Aircraft carriers escort carriers battleships cruisers destroyers destroyer. Bring the cruise book to life with this multimedia presentation. For veterans who served on our united states navy frigates we offer custom embroidered polo shirts, jackets, ball caps, sweaters, tshirts, denim shirts, and more. These present a good look at what daily life was like aboard the ship. Uss mahlon s tisdale ffg 27 uss marvin shields ff 1066 uss masan ff 955. Have an extra cruise book or other uss brewton items youd like to sell. Uss brewton ff1086 westpac deployment cruise book year log 1984 navy. For everyone else, these pages provide a unique insight into what life on board a ship is all about. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. Primarily a photographic record, the cruise books often exceed 500 pages and produce one of the best accounts of their voyages available to the public. Photos or pdf copies of old documents are also welcome. Navy cruise books were created by those aboard a ship to remember a particular deployment. Boston cag 1 naval cruise book, class of 1964, page 105 of 168 has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Uss brewton ff1086 the brewton was launched 24 july 1970 and commissioned on 8 july 1972.
Us navy personalized ship prints on canvas frigates navyboy63. Bristol county lst 1198 naval cruise book, class of. We also have cruise books and a large number of historical documents available for viewing or. We prefer previously scanned photos set to the highest resolution you can do but will accept whatever you have. Beary ff1085, uss brewton ff1086, uss kirk ff1087, uss. Download and print these cards out to hand out to fellow veterans. Also check out the crew listing page to see who has contacted us if they have contacted us by submitting a found martian form, then the word contacted will appear after their name. United states navy cruise book collection gg archives. His mother, gertrude, was the ships sponsor having broken the traditional bottle across the bow when the ship. The uss somers, from 1959 to 1982 participated in 11 cruises. Creating those books is an old tradition in the us navy.
However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to. Uss meyerkord ff 1058 was a knoxclass frigate in service with the united states navy from 1969 to 1991. Uss brewton commissioning book uss brewton westpac 1975 cruise book uss brewton westpac 1976 cruise book uss brewton westpac 1982 cruise. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. I published navy cruise books for ships during the vietnam era. A naval vessel is only as efficient as the planning that takes place aboard her. Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection. You would be purchasing the uss hancock cva 19 1959 cruise book during this time period.
Great deals from u s naval history store in ebay stores. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. Navy cruise books, 19182009 this data collection contains u. Here is a sampling of some official uss brewton ships documents. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of freely. Significant accomplishments during the cruise included the painting of the crews lounge and furnishing it with new folding chairs. Brewton ff1086 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988 briareus ar12. Sun tzu cruise books in the navy department librarys collection 7300 total words in this text 51681 reads. Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable computer viewing. Uss brewton ff1086 westpac deployment cruise book year log 1984. Uss brewton ff1086 westpac deployment cruise book year log 1984 navy condition is used. Maiden cruise 1962 mediterranean cruise 1963 world cruise 1964 operation sea orbit 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 cruise 1978 westpac cruise 1982 83 westpac cruise 1984 85.
The goodwill port call in gisborne, new zealand, lasted 3 days. Navy cruise book for sale military collectibles for sale. This photo was taken by pat while he was on a cruise ship visiting taiwan. Other activities include the management of brewton s site tv, management and maintaining brewton s microminiature 2mo repair facility and maintaining habitability of the crews lounge. Us navy patrol squadron four vp4 19681969 vietnam war far east cruise book. Wwii cruise books pdfs available apa 216 uss neshoba. Lt wray taking charge lt hatch, ltjg rumley another fun watch. After an investigation, i discovered that he was from lynbrook, long island, new york. These pages recreate the uss brewtons 1988 south pacific cruise book in web page format. The shipmate that created and hosted this cruise book was the same one that hosted. The premier site for military history research for.
Uss brewton ff1086 is a knoxclass frigate of the united states navy and the first ship of. I have scanned a number of wwii cruise books and ships histories in order to preserve the history of the men who served. She is currently in service with the republic of china navy as the rocs fong yang ffg933. This started as a quest to find a copy of the uss neshobaapa 216s cruise book. Here you can download the uss ranger cv 61 westpac cruise book 1987 as a high resolution. Uss elmer montgomery ff1082, uss cook ff1083, uss mccandless ff1084, uss donald b.
Navy cruise book for sale us military collectibles. Uss brewton ff 1086 is a knoxclass frigate of the united states navy and the first ship of her name. Unfortunately, a cruise book was not published for the 1960 cruise. Bring the cruise book to life with this multimedia presentation this cd will exceed your expectations a great part of naval history. The personalized printed picture of uss willis a lee dl 4 is exactly as you see it. A war cruise of the pacific, uss thomas jefferson, january 1945july 1945. You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. In addition to portraits and information about sailors and officers aboard, the pages also include candid photos of events and daily routines, plus stories and biographies paying tribute to those who served on board. Boston cag 1 naval cruise book, class of 1964, page.
The united states navy produces cruise books that document the daily life of officers and crew members on voyages or deployments. Ff1086 uss brewton, knox class frigate, us navy history and characteristics. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. Those of you who served on the brewton around this time will certainly recognize most of the people and places.
She was decommissioned on 2 july 1992 and sold to taiwan on 29 september 1999 under the security assistance program. The personalized printed picture of uss brewton ff 1086 is exactly as you see it. Rare wwii us navy cruise book uss lunga point blue angels leaders estate. Uss brewton south pac 1988 cruise book introduction. Warships representing england, canada, australia, the united states, and new zealand were in attendance and celebrated jointly. Military records for family, persons, notables and others. If you served on the brewton, youll certainly remember reading these, or ones very similar to them. Brown hardcover with black printing and black designs. Us navy 34th special battalion 19441945 ww ii cruise book. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of.
So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. Moinester, a naval officer killed at age 24 in 1968 in hue, south vietnam during the tet offensive by the north vietnamese forces. Browse through military records by war, date, locations and name. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. Uss brewton west pac 1975 cruise book introduction. Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb. Unpaged tan hardcover with turquoise printing and turquoise sketch of crates being hoisted by crane. You would be purchasing an exact copy of the uss bremerton ca cruise book during this time of peace. If you have one that isnt available here please consider scanning it. Those of you who served on the brewton around this. Bristol county lst 1198 naval cruise book, class of 1991, page 8 of 106 has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. Duplicated pages of the days activity when the ship was first commissioned. These pages recreate the uss brewtons 1975 west pacific cruise book in web page format.
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