UNITED STATES NAVY - Uss Princeton Far Eastern Cruise 1956

Washington, DC: Department of the Navy, 1956. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color & B&W; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. Laid in are a number of photos and items (both printed orders and personal notes) from a member of the crew of the USS Princeton in 1956. The dust jacket has generalized toning, edge wear, nicks, chips and several large tears. The dust jacket has been repaired by the former owner with clear tape that has left glue residue in numerous places. "USS Princeton, a 27,100-ton Ticonderoga class aircraft carrier was Commissioned in November 1945; Decommissioned in June 1949; Recommissioned in August 1950; Operated with Task Force 77 in support of United Nations forces in Korea from: December 1950 to August 1951, April to October 1952 and March 1953 to the end of the conflict that summer; Redesignated CVA-37 in October 1952; In January 1954 Reclassified from Attack Aircraft Carrier to Anti-submarine Warfare Support as hull number CVS-37. In this role, she operated in the eastern Pacific and in Asiatic waters, deploying to the Indian Ocean andPersian Gulf area in 1957-58. Redesignated LPH-5 in March 1959 and converted into an Amphibious Assault Ship. She carried Marines and their helicopters in their new mission of vertical envelopment; was heavily involved in theSEA area of operation in the 1960s; landed Marines at Chu Lai, RVN in May 1965; supported Marine and U. S. Army units in several combat operations. During the rest of the decade, Princeton continued to support SEA operations; in April 1969 assigned as a Space Recovery ship for Apollo 10 Lunar mission; Decommissioned/Strikened from the Naval Vessel Register January 1970; sold for scrap in May 1971." (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Good dust jacket .

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