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US Navy Cruise Books
- The largest online collection of freely accessible US Navy Cruise Books -
- 724 Cruise Books and several (De)Commissioning Programs available -
US Navy Cruise Books are unofficial publications published by a ship's crew to document a cruise or deployment. The number of copies of a cruise book is very limited. Several commands only order copies for about 2/3 of the crew as a rule of thumb. Creating those books is an old tradition in the US Navy. This tradition dates back to the late 1800s, when the crews began documenting events of their cruises. A major difference compared to today's cruise books is that the early log books, as they were called, covered a period of up to two years which was the common period for a standard deployment at that time. It is estimated that by now, more than 10,000 different US Navy cruise books have been published and the number of collectors is constantly increasing
The cruise books displayed here are part of my own collection. A few books, however, have been donated to me by visitors of the website. In these cases, the name of the contributor is mentioned on the cruise book's index page. My own books are not for sale and I'm not able to help you locating old Cruise Books but you can check the Ship's Store to see if one of your ship's cruise books is currently listed on ebay. You have a cruise book that is not listed here and you like to contribute it? Here are your options.
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- USS Bon Homme Richard (CV 31)
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- USS Oriskany (CV 34)
- USS Antietam (CV 36)
- USS Princeton (CV 37)
- USS Shangri-La (CV 38)
- USS Lake Champlain (CV 39)
- USS Tarawa (CV 40)
- USS Midway (CV 41)
- USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV 42)
- USS Coral Sea (CV 43)
- USS Valley Forge (CV 45)
- USS Philippine Sea (CV 47)
- USS Forrestal (CV 59)
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- USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69)
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- USS George Washington (CVN 73)
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Battleships
- USS North Carolina (BB 55)
- USS Massachusetts (BB 59)
- USS Alabama (BB 60)
- USS Iowa (BB 61)
- USS New Jersey (BB 62)
- USS Missouri (BB 63)
- USS Wisconsin (BB 64)
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Cruisers
- USS Columbia (CL 56)
- USS Montpelier (CL 57)
- USS Saint Paul (CA 73)
- USS Columbus (CA 74)
- USS Helena (CA 75)
- USS Oklahoma City (CL 91)
- USS Fargo (CL 106)
- USS Albany (CA 123)
- USS Rochester (CA 124)
- USS Toledo (CA 133)
- USS Des Moines (CA 134)
- USS Salem (CA 139)
- USS Newport News (CA 148)
- USS Boston (CAG 1)
- USS Galveston (CLG 3)
- USS Oklahoma City (CLG 5)
- USS Topeka (CLG 8)
- USS Long Beach (CGN 9)
- USS Chicago (CG 11)
- USS Columbus (CG 12)
- USS Gridley (DLG / CG 21)
- USS England (DLG / CG 22)
- USS Halsey (DLG / CG 23)
- USS Josephus Daniels (DLG / CG 27)
- USS Jouett (DLG / CG 29)
- USS Horne (DLG / CG 30)
- USS Sterett (DLG / CG 31)
- USS Fox (DLG / CG 33)
- USS Truxtun (DLGN / CGN 35)
- USS California (CGN 36)
- USS South Carolina (CGN 37)
- USS Mississippi (CGN 40)
- USS Ticonderoga (CG 47)
- USS Thomas S. Gates (CG 51)
- USS San Jacinto (CG 56)
- USS Cowpens (CG 63)
- USS Lake Erie (CG 70)
- USS Vella Gulf (CG 72)
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Destroyers
- USS Hamner (DD 718)
- USS Epperson (DD 719)
- USS Walke (DD 723)
- USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729)
- USS Taussig (DD 746)
- USS Lofberg (DD 759)
- USS Rowan (DD 782)
- USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD 833)
- USS Duncan (DD 874)
- USS Perkins (DD 877)
- USS Newman K. Perry (DD 883)
- USS Floyd B. Parks (DD 884)
- USS Barry (DD 933)
- USS Manley (DD 940)
- USS Edson (DD 946)
- USS Morton (DD 948)
- USS Richard S. Edwards (DD 950)
- USS Turner Joy (DD 951)
- USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964)
- USS Elliot (DD 967)
- USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968)
- USS Peterson (DD 969)
- USS Caron (DD 970)
- USS David R. Ray (DD 971)
- USS John Young (DD 973)
- USS O'Brien (DD 975)
- USS Merrill (DD 976)
- USS Briscoe (DD 977)
- USS Stump (DD 978)
- USS Thorn (DD 988)
- USS Ingersoll (DD 990)
- USS Fife (DD 991)
- USS Fletcher (DD 992)
- USS Hayler (DD 997)
- USS Charles F. Adams (DDG 2)
- USS John King (DDG 3)
- USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG 5)
- USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG 7)
- USS Robison (DDG 12)
- USS Buchanan (DDG 14)
- USS Berkeley (DDG 15)
- USS Joseph Strauss (DDG 16)
- USS Tattnall (DDG 19)
- USS Cochrane (DDG 21)
- USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG 22)
- USS Decatur (DDG 31)
- USS John Paul Jones (DDG 32)
- USS Somers (DDG 34)
- USS John S. McCain (DDG 36)
- USS Farragut (DLG 6 / DDG 37)
- USS Coontz (DLG 9 / DDG 40)
- USS King (DLG 10 / DDG 41)
- USS Mahan (DLG 11 / DDG 42)
- USS Dahlgren (DLG 12 / DDG 43)
- USS Preble (DLG 15 / DDG 46)
- USS Barry (DDG 52)
- USS Stout (DDG 55)
- USS Mitscher (DDG 57)
- USS Russell (DDG 59)
- USS McFaul (DDG 74)
- USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81)
- USS Lassen (DDG 82)
- USS Momsen (DDG 92)
- USS Halsey (DDG 97)
- USS Kidd (DDG 993)
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Frigates
- USS Davidson (DE / FF 1045)
- USS Albert David (FF 1050)
- USS O'Callahan (DE / FF 1051)
- USS Gray (FF 1054)
- USS Connole (FF 1056)
- USS Reasoner (FF 1063)
- USS Marvin Shields (FF 1066)
- USS Francis Hammond (DE / FF 1067)
- USS Harold E. Holt (FF 1074)
- USS Trippe (FF 1075)
- USS Barbey (FF 1088)
- USS Jesse L. Brown (FF 1089)
- USS Brooke (FFG 1)
- USS Schofield (DEG 3)
- USS Julius A. Furer (DEG / FFG 6)
- USS McInerney (FFG 8)
- USS Wadsworth (FFG 9)
- USS George Philip (FFG 12)
- USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG 13)
- USS Copeland (FFG 25)
- USS Curts (FFG 38)
- USS McClusky (FFG 41)
- USS De Wert (FFG 45)
- USS Nicholas (FFG 47)
- USS Vandegrift (FFG 48)
- USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49)
- USS Taylor (FFG 50)
- USS Gary (FFG 51)
- USS Hawes (FFG 53)
- USS Ford (FFG 54)
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Amphibious Forces
- USS Tarawa (LHA 1)
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- USS Wasp (LHD 1)
- USS Essex (LHD 2)
- USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)
- USS Boxer (LHD 4)
- USS Bataan (LHD 5)
- USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)
- USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7)
- USS Iwo Jima (LPH 2)
- USS Okinawa (LPH 3)
- USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7)
- USS Guam (LPH 9)
- USS Tripoli (LPH 10)
- USS New Orleans (LPH 11)
- USS Raleigh (LPD 1)
- USS Austin (LPD 4)
- USS Cleveland (LPD 7)
- USS Dubuque (LPD 8)
- USS Denver (LPD 9)
- USS Juneau (LPD 10)
- USS Nashville (LPD 13)
- USS Trenton (LPD 14)
- USS Ponce (LPD 15)
- USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32)
- USS Alamo (LSD 33)
- USS Hermitage (LSD 34)
- USS Monticello (LSD 35)
- USS Anchorage (LSD 36)
- USS Portland (LSD 37)
- USS Mount Vernon (LSD 39)
- USS Fort Fisher (LSD 40)
- USS Germantown (LSD 42)
- USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43)
- USS Comstock (LSD 45)
- USS Tortuga (LSD 46)
- USS Rushmore (LSD 47)
- USS Ashland (LSD 48)
- USS Newport (LST 1179)
- USS Fresno (LST 1182)
- USS Frederick (LST 1184)
- USS Saginaw (LST 1188)
- USS La Moure County (LST 1194)
- USS Bristol County (LST 1198)
- USS Durham (LKA 114)
- USS St. Louis (LKA 116)
- USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20)
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Auxiliary Vessels
- USS Dixie (AD 14)
- USS Prairie (AD 15)
- USS Sierra (AD 18)
- USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37)
- USS Puget Sound (AD 38)
- USS Yellowstone (AD 41)
- USS Mauna Kea (AE 22)
- USS Nitro (AE 23)
- USS Pyro (AE 24)
- USS Haleakala (AE 25)
- USS Mount Hood (AE 29)
- USS Flint (AE 32)
- USS Mount Baker (AE 34)
- USS Vega (AF 59)
- USS Sylvania (AFS 2)
- USS Concord (AFS 5)
- USS San Diego (AFS 6)
- USS San Jose (AFS 7)
- USS Coronado (AGF 11)
- USS Cimarron (AO 22)
- USS Chemung (AO 30)
- USS Ashtabula (AO 51)
- USS Cacapon (AO 52)
- USS Caliente (AO 53)
- USS Neosho (AO 143)
- USS Ponchatoula (AO 148)
- USS Camden (AOE 2)
- USS Detroit (AOE 4)
- USS Wichita (AOR 1)
- USS Kansas City (AOR 3)
- USS Wabash (AOR 5)
- USS Dixon (AS 37)
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