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Essex Class Carriers in WWII Technical and Operational History w/Maps/Jacket+.

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Essex Class Carriers in WW II – Technical and Operational History which has an extensive look at the carriers including many depictions and diagrams of various fits and Dazzle schemes. Book has all sorts of information, pictures, diagrams over 500 pages plus the secondary map book and fold out diagrams.

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Pictorial History Aircraft Carrier. The Gangway: A Pictorial History of the U. Randolphs First Year at Sea October 9, 1944 to October 9, 1945. Published by the Officers and Men of the U. Randolph, Lt Jack Herod, editor. Kingkraft/Campus Books: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1946). Large hardcover in embossed decorative boards with a compass device, unpaginated approximately 156 pages. Illustrated with maps and black & white photographs throughout. A period piece published the year after the Second World War ended. Very good condition, some rubbing, edge and corner wear, all very minor. A nice clean copy. USS Randolph (CV/CVA/CVS-15) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Randolph was commissioned in October 1944 and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning three battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career she operated exclusively in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean. USS Randolph in World War II. Following a shakedown cruise off Trinidad, Randolph got underway for the Panama Canal and the Pacific. On 31 December, she reached San Francisco where Air Group 87 was detached, and Air Group 12 reported on board for four months duty. On 20 January 1945, Randolph departed San Francisco for Ulithi, from which she sortied on 10 February with Task Force 58. She launched attacks on 1617 February against Tokyo airfields and the Tachikawa engine plant. The following day, she made a strike on the island of Chichi Jima. On 20 February, she launched three aerial sweeps in support of ground forces invading Iwo Jima and two against Haha Jima. During the next four days, further strikes hit Iwo Jima and combat air patrols were flown almost continuously. Riding at anchor at Ulithi on 11 March, a Yokosuka P1Y1 “Frances” kamikaze hit Randolph on the starboard side aft just below the flight deck, killing 27 men and wounding 105. At this point Lt. What ensued became the most extensive repair-at-sea ever performed by the US Navy. Humphrey’s first act was to move number six (forward) arresting-gear catapult engine aft to replace the destroyed number one engine. Some 29 tons of structural steel, including I-beams salvaged from a Japanese sugar mill on newly liberated Saipan, were utilized. An additional 7,500 board feet of lumber was required to repair Randolphs flight deck. In the words of Cmdr. Charles Minter, assistant air officer on board Randolph, That decision to remain in the forward area [for repairs] allowed us to complete the war in an operational status. I doubt anyone could estimate how long we would have been in the yard had we gone back to the States, and the loss of the Randolph at that particular time would have been crucial. Samuel Humphreys saved the day. Working twenty-four hours a day at sea off Ulithi, Randolphs repairs, initiated immediately after the fires from the 11 March kamikaze attack were extinguished, were completed by 1 April, the launch date of the Okinawa invasion. Randolph joined Task Force 58 on 7 April. Combat air patrols (CAP) were flown daily until 14 April, when strikes were sent against Okinawa, Ie Shima, and Kakeroma Island. The following day, an air support mission of fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes hit Okinawa and a fighter sweep struck an airfield in southern Kysh. Under daily air attack from 17 April on, Randolph continued to send her aircraft on CAP and support missions throughout the month. In May, planes from the carrier hit the Ryukyu Islands and southern Japan, Kikai (Amami Islands) naval base and airfields, and Kysh airfields. Becoming the flagship of TF 58 on 15 May, Randolph continued her support of the occupation of Okinawa until 29 May, when she retired via Guam to the Philippines. On her next war cruise, as a part of Admiral Halsey’s 3rd Fleet, Randolph made a series of strikes up and down the Japanese home islands. In this attack, two of the important Honsh-Hokkaid train ferries were sunk and three were damaged. Attacks on the Japanese home islands continued for the next few days, and on 18 July, the Japanese battleship Nagato lying camouflaged alongside a pier at the Yokosuka Naval Base was bombed. Randolph’s pilots estimated that from 10 to 25 July they had destroyed 25 to 30 ships, ranging in size from small luggers to a 6000-ton freighter, and had damaged 35 to 40 others. Randolph’s strikes continued right up to the morning of the 15 August surrender, when her planes hit Kisarazu Airfield and surrounding installations. Following the end of the war, Randolph headed home. Transiting the Panama Canal in late September, she arrived at Naval Station Norfolk on 15 October, where she was rigged for “Magic Carpet” service. Before the end of the year, she completed two trips to the Mediterranean area to return American servicemen from Europe. The item “Gangway Pictorial History Aircraft Carrier USS Randolph in World War II 1944-45″ is in sale since Monday, October 4, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Other US WWII Original Items”. The seller is “weasle_4u” and is located in Espanola, New Mexico. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Region of Origin: United States
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Theme: Militaria
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Conflict: WW II (1939-45)

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Japanese Aircraft carrier Military history Large book From JAPAN. Condition: Used, good condition. 21.2 x 14.8 x 5.2cm. Takes about 2 to 4 weeks or more. Takes about 7 to 11 days or more. Thank you for your watching. The item “Used Japanese Aircraft carrier Military history Large book From JAPAN” is in sale since Friday, April 12, 2019. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Magazines”. The seller is “ceresty2014japan” and is located in sanmu, Chiba. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
• Topic: History
• Language: Japanese

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NAVY AVIATOR FLIGHT LOG BOOK THAT WAS ONCE OWNED BY U. PARKER STARTING IN THE YEAR 1928 THROUGH 1937. NAVY AVIATION FLIGHT LOG BOOK FROM THE ERA LEADING UP TO WW2 WITH THE AUTOGRAPHS OF MANY U. AIRCRAFT CARRIER CAPTAINS AND OTHER FAMOUS U. NAVY AVIATORS INCLUDING 3 FULL AUTOGRAPHS AND 7 AUTOGRAPHED INITIALS OF A. READ HE AND HIS CREW MADE THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING BY AIRCRAFT IN 1919 ON THE NC- 4 CURTIS FLYING BOAT. HE THEN BECAME A REAR ADMIRAL. THERE ARE A FEW AUTOGRAPHS THAT ARE NOT IDENTIFIED. WALTER PARKER WAS AN EARLY U. Mate AND MUST HAVE FLOWN ALONG WITH THESE PILOTS ON VARIOUS MISSIONS AND TEST FLIGHT. MANY OF THESE SIGNERS IN THIS AVIATORS FLIGHT LOG BOOK WENT ON TO BECOME SOME OF HIGHEST RANKING NAVY COMMANDERS AND ADMIRALS. THE LOG BOOK ALSO CONTAINS THE NAMES OF MANY OF THE UP AND COMING PILOTS EVENTUALLY FOUGHT IN WW2 MOSTLY IN THE PACIFIC AGAINST IMPERIAL JAPAN. THERE IS A RECORD IN THE LOG OF A FLIGHT OF A PILOT ON SEPTEMBER 18th 1929 SHOWING THE NAME “BYRD”. COULD THIS HAVE BEEN A WARM UP FLIGHT IN A SEAPLANE JUST BEFORE RICHARD R. BYRD MADE HIS EPIC FLIGHT? USS LANGLEY (CV-1) (RUBBER STAMPED IN THE LOG) : WAS THE US NAVY’S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND WAS SCUTTLED AFTER AN ATTACK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IN WW2. CONDITION IS VERY GOOD THROUGHOUT WITH NO PAGES MISSING OR ANY UNUSUAL WEAR. INCLUDES MANY PAGES NOT SHOWN OF SIMILAR FORMAT AND CONTENT. FURTHER INFORMATION SUPPLIED UPON REQUEST. THIS FLIGHT LOG BOOK CONTAINS MULTIPLE AUTOGRAPHS OF EACH NAME AND THE VARIOUS COUNTS CAN BE FOUND BENEATH EACH SMALL BIO BELOW. BELOW ARE THE AUTOGRAPHS THAT COULD BE IDENTIFIED. > ALBERT CUSHING READ A. READ : HE AND HIS CREW MADE THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN 1919 ON THE FLYING BOAT NC-4. NAVAL AVIATOR NUMBER #24. (3 FULL AUTOGRAPHS AND 7 AUTOGRAPHED INITIALS). JOSEPH CAMBELL CRONIN : COMMANDED THE USS TULAGI CVE-72 IN THE ATLANTIC AND. CHIEF OF STAFF AND FAST BATTLESHIPS. WAS ON THE USS MISSOURI FOR THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN. RETIRED AS REAR ADMIRAL. NAVAL AVIATOR NUMBER #24 (2 FULL AUTOGRAPHS). ROBERT GOLDTHWAITE : COMMANDED THE ESCORT CARRIER USS SAGINAW BAY (CVA 82) FROM MARCH 15, 1945 IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AND BECAME REAR ADMIRAL AND COMMANDER OF FLEET AIR AFTER THE WAR (5 FULL AUTOGRAPHS). COMMANDER NAVAL AIR STATION FINESTIRE, FRANCE WWI (5 FULL AUTOGRAPHS). > MILES RUTHERFORD BROWNING (MILES BROWNING): PIONEER OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER CONCEPTS AND A CAPTAIN OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ENTERPRISE AT THE WW2 BATTLE OF MIDWAY. WW2 COMMANDER OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HORNET (CV-12). WEBSTER : BECAME A WW1 CIVILIAN INSTRUCTOR AT QUANTUM NAVAL AIR STATION. IN OCTOBER OF 1917 HE TRANSFERRED TO HAMPTON ROADS VA. AS AN INSTRUCTOR / FLIGHT COMMANDER. HE BECAME A NAVAL AVIATOR WITH No. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE USMC NORTHERN BOMBING GROUP IN WW1. The item “ORIGINAL EARLY U. S. NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER HISTORY AVIATORS LOG BOOK c1928-37″ is in sale since Thursday, July 18, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Documents & Maps”. The seller is “topcat2001565758590″ and is located in New York, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Brazil, France, Australia.

• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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