LINK | PAGES | CONTENTS |
827K | 1 | Title page |
1 | Letter to Emmons survivors, May 5, 1998 |
1 | Order of pages |
1 | Photo — Historical plate |
1 | Quote — President John F. Kennedy, 1963 |
1 | Photo — On the ways, Bath. Maine |
1 | Photo — Sponsor, Mrs. Frances E. Peacock |
1 | Letter, Navy Dept., 11/12/40 designating sponsor |
2 | Photo — Sponsor’s party/Biography, Adm. G. F. Emmons, USN |
1 | Photo — Christening, August 23, 1941 |
1 | Photo — Launching, Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
1 | Newspaper article, launching, The Daily Bath Times, 8/23/41 |
| Photo — Afloat after launching |
717K | 1 | Photo — Commissioning ceremony, Boston, December 5, 1941 |
1 | Newspaper article, commissioning, The Boston Globe. 12/5/41 |
4 | Deck Log for 12/5/41 listing plankowners, inc. List of Officers |
2 | History, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |
1 | Photo — Port beam view, anchored |
5 | War Diary, complete (12/5/41 to 4/6/45) |
1 | List of Commanding Officers (4) |
5 | Obituaries for Commanding Officers |
1205K | 1 | Photo — After gun platform on sister ship |
1 | Photo — 1.1-inch/75 quad mount on after gun platform |
1 | Photo — 20-mm. Oerlikon machine gun/cannon |
1 | Photo — Stbd. bow, approaching Santee (CVE-29), Nov. 1942 |
1 | Photo — Planes on deck of Santee |
1 | Photo — Quintuple torpedo tube mount, looking aft, 2/43 |
1 | Photo — Midships, looking forward, 2/43 |
1 | Photo — Fantail, looking aft. 5-inch mounts, depth charge racks |
1 | Photo — Port bow, anchored, February, 1943 |
821K | 2 | Article, “A Lovely Ship” |
1 | Photo — Stbd. beam, u/way, Norfolk. 11/1/43 |
1 | Map — Normandy Beachhead and English Channel ports on “D-day” |
1 | Deck Log for D-day, 6 June 1944 |
1 | Photo (color) — Painting, “Fox Green Beach” |
7 | Action Report dtd. 6/22/44; D-day landing, 6 June 1944 |
643K | 1 | Photo (color) — Painting, “Target of Opportunity” |
1 | Photo — Twin 40-mm gun mount |
1 | Photo — Painting, “The Tough Beach” (LCI(L)-93) |
2 | Citations awarded, June-August, 1944 (5) |
5 | Action Report dtd. 6/26/44; Bombardment of Cherbourg, 6/25/44 |
4 | List of Officers and Muster Roll of Crew, 6/30/44 |
339K | 4 | Action Report dtd. 8/17/44; Landing in Southern France, 8/15/44 |
1 | Photo — USS Rodman (OMS-21), Boston, stbd. beam, 12/17/44 |
1 | Article — (a tribute to the minesweepers) |
1 | Map — Northwest Pacific (showing Okinawa) |
1 | Map — Okinawa (showing where Emmons was attacked on 4/6/45) |
1072K | 6 | Action Report dtd. 4/12/45: Attack on 4/6/45 |
1 | Photo — USS Rodman (DMS-21), damaged, at Kerama Retto, 4/9/45 |
1 | Photo — USS Ellyson (DMS-19), port beam, 12/17/44 |
2 | War Diary. Ellyson entries for 4/6 and 4/7/45 |
4 | Citations awarded for Okinawa Campaign (10) |
8 | Survivors’ Reports (10) |
1 | Article, “A Tribute to the Men on Radar Picket Stations” |
1 | Citation — Navy Unit Commendation awarded to Emmons |
884K | 1 | Photo – “Hellcat” F6F fighter plane |
4 | Report by Lt.(jg) Ralph F. Merrill, USN (action on 4/6/45) |
1 | Photo — Motor gunboat POM-11 (rescue ship) |
1 | Citation — Silver Star Medal awarded to C.O. of POM-11 |
9 | Oral history transcript, Lt. John J. Griffin, USNR, 5/24/45 |
7 | List of Officers and Muster Roll of Crew. 4/6/45 |
1 | Quote — Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, at The Surrender |
495K | 10 | Act ion Report, ComMineRon 20, dtd. 7/3/45 (Okinawa Campaign) |
2 | Photograph Credits, Bibliography |
