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Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Roxburgh Pub. Co. Boston, MA. No Date (1930s?). 193 pgs. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed by C Aloysiue Stumpf on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This book covers the operations of USS Tennessee (ACR-10) (flagship), USS California (ACR-6), USS Colorado (ACR-7), USS Maryland (ACR-8), USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4), USS South Dakota (ACR-9) USS Washington (ACR-11), and USS West Virginia (ACR-5) during this deployment.This book was written by Electrician C. Aloysius Stumpf who was aboard California for the cruise and contains a record of the Pacific Fleet armored cruisers\' WestPac cruise. It contains interesting written descriptions of the deployment of early coal-burning navy warships and their crews in a time long past. These ships were later renamed as cities between the years 1912 and 1920 to allow their names to be used for new battleships. Survivors were reclassified as heavy cruisers in 1920. Tennessee renamed as Memphis (wrecked by a tidal wave on the coast of Santo Domingo in 1916), California as San Diego (struck a mine and sank off the coast of New York in 1918), Colorado as Pueblo (CA-7), Maryland as Frederick (CA-8), Pennsylvania as Pittsburgh (CA-4), Washington as Seattle (CA-11), and West Virginia as Huntington (CA-5).Like the Maine (ACR-1) blown up in Havana harbor in 1898, these armored cruisers were often referred to as battleships.The cruisers made port calls in Pearl Harbor (twice), Manus in the Admiralty Islands, Manila, Yokohama (twice), and Woosung (now part of Shanghai). The book contains descriptions of shipboard life, drills, battle practice in Subic Bay,and accounts of the places and people visited at exotic ports. It also has a detailed depiction of the initiation of pollywogs on crossing the equator. C. Aloysius Stumpf c1930s On a Cruise with the U.S. Pacific Fleet to the Orient C. Aloysius Stumpf c1930s On a Cruise with the U.S. Pacific Fleet to the Orient Description
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On a Cruise with the U.S. Pacific Fleet to the Orient
An Account Of The American Bluejacket Afloat And Ashore
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C. Aloysius Stumpf
Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Roxburgh Pub. Co. Boston, MA. No Date (1930s?). 193 pgs. Illustrated. Signed and inscribed by C Aloysiue Stumpf on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing.
Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
This book covers the operations of USS Tennessee (ACR-10) (flagship), USS California (ACR-6), USS Colorado (ACR-7), USS Maryland (ACR-8), USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4), USS South Dakota (ACR-9) USS Washington (ACR-11), and USS West Virginia (ACR-5) during this deployment.This book was written by Electrician C. Aloysius Stumpf who was aboard California for the cruise and contains a record of the Pacific Fleet armored cruisers\' WestPac cruise. It contains interesting written descriptions of the deployment of early coal-burning navy warships and their crews in a time long past. These ships were later renamed as cities between the years 1912 and 1920 to allow their names to be used for new battleships. Survivors were reclassified as heavy cruisers in 1920. Tennessee renamed as Memphis (wrecked by a tidal wave on the coast of Santo Domingo in 1916), California as San Diego (struck a mine and sank off the coast of New York in 1918), Colorado as Pueblo (CA-7), Maryland as Frederick (CA-8), Pennsylvania as Pittsburgh (CA-4), Washington as Seattle (CA-11), and West Virginia as Huntington (CA-5).Like the Maine (ACR-1) blown up in Havana harbor in 1898, these armored cruisers were often referred to as battleships.The cruisers made port calls in Pearl Harbor (twice), Manus in the Admiralty Islands, Manila, Yokohama (twice), and Woosung (now part of Shanghai). The book contains descriptions of shipboard life, drills, battle practice in Subic Bay,and accounts of the places and people visited at exotic ports. It also has a detailed depiction of the initiation of pollywogs on crossing the equator.
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