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Went through overhaul in norfolk,va and drydock period in charleston,sc. Miami dolphins 1972 games and schedule profootball. The inside story of the 1972 miami dolphins perfect. The uss sellers ddg11 association is comprised of former crew members of the uss sellers, their family members, and anyone who has an interest in this great ship. Lauderdale and enjoyed a free football game, miami dolphins. Unfortunately, a cruise book was not published for the 1960 cruise. In this homage to the 1972 miami dolphins, freemans classic book will. Uss marvin shields ff1066 where snipes and twidgets are welcome operations. You will be able to zoom in to better read names etc. We had the best flag football team in mayport, fl for an afloat command, 198990. The ship made a shakedown cruise along the east coast of the united states shortly after being.
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Many thanks to mike ward for all his hard work in recording and saving these clips. Navy cruise books for various years and ships from 1919 to 2009. Uss dolphin agss555, a navy research submarine that holds the. John fitzgerald kennedy, the 35th president of the united states, was born on 29 may 1917 in brookline, mass. They include the volumes in the navy department librarys collection, the nations largest cruise book collection. This page contains scans from the commissioning of the uss america, 1965. Here you can download the uss america cva 66 mediterranean cruise book 1971 as a high resolution. Uss america arrives in sasebo japan sasebo, japan amphibious assault ship uss america lha 6 joined the u. Christine brennan, usa today columnist, abc news commentator, author. Don shula made us feel better about calling ourselves south floridians. Commissioned in 1965, she spent most of her career in the atlantic and mediterranean, but did make three pacific deployments serving in the vietnam war. Her mission is to act as the flagship of an expeditionary strike group or amphibious ready group, carrying part of a marine expeditionary unit.
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Several commands only order copies for about 23 of the crew as a rule of thumb. Uss america cva66 cruise book westpac vietnam cruise 1972 1973 tonkin trek the uss america with carrier air wing eight embarked includes identified division photos 9 x 12 hardcover in good condition, with some cover wear. Deployed on the america in 1972 to 1973 with squadron va 86, a7c planes to gulf of tonkin. In late july, the second group of 41 middies arrived for their sixweek cruise. Prnewswire the miami dolphins cheerleaders, one of the most beloved cheer. You would be purchasing the uss sperry cruise book during world war ii.
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Uss miami cl89 19431962 the uss miami, a 10,000ton cleveland class light cruiser built in philadelphia, pennsylvania, was commissioned in late december 1943. The following morning we were advised that instead of playing war games off of hawaii we would be spending the week in port while the damage to the starboard sponson was fixed. See more of uss enterprise cvn 65 book on facebook. This is a tribute to her in her best years and her final voyage. Uss independence cv62 1971 1972 cruise book the fifth uss independence cv62, formerly cva62, is a forrestalclass aircraft carrier that was launched by new york navy yard 6 june 1958.
You would be purchasing an exact copy of the uss miami cl 89 cruise book during world war ii. Was an aq in the integrated weapons team working on the aircraft and weapons guidance systems. Miami dolphins cheerleaders cruise on board msc seaside and. On 8 april 1972, lord balniel, uk minister of state for defense visited john f. Cruise books are yearbookstyle books put together by volunteers on board ship to commemorate a deployment. America was a 19thcentury racing yacht and first winner of the america s cup international sailing trophy on august 22, 1851, america won the royal yacht squadrons 53mile 85 km regatta around the isle of wight by 18 minutes. The major event of my first qualifications cruise was the flight down from nas whidbey island with the rest of va115.
Uss america was the third kitty hawk class aircraft carrier and the third ship in the. Dvids images uss america tiger cruise image 2 of 5. Uss forrestal cva 59 mediterranean cruise book 197273. Uss america cvacv66 was one of three kitty hawkclass supercarriers built for the united states navy in the 1960s. 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. Click on the link next to the thumbnail to get the full size page. Please note that the scans in the download are the same images like above, however, they have not been resized.
Each page has been placed on a cd for years of enjoyable computer viewing. The uss somers, from 1959 to 1982 participated in 11 cruises. Alamo lsd33 1961, 1966, 196768, 1969, 1972, 1974, 197576, 1977, 1980, 1986. America cv 66 naval cruise book, class of 1978, page. Here you can download the uss america cva 66 westpac cruise book 197273 as a high resolution. Back to uss america cva 66 westpac cruise book 1972 73 page. Built in pascagoula, ms, inchon was the last of the iwo jimas. Audio clips from the 1972 westpac a vietnam era collection of audio clips recorded off the 1mc announcements we all heard day in and day out while aboard. Yesterday, as part of san franciscos fleet week festivities, the us navy had a highprofile commissioning ceremony for the uss america lha6, the fourth us navy ship to bear the name and the. Cruise is all about cruise ships and the people who love them. Us navy cruise books are unofficial publications published by a ships crew to document a cruise or deployment. Us navy cruise books the largest online collection of.