The cruise of the USS Zeal, AM-131.
| Format: | Map |
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| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles :
Thompson Photo,
[1946]
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| Item Description: | The Auk-class minesweeper, commissioned July 9, 1943 participated in numerous operations across the Pacific Theater, including the invasions of Ulithi, Palau, and Leyte. The ship traveled 122,196 miles during 2 cruises 1944 to 1946, marked with dotted and solid lines, in the Pacific Ocean. On each side of map are large photographic illustrations; on the left the ship on "Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, 23rd December 1945" [Huangpu River] plus a close-up of her successes marked on her hull "138 Jap mines, 1 Jap plane"; on the right a picture of the crew aboard the ship, and overlaid a reproduction of a photograph of an exploding naval mine. Includes list of 5 skippers. Intended as a souvenir for sailors disembarking the ship for the last time.--Bookseller. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 map ; 24 x 32 cm, on sheet 26 x 82 cm |