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The 1964 cruise included a voyage into the indian ocean. Usmc 1st battalion 4th marines blt 14 1971 westpac cruise book. Feb 20, 2010 i was attached to vf151, caw15 on board the uss coral sea cva 43 on the 1968 69 westpac cruise to viet nam, on that cruise the ship pulled into da nang to off load helos, ineed to find the date this took place, anyones help would be greatly aappreciated. Uss bon homme richard cva31 25th anniversary cruise book.
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Enlarge aircraft carrier uss saratoga cv60 view in national archives catalog please note. Uss camden aoe2 22apr72 0800 see uss mispillion ao105 42272. See more ideas about navy aircraft carrier, aircraft carrier and navy ships. Customs services and international tracking provided. Navy photograph 1 from the uss bon homme richard cva31 1968 cruise book. Aug 05, 2019 uss ticonderoga cva 14 cruise book 1958 1959 cd. Creating those books is an old tradition in the us navy. Check out our uss ranger cv 61 crew list and reconnect with old shipmates. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. Uss bon homme richard cruise books currently for sale on ebay. Uss bon homme richard cva 31 1966 67 wespac cruise robert gray. She was the second us navy ship to bear the name, the first one being named for john paul joness famous revolutionary war frigate by the same name. Westpac cruise 1965 66 westpac cruise 1966 67 westpac cruise 1968 westpac cruise 1969 westpac cruise 1971 72 westpac cruise 1972 73 westpac cruise 1974 75 westpac cruise 1976 77 westpac. She was an aircraft carrier of the essexclass, weighing in at 27,100 tons.
America cva 66cv66 196566, 1967, 1968, 196970, 1971, 19721973, 1974, 1976, 197778, 1979, 198081, 198182, 198283, 1984, 198586, 1989, 199091, 199192, 1993. Uss coral sea cva 43 cva43 cruise book westpac 196768 va153 va25 vf161 vf151. Navy deck logs available in the national archives catalog. Bon homme richard cva 31 naval cruise book, covers 1.
Bon homme richard, cva31, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957, 195859, 195960. Ntc san diego 1968 103 anchor ntc san diego 1968 5 anchor ntc san diego 1968 507 anchor. 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. List of ships with agent orange exposure confirmed salem. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. Unfollow uss cruise book to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. If anyone has a copy to sell, let us know and well connect you. Uss bon homme richard cva 31 westpac cruise book 196566 the. Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. Uss coral sea cva 43 1963 westpac deployment cruise book cruisebook.
Uss bon homme richard cv cva 31 was one of 24 essexclass aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after world war ii for the united states navy. Uss bon homme richard, cva 31, cruise book, westpac cruise, 1961. See more of uss enterprise cvn 65 book on facebook. The cd comes in a plastic sleeve with a custom label. In that period of time the best of the best what a privilege it was to serve o. You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. Jones had named that ship, usually rendered in more correct french as bonhomme richard, to. The 1970 navy westpac cruise to vietnam, documented in these pages, was the last deployment of this valiant aircraft carrier. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of. Uss bon homme richard cva 31 cruise book westpac vietnam war cruise 1966 1967 includes identified division and air wing photos 9 x 12 hardcover in good condition thank you for looking the photos show the actual item being sold. America cva 66cv66 196566, 1967, 1968, 196970, 1971. All 3 cruise books were destroyed by flooding in my house. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection.
The cruise of 1964 was the fifth cva 31 cvw19 cruise, but was the first with two f8 squadrons as the fighter element. Uss saratoga cv60 the fifth saratoga cv60 was laid down on 16 december 1952 by the new york naval shipyard new york city n. Although the hostility ended in midaugust, the ship remained off the coast of japan until. This site is a tribute to the aircraft carrier uss coral sea cv43. Stroh in c ommand for the next several months saratoga conducted various engineering flight steering structural and gunnery tests.
Uss bon homme richard was the 14 th essex class aircraft carrier and the second ship in the navy to bear the name. America, cva66cv 66, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977. Mar 12, 2018 uss bon homme richard cva 31 1966 67 wespac cruise robert gray. Nuc for actions during the vietnam war in 1967 and a third nuc for actions during the vietnam war in 1968. Search for shipmates, friends, family, and memories in one of the largest collections of online naval cruise book images and photos. Reclassified as attack aircraft carrier cva 31 on october 1, 1952, the carrier was decommissioned on july 2, 1971. Uss independence cv 62 mediterranean cruise book 1979. Aircraft carrier uss hancock cva 19 vietnam cruise 656667. Uss bon homme richard cva 31 westpac cruise book 1968. Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection. Navy and coast guard deck logs from 1956 to 1978 will be closed to researchers.
Uss ranger cva 61 westpac cruise book 1968 69 did you serve aboard uss ranger cv 61. These are all the uss coral sea deck logs available from the national archives online. You would be purchasing an exact copy of the uss bon homme richard cva 31 cruise book during the korean war. Uss bon homme richard cva31 19661967 westpacvietnam. Naval history cruise book was stored by the publisher for over 45 years and never previously distributed. Bon homme richard cva 31 naval cruise book, class of 1968. Its a yearbook type of book that was written by the officers and men of the uss coral sea.
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