Author: Canberra (Guided missile heavy cruiser : CAG-2)
Title: The Kangaroo Heads South: Midshipman Cruise Alfa - USS Canberra - June 8 to August 6, 1957
Description: Tidewater Offset Printing Service, Norfolk, [1957]. First Edition, Softcover. Near Fine Condition. 28cm x 21.5cm. [64] pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated saddle-stapled wrappers. Being a Pictorial Voyage of the Kan-Do Kangaroo, on a Midshipman Training Cruise from the US east coast to South America and back. A cruiser of the United States Navy named to honour the Australian cruiser HMAS Canberra sunk during the Battle of Savo Island. The first USN warship named after a foreign capital city. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the crew and illustrations of kangaroos. A ship tune, 'sail on, Canberra', sung to the tune of Waltzing Matilda. Inscribed by a US Navy Captain to the front cover. 1 copy in OCLC at the United States Naval Academy. Minor shelf and handling wear. Shipped Weight: .24 kilos.

Keywords: BZDB407 Ships & the Sea; Countries::North America::United States; Military & Warfare. Unbranded Canberra (Guided missile heavy cruiser : CAG-2) The Kangaroo Heads South: Midshipman Cruise Alfa - USS Canberra - June 8 to August 6, 1957 Countries::North Ame


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