US NAVY USN Related Artifacts

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 Naval Shipyard in 1960 and sunk off Cape Cod on April...

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 conversational narrative style. Seawolf was launched from...

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, Georgia. This book has several black and white photographs...

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. Navy blimp hovering above the deck where a helicopter...

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 ship. She was operated by the United States Coast Guard...

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, Danang East, Vietnam in February 196During their eight...

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 by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company, the United States...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1917 United States Navy book entitled "Watch Officer's Manual". It was written initially by Ensign C. E. Hovey and revised by Lieutenant S. Endel. The manual covers everything to do with the watch, including when the ship is in...

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War I United States Navy recruitment poster showing a woman wearing a Chief Petty Officer hat and jacket. The poster is by Howard Chandler Christy, a combat artist/journalist in the Spanish-American War who later...

ARTIFACT: Novelty Phu Cat Viet Nam Peace patch 1970 Ð 1971, Saigon-made Cheap Charlie patch. The center shows a white twill peace sign embroidered with black thread and surrounding it read"PHU CAT 70 71 VIET NAM" in black lettering against a red canvas...

ARTIFACT: Very rare, WWII Chinese Commemorative Medal awarded to United States Navy OSS SACO (Sino-American Cooperative Organization) Veteran's by the Taiwan government in 197 SACO was established during WWII, its purpose was the mutual collection of...

ARTIFACT: Extremely rare WWI Service Medal from the town of Bourne, MA. Named to Curtis R. Haskell in original case of issue. Badge depicts enameled details of world flags and Town of Bourne incorporation dates and reads ÔCURTIS R. HASKELL Ð...