USS ARIZONA engineering manuals; three, all dated 1936. With 4 additional items which establish provenance since 1937.

NEAR FINE manuals. WIKIPEDIA: In 1936 then Lt Zimmerli was a USS Arizona (AZ) armament and assistent engineering officer. Manuals are 11"x9", total about 3" thick, with text & 23 foldout drawings. Some unfold to 5' long. Adm Zimmerli was a decorated naval officer. During WWII he received the US Legion of Merit, an award from Britain, and France's Croix de Guerre. Likely Zimmerli took the manuals when he left AZ in 1937. PROVENANCE: (1) Zimmerli's 1936 AZ shellback certificate. A Shellback Certificate is given a sailor on his first equator crossing. (2) A humorous item shows Zimmerli's duties in the South China Seas. Last two items relate to Zimmerli's WWII service. (3) His DSO Membership SIGNED by King George VI. (4) Zimmerli's set of Morison's WWII NAVAL HISTORY. He signed vol X and marked pages where his part in the war effort was noted. Zimmerli was from Lyons, NY, a small town near Syracuse. He retired a Rear Admiral about 1950, moved back to Lyons, and died in 1979. This dealer acquired these items at a Geneva, NY, auction in the early 2000s. Lyons is 20 miles from Geneva. These manuals are unique. There are no USS Arizona manuals in the US Park Service, the Smithsonian and several WWII museums. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Silver Spring, MD, has only two books pertaining to the AZ. One from 1919, other from 1940. This dealer has scanned the drawings from these NARA books. Neither are even remotely similar to our manuals. NARA has dozens of AZ blueprints, some as large as 6'x25'. Our manuals are not related to any of these blueprints. THIS IS THE JIST OF MY FINDINGS.

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Title: USS ARIZONA engineering manuals; three, all dated 1936. With 4 additional items which establish provenance since 1937.
Publisher: US Government mid 1930s.
Binding: Hardcover

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