Cruise Books

[SparrowHawk62]

Every now and then I look around for Cruise Books. I have a few extra copies of books from the Independence.
Any one looking for something, and want me to give it a try?
Post what your looking for here, and I'll take a look around.

[reeb]

Sparrow,

I have asked this before on here and " no answer ".

I have been trying to find out where I can get a copy of my cruise book for a long time now, as my X has thrown the old one out.

USS Pine Island ( AV-12 ) the cruise was 1965/1966.

PM me and let me know if you have any info on it.

Thanks..

reeb.....

[SparrowHawk62]

Originally posted by reeb Sparrow,
I have asked this before on here and " no answer ".
I have been trying to find out where I can get a copy of my cruise book for a long time now, as my X has thrown the old one out.
USS Pine Island ( AV-12 ) the cruise was 1965/1966.
PM me and let me know if you have any info on it.
Thanks..reeb.....

I took a quick look around, useing BookFinder.com and came up empty handed. I'll put the word out to a few book dealers I'm in contact with.
This would be a fairly rare book. But I have located some fairly rare books that were printed in small numbers.

You can have the book copied, this is by no means the cheapest way of obtaining a copy, here's some more info:

http://www.history.navy.mil/library/special/cruise_main.html

These are the Cruise Books they have on hand:
Pine Island AV-12 1951, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966

Borrowing Conditions and Reproduction Services
Cruise books, depending on age and condition, may be borrowed through interlibrary loan; local libraries can facilitate your request. World War II cruise books do not circulate. Most cruise books, after a Library review process, may be duplicated by a service specializing in reproduction services. One organization that provides this service is the Naval Historical Foundation. Information on using their services is available at: http://www.navyhistory.org/histsvc/service2.htm. However some books are too fragile to be copied.

In the mean time I'll keep looking for ya, Shipmate!

[SparrowHawk62]

Use the ship's name in the title section, this will search just about all listings on most of the book search sights.

http://www.bookfinder.com/

Here's a shipmate that deals in Cruise Books and other military items. Great Guy and great service. He's helped me a lot!

http://blmilitarycollectibles.com/

Ebay sometime can help. Use the subject Cruise Book

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?GetResult&from=R9&ht=1&satitle=Cruise+Book&socolumnlayout=3&sorecordstoskip=50

You can also search under the Ships name, Navy Books, Year Books and just Navy.