Uss richard page cruise book

The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. Nannie page trinker, granddaughters of the ships namesake. Creating those books is an old tradition in the us navy. Check out our uss bon homme richard cv 31 crew list and reconnect with old shipmates. John paul jones, commanding officer of the first bonhomme richard. They are not official navy publications, and the navy does not stock, sell, or republish these books. You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. Page was laid down on 4 january 1965 by the bath iron works. Uss bon homme richard cv 31 recommissioning and korean. Personal comments page 1 uss bon homme richard cva31 us navy fleet korean war project almost three thousand units pages are available at the korean war project. Navy cruise books, mostly on westpac deployments, by allen publishing company between 1967 and 1972, stored by the publisher and now available for purchase. Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable computer viewing. Rare cruise books like this sell for a hundred dollars or more when buying the actual hard copy if you can find one for sale. Page was laid down on 4 january 1965 by the bath iron works, bath, maine.

The cd comes in a plastic sleeve with a custom label. Cruise books archives page 2 of 2 navy cruise books. Uss calverts 1956 sixth far east cruise book appreciation to ivan roy vail 5658 for providing a copy of the calverts 1956 sixth far east cruise book. Uss bon homme richard cva 31 westpac cruise book 196263. Uss bonhomme richard lhd 6 westpac cruise book 2007. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard uss. Navy cruise books, 19182009uss richard e byrd ddg23. This can make copies of some books, especially older volumes, extremely rare.

Check out our uss bonhomme richard lhd 6 crew list and reconnect with old shipmates. There is a picture of him as an mssn in the 19721975 page cruise book. Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb. Page ffg5 was a brooke class frigate in the united states navy.

You would be purchasing an exact copy of the uss bon homme richard cva 31 cruise book during the korean war. Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection. Printing is also easily possible because of the high resolution 300dpi and the missing watermarks. This collection is searchable by ship name, ship id, year, and name of crew member. Uss holland as32 association the official homeport for crewmembers of the world greatest tender in the u.

Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. Bon homme richard, cva31, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1957, 195859, 195960, 1961. She was launched on 4 april 1966, sponsored by miss edmonia lee whittle and mrs. Uss bon homme richard, bon homme richard, cv31, cva31, lhd6, history, photos, ships log, for all navy aircraft carrier shipmates. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of. Here you can download the uss bon homme richard cv 31 recommissioning and korean cruise book 1951 as a high resolution. Page was the 5th ship in the brooke class of guided.