We all share a special bond, and pride in our historic ship. The contract to build her was awarded to newport news shipbuilding and dry dock company in newport news, virginia on 6. Navy deck logs chronicle events which took place aboard commissioned u. Uss montpelier cl 57 wwii cruise book on cd rare navy ebay. Faheys diary presents a vivid picture of an average sailors daily life from the first battle to the typhoons and food shortages to the final desperate. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of. Ww2 german dak afrika army pith helmet, 1942, size 57, orig. Cruise book cd presentation advantages and features.
Uss montpelier returns to naval station norfolk the uss montpelier ssn 765 returned to naval station norfolk from deployment on friday afternoon. Uss montpelier cl 57 wwii cruise book on cd rare navy. The cruise book cd makes it possible for several members of the family to own one. One of the most extraordinary personal documents to emerge from the war, james j. She was laid down five months after the cleveland, launched only three months behind her and commissioned on 9. Huntington cl 107 cruise of the uss huntington cl107. You would be purchasing the uss montpelier cruise book during world war ii. Uss oklahoma city cl 91 cruise book wwii on cd rare. Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb.
The contract to build her was awarded to newport news shipbuilding and dry dock company in newport news, virginia on 6 february 1987 and her keel was laid down on 19 may 1989. Montpelier was commissioned in september 1942 and saw service in several campaigns in the pacific. Naval vessels during a variety of military engagements and during peacetime. The cruise book of the uss montpelier summaries the activities of this cleveland class cruiser from september 1942 through 1945, most of which she spent in the pacific war.
The first montpelier retained the name that the ship carried at the time of her transfer from the war department. Uss montpelier cl57 19421945 ww ii cruise book ebay. Uss astoria cl90 website dedicated to the light cruiser uss astoria. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. No sailors were injured and the ships moved on their own. Fringing its base arc coral cockershells, significant of the vast expanse of the blue pacific, wherein the u. Ordered into the arabian gulf prior to the conflict as part of the uss abraham lincoln cvn72 strike group, cheyenne had the distinction of firing the first tomahawk missile in operation iraqi freedom. Uss denver cl58 world war ii deck log and war diary. See more of uss enterprise cvn 65 book on facebook. Uss montpelier cl 57 was one of 26 united states navy clevelandclass light cruisers completed during or shortly after world war ii began. Statistics show that only 2535% of sailors purchased their cruise book. War log 1942 1945 rare find bring the cruise book to life with this multimedia presentation.
Eastern daylight time during a training exercise the navy says no personnel aboard either vessel were injured and that damage to both ships is being assessed, but that montpelier s nuclear plant was unaffected by. Montpelier cl57 1945 montrose apa212 1954, 1958, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. Uss mobile cl 63 wwii uss montpelier cl 57 wwii uss nashville cl 43 wwii uss. Navys newest submarine to be named uss washington komo aoshima 106 uss washington u. Throughout the world war ii campaign in the pacific, an ordinary seaman defied navy regulations by surreptitiously compiling a diary on scraps of paper. Unfortunately, a cruise book was not published for the 1960 cruise. On june 2930, 1943 during the night uss montpelier with uss cleveland, uss columbia, uss denver cl58 and eight destroyers bombarded ballale and poporang as part of the preparation for the american landings in new georgia.
Uss cheyenne ssn773, for example, departed her pearl harbor homeport in late july 2002 for what was expected to be a sixmonth deployment. Wvec the uss montpelier ssn 765 returned to naval station norfolk from deployment on friday afternoon. Montpelier played the principal role in defeating a japanese task force off empress augusta bay in the grand surface finale of the south pacific campaign. This book is brought to you for free and open access by the world war collections at bangor. Each page has been placed on acd for years of enjoyable computer viewing. Montpelier s vertical rudder is either under water or has been carried away by the collision.
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Uss montpelier cl57 cruise book 19421945 the cruise book of the uss montpelier cl57 summarizes the pacific war activities of the cleveland class cruiser from 1942 through 1945. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. Sixtytwo submarines of this class have been completed, 41 are still in active service. She was the second us navy ship to be named for the city of montpelier, vermont. This photo of uss montpelier cl 57 is exactly as you see it with the matte printed around it.
Uss montpelier cl 57 world war ii cruise book 194245. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. Like almost all her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. I have scanned a number of wwii cruise books and ships histories in order to preserve the history of the men who served. This cruise book summarizes the activities of the uss montpelier, cl57, during the time the cleveland class cruiser served in the pacific war. We offer access to navy deck which are housed at the u. Uss nashville cl 43 cruise book wwii on cd rare navy. This started as a quest to find a copy of the uss neshobaapa 216s cruise book.
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The cruise book of the uss montpelier cl57 summarizes the pacific war activities of the cleveland class cruiser from 1942 through 1945. Montpelier i screw steamer naval history and heritage. Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable computer viewing. The uss san jacinto and the uss montpelier collided during a training exercise saturday afternoon.
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