Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. Uss normandy cg60 cruise book northstar 91 mediterranean red sea persian gulf cruise 1991 1992 keeping the peace includes identified division photos 9 x 11 hardcover in excellent condition. I cannot recall how many cruises i made on the uss hermitage. Usmc mag61 wwii 1945 marine aircraft group cruise book. Decommissioned and stricken from the navy list on august 31, 1994, the guadalcanal was subsequently laid up at the james river reserve fleet, fort eustis, va. On 10 january 1979, she departed little creek in company with her phibron 2 squadron mates.
The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. This auction is for the uss guadalcanal marg 280 cruise book. The marg was extended by two weeks while they waited to back load marines who were. The uss guam lph 9 carried the smaller bravo command. We specialize in us navy cruise books, us marine corps cruise books, air force books, and books on us military history. Check out our uss iwo jima lph 2 crew list and reconnect with old shipmates. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment.
Book is in very good condition with previous owners embossed stamp on the first page. Assigned to the atlantic amphibious force, inchon circumnavigate the world in 19721973. Uss guadalcanal lph 7 freedom of navigation persian gulf cruise 1987 cruise book 8 12 x11 hardbound in good condition i welcome your questions thank you for looking. We specialize in us navy cruise books, us marine corps cruise. Usmc 3rd battalion 2nd marines 19521953 cruise book blt 32. This website was created and is maintained by the uss guam lph9 association to honor and preserve the history and memory of. The third uss austin lpd4 was the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock ships. The uss inchon lph 12, an iwo jimaclass amphibious assault ship, was commissioned on 20 jun 1970. Thank you for looking the photos show the actual item being sold. On august 22, 2019, the va began scanning more than 20 million images from the u. Uss guadalcanal lph7, the third iwo jimaclass amphibious assault ship helicopter, was. She was launched 22 august 1964, and after fitting out, was commissioned 16 january 1965. As required by reference a, the 1989 command history for uss austin lpd4 is forwarded.
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She was launched on february 3, 1968 and commissioned on november 16, 1968 with captain g. Alamo lsd33 1961, 1966, 196768, 1969, 1972, 1974, 197576, 1977, 1980, 1986. Marine corps uss guadalcanal lph7 usmc veteran locator. But the gulf war in 1991 demonstrated to the navy that its environment had changed. Navy and coast guard deck logs so that they can be made available online.
Uss guadalcanal was the third iwo jima class amphibious assault ship helicopter and the second ship in the navy to bear the name. Scarce 1987 navy cruise book uss saipan lha2 marg 187 we did it all. Austin lpd 4 naval cruise book, class of 2001, page 8 of 104. Uss guadalcanal lph 7 iwo jima class amphibious assault ship usa. She carried helicopters and an embarked usmc detachment for use in the navys vertical envelopment concept of amphibious operations.
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