US Navy USS Massachusetts BB-59 Pacific World War II 1942-1945 Cruise Book

Description

USS MASSACHUSETTS (BB-59)
CRUISE BOOK
ATLANTIC / PACIFIC OPERATIONS 1942-1945
Official cruise book as issued to crew members of
USS Massachusetts
April 1942 through August 1945
Commanding Officers
:
Captain Francis E. M. Whiting
(May 12, 1942 - December 12, 1942)
Captain Robert O. Glover
(December 12, 1942 - September 27, 1943)
Captain Theodore D. Ruddock, Jr.
(September 27, 1943 - April 8, 1944)
Captain William W. Warlick
(April 8, 1944 - May 2, 1945)
Captain John R. Redman
(May 2, 1945 - January 22, 1946
War Operations
ATLANTIC OPERATIONS (November 1942)
Casablanca French Morocco
SOUTH PACIFIC OPERATIONS
Battle of Coral Sea, Soloman Islands, Nauru Island, Saipan
TRUK RAIDS (April - May 1944)
PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS
Battle of Leyte Gulf, Okinawa Shima Campaign
(March 1945 - June 1945)
SAIPAN HARBOR ACTIVITIES
JAPAN HOMELAND OPERATIONS
(February 1945 - August 1945)
BOOK CONDITION:
Very Good
WEAR:
Minimal shelf scuffing/wear
PAGES:
No missing, marked, or torn pages
SPINE:
No damage to book spine
BOOK SIZE:
11 1/4" x 8 3/4" x 1/2" (Hardbound)
# OF PAGES:
125 (b/w)