by Captain James V. Claypool Chaplain Corps, USNR. The front page of the hardcover book is inscribed by the author to a friend or clergy member and reads: "To "Padre" Ralph...