Commander James Fergus (2 results)
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Language: English
Published by Personnel of USS Wasp and Air Group 81, 1945
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Fred M. Wacholz, Elkhart, IN, U.S.A.Fred M. Wacholz
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Fine
US$ 265.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fine dark blue cloth, no D.J. raised title and colored landing signal flags, inside blue clover and end papers are maps of the South Pacific. Large coffee table 9.5" x 12.5" approx. Some color pictures and unit "emblem" nose art plus individual black and white photos of the pil…ots and ground crew of Air Group 81. All of the pictures and photos are of the highest quality! This fine unit history is outstanding! I enjoyed reading it.
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Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.Last Exit Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. 4to. Published by Personnel of USS Wasp and Air Group 81, 1945. 206 pgs. 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. USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was on…e of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany, but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous Wasp (CV-7) , which was sunk 15 September 1942. Wasp was commissioned in November 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning eight battle stars. Like many of her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, but was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA) , and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she operated mainly in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean. She played a prominent role in the manned space program, serving as the recovery ship for five Project Gemini missions: Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, Gemini IX, and Gemini XII. She was retired in 1972, and sold for scrap in 1973.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
