Uss leahy cruise book

Rgm84 harpoon missile was fired from a mk 141 missile launcher 1982. You would be purchasing the during this time period. Uss leahy cruise books complete, uss leahy sisters uss leahy. As with uss long beach cgn9 and uss enterprise cvn65, bainbridge was the only member of its singleship class. A woman contacted us wanting to purchase the 1968 uss long beach westpac cruise book for her father, who served aboard during that period. Uss cruiser for sale historical memorabilia collectibles. Uss leahy dlgcg16 was the lead ship of a new class of destroyer leaders in the united. Built by bath iron works in bath, maine, uss leahy was the first of its class of nine guided missile cruisers.

Leahy, she was commissioned in 4 august 1962 as dlg16, a frigate, and reclassified as cg16, a cruiser, on 30 june 1975. He initiated advanced war planning to deal with potential hostilities with germany and japan and promoted a robust u. Leahy, she was commissioned on 4 august 1962 as dlg16, a guided missile frigate, and reclassified as cg16, a guided missile cruiser, on 30 june 1975. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. You would be purchasing an exact copy of the uss mobile cruise book during world war ii. This cruise book for the 1964 med cruise was graciously loaned by patrick cahill. Captain kerr has served at sea in uss bon homme richard cva 31, uss walke dd 723, uss leahy dlg 16, and on the staff, commander cruiser destroyer flotilla nine. Great deals from u s naval history store in ebay stores. Unfollow uss america cruise book to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. A leahy pictogram was published in august 1972 with. The cd comes in a plastic sleeve with a custom label. Vintage monogram 1973 uss leahy 82960225 guided missile.

Uss saint paul ca73 1959 westpac cruise book flagship 7th fleet heavy cruiser. Bolger graduated from the united states naval academy in 1964. Upon commissioning, he served aboard uss leahy dlg16 as asw officer, navigator, 1st lt. It embodied leahys distinguished record of performance and timeliness, challenging all who served aboard her to continue the tradition of excellence by ready to perform every assigned task. Aft view of uss leahy cg16 underway at sea on 17 january 1983 6408652.

This is the cruise book of the uss worden cg18 on her westpac cruise 21 march to 22 october, 1983. Uss leahy cg 16 dlg 16 class guided missile cruiser admiral. My name is clair buckingham and i was on the ship from the shakedown until 1952. 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 keel was laid december 3, 1959, and leahy was commissioned august 4, 1962 at boston naval shipyard. Originally a guided missile destroyer leader, the class was redesignated guided missile cruiser in 1975. Printing is also easily possible because of the high resolution 300dpi and the missing watermarks. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. The following awards have been verified by opnavnote 1650 of 09 mar 01.

Back to uss leahy cg 16 westpac cruise book 198485 page. I maintain a contact record for all participating shipmates, including email info. Home page of the uss josephus daniels dlgcg 27, belknap class guided missile cruiser of the us navy altantic fleet. I have the 19511952 cruise book which is the first one you list and i dont remember any ones for the first two cruises in 1949 and 1950. Leahy returns in september and undergoes her first major overhaul since re. Uss reeves was built by the puget sound naval shipyard, bremerton, wa. The item vintage monogram 1973 uss leahy 82960225 guided missile frigate ship model kit is in sale since saturday, october 24, 2015. If you are interest in any photo shown below, i have the original scans of this book, and i will gladly email it to you. Here you can download the uss leahy cg 16 westpac cruise book 198485 as a high resolution. Admiral reeves is also known as the father of carrier warfare. He has commanded uss hawkins dd 873 and uss kinkaid dd 965. Oct 27, 2015 the item vintage monogram 1973 uss leahy 82960225 guided missile frigate ship model kit is in sale since saturday, october 24, 2015. Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable computer viewing. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment.

Higherresolution versions of these photos from the collection of shipmate doug turpen and public domain sources, some with captions identifying individual shipmates, are linked from the thumbnail images below. Uss leahy cg16 leahy dlg16 was laid down by bath iron works corp. Media in category uss leahy cg 16 the following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total. Uss leahy fires a rur5a asroc from her mk 16 launcher 1983. Uss jason ar8 cruise book westpac cruise 1983 jason returns to westpac following an overhaul in 1982 the jason visited ports in japan korea philippines hawaii includes identified division photos 9 x 11 hardcover in good condition thank you for looking the photos show the actual item being sold. Navy photo 1 from the uss leahy cg16 19841985 cruise book available at. On february 1971, a uss leahy change of command ceremony takes place in naples, italy. Cruise books were published for all major deployments except 1972 and 1975. Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable computer. Bring the cruise book to life with this multimedia presentation.

Uss leahy cg16 cruiser westpac deployment cruise book year log 1983. Vietnam navy uss saint paul ca73 cruise book 7th fleet westpac. To help id the page, the front cover is considered page 1. Uss bainbridge cgn25 was a nuclearpowered development of the leahy class. Uss leahy lucky bag site wantsrequests uss leahy shipmate locator.

The second uss reeves was leahyclass guided missile frigate officially classified as a destroyer leader dlg later reclassified as a cruiser cg that was named for vice adm. Leahy mooring at pier 88 in new york city during a midshipmans cruise, 10. Uss barton dd722 1,595 words case mismatch in snippet view article the entry can be found here. The worden was the third ship in the leahy class of doubleend guided missile cruisers. You would be purchasing the uss leahy dlg 16 cruise book during this time period. Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb. Creating those books is an old tradition in the us navy. The images on this site were scanned from the copy of executive officer bill vose capt. Uss bainbridge cgn25 was a nuclearpowered development of the leahyclass. Edwards was one of many destroyers whose crew published a cruise book after world war ii. Uss leahy dlg16, later cg 16 was named in honor of fleet admiral leahy. Sasebo, subic bay, singapore, fremantlepearth, diego garcio, and hong kong. Cruise books in the navy department librarys collection. Navy photo from the uss leahy cg16 19841985 cruise book available at.

If anyone has a copy to sell, let us know and well connect you. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. Rare cruise books like this sell for a hundred dollars or more when buying the actual hard copy. You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. Uss leahy cg 16 westpac cruise book 198485 operations. Uss leahy cruisebooks online for some shipmates, this is the only source of cruisebook infotheir original books being lost in thefts, household moves, house fires, attics, earthquakes, tornados, pawn shops, flea markets, huge basements, us postal service mixups, ebay, floods or divorce actions, etc. Uss brewton westpac indian ocean 1982 cruise book page 6. From 1962 to 1993, leahy operated as a unit of the atlantic fleet 19621976 and the pacific fleet 19761993. Abraham lincoln cvn72 198890, 1991, 1993, 199495, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 200203, 200405, 2006, 2008, 201011, 201112. Uss leahy dlgcg16 was the lead ship of a new class of destroyer leaders in the united states navy. Uss belknap dlg 26 cruise book on cd 196970 rare usn. Leahy, she was commissioned on 4 august 1962 as dlg16, a guided missile frigate, and reclassified as cg16, a guided missile cruiser, on 30 june 1975 from 1962 to 1976, leahy operated as a unit of the atlantic fleet and from 1976 to 1993 as a unit of the.