Aircraft carrier navy cruise books on cd from wwii through the 1960s. Printing is also easily possible because of the high resolution 300dpi and the missing watermarks. It had no return address but i have enjoyed the slides for years. Commissioned in november 1962, he subsequently served aboard uss yorktown cvs10, and as onic r in charge, class c welding school, san diego. Customs services and international tracking provided. Check out our uss yorktown cv 10 crew list and reconnect with old shipmates. Rare cruise books like this sell for a hundred dollars or more when buying the actual hard copy if you can find one for.
Carrier deployments for westpac and vietnam 19641975. Get the best deals on uss book when you shop the largest online selection at. Uss yorktown cvcvacvs10 is one of 24 essexclass aircraft carriers built during world war ii for the united states navy. Uss yorktown cvs10 19621963 far east cruise book ebay. Ship name hull number year of cruise or publication aaaron ward dm34 1945 abbot dd629 1958, 1960 abraham lincoln cvn72 1993 acadia ad42 1985, 1991. Uss hornet cvs12 cruise book 1963 1964 westpac wanderer military huk navy. The premier site for military history research for genealogists, researchers, history buffs. Marines entered the war for the first time, all 3,500 of them, when they began landing ashore in da nang on march 8th with orders to guard our air base there. Initially to have been named bonhomme richard, she was renamed yorktown while still under construction to commemorate the loss of uss yorktown. Nov 9, 20 in 1971 i recived a package in the mail filled with slides taken for the 1968 westpac cruise yearbook. I am looking for an uss yorktown cva10 patch from 195557 and an va192 uss yorktown cruise patch. Navy and coast guard deck logs so that they can be made available online. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. The uss yorktown cv 10, cva10, cvs10 was born from the fighting of world war 2 and persevered through some of the more important battles of the pacific campaign.
Uss yorktown association news bulletin about the blue water navy vietnam veterans act signed into law june 25, 2019 lets join art leach to celebrate his 100th birthday on may 1. Military records for family, persons, notables and others. Uss yorktown cv 10 aircraft carrier at patriots point. This pilot flew off of the original uss yorktown cv5. The uss yorktown cv 10, which was named in commemoration of a craft sunk in the battle of midway, was an aircraft carrier that heroically served in wwii, the vietnam war and a nasa recovery mission. In the history of the cvs10, they left out the yorktowns particpation in the nuclear tests near christmas island in 1961. The blue water ships of the vietnam war now closed this is a list of ships that qualified for the vietnam service medal that operated generally in blue water. She was named after the battle of yorktown of the american revolutionary war, and is the fourth u. Throughout her 27 years of service beginning in 1943, the uss yorktown cv 10 performed training operations, fought in combat missions and. Click below to learn the history of the yorktown from when her keel was laid to when she arrived at patriots point.
Radio room 3 restoration photos 615 thanks to dave sowers and monti montillo. Uss yorktown cvcvacvs10 is one of 24 essexclass aircraft carriers built during world. Uss yorktown association news bulletin about the blue water navy vietnam veterans act signed into law june 25, 2019 lets join art leach to celebrate his 100th birthday on may 1, 2020 we were sailors. Yorktown, with assigned carrier antisubmarine air group 55 cvsg55, was deployed to the western pacific from 26 october 1962 to 18 june 1963. Yorktown remained at ulithi arming, provisioning, and conducting upkeep until 10 february. See more ideas about uss yorktown, aircraft carrier and moon orbit. Uss yorktown, a 27,100ton essex class aircraft carrier built at newport news, virginia, was commissioned in april 1943.
On august 22, 2019, the va began scanning more than 20 million images from the u. Apache atf 67 naval cruise book, class of 1969, page. Under attack gulf of tonkin uss yorktown cv10 stories. Uss yorktown cv10 us navy korean war project page 1. You would be purchasing an exact copy of the uss yorktown cv 10 cruise book during world war ii. After shakedown, she passed throught the panam canal in july to join the war against japan. Uss yorktown cv 10, later cva10 and cvs10, 19431975. Uss america uss bennington uss bon horn richard uss constellation uss coral sea uss enterprise uss forrestal uss franklin d. The cd comes in a plastic sleeve with a custom label. The uss yorktown cvs 10 entered the vietnam war several months before it really got started on feb. Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable computer viewing. Yorktown arrived back in her home port on 18 june 1963 and resumed normal operations. The deployment lasted until 6 june 1963 at which time the carrier set a course back to long beach.
At that time, she sortied with tf 58, the 3rd fleet becoming the 5th fleet when spruance relieved halsey, on a series of raids on the japanese and thence to. Here you can download the uss yorktown cva 10 westpac cruise book 195354 as a high resolution. Uss yorktown cvs 10 1959 60 cruise book on cd rare. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. Registration and communicating with shipmates at is free forever. The uss yorktown cv10 was the tenth aircraft carrier to serve in the united states navy. Grumman c1a trader aboard uss yorktown cvs10, circa in. His ship was named for a naval pilot that was killed at the battle of the coral sea in may, 1942.
Browse through military records by war, date, locations and name. Media relating to the uss yorktown during its life as an aircraft carrier from 19411973. Cruise book photos thanks to dave k4sueuss midway cv41. Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national archives catalog please note. Alamo lsd33 1961, 1966, 196768, 1969, 1972, 1974, 197576, 1977, 1980, 1986. My uncle leonard was killed on the uss underhill de682 in july, 1945.
Uss yorktown cv cva cvs 10 is one of 24 essexclass aircraft carriers built during world war ii for the united states navy. Tour the uss yorktown cv 10 aircraft carrier at patriot s point, located in charleston harbor. Navy deck logs available in the national archives catalog. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. I have double bypass, steel rods in my back,and no feelings in my legs or arms.
Uss yellowstone ad 27 cruise book log med 1955 1956 cd. Navy and coast guard deck logs from 1956 to 1978 will be closed to researchers. Uss yorktown cvs 10 westpac cruise book 196162 did you serve aboard uss yorktown cv 10. Does anyone had this and or an extra for sale or trade please let me now. You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. Yorktowns first combat operation was a strike against marcus island at the.
See more ideas about uss yorktown, yorktown, cruise. Uss yorktown cvcvacvs10 is one of 24 essexclass aircraft carriers built during world war ii for the united. Roosevelt uss hancock uss hornet c v 12 uss independence uss intrepid uss kearsarge uss kitty hawk uss midway uss oriskany uss ranger uss saratoga uss shangrila uss ticonderoga uss yorktown c vs io 1 2 34 57 810 11. Here you can download the uss yorktown cvs 10 westpac cruise book 196263 as a high resolution. Updates on blue water navy agent orange legislation. She became one of the special vessels to emerge complete from the fighting and graduate into the jet age where her decks were not filled with technologicallyadvanced navy fighters. Uss yorktown cvs10 19641965 westpac cruise book ebay. Proof includes but is not limited to copies of deck logs, cruise books, photos, official orders, after action reports, etc. You would be purchasing the uss yorktown cva 10 cruise book during this period of time.
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