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U.S. Army & U.S. Navy Floating Equipment : Landing Craft & Misc. Vessels [For Sale]

United States. Department of State. Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner (compiled by)

Washington DC: Department of State, 1946.

Illustrated by Illustrated. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #14943

Light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Rebound in half cloth with marbled boards and title section of front cover laid down. Extensive For Sale catalog of US Army and US Navy small craft for sale just after World War II, either Domestic Sales through Division of Small Vessel Procurement and Disposal, War Shipping Administration and Maritime Commission, or Foreign Sales through Maritime Division, Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, Department of State. Small vessels being offered by type. Contents: Section I: Landing Craft & Ships; II. Misc. Small Ships; III. Freight & Passenger Vessels; IV. Tow Boats, Tugs & Tenders; V. Patrol, Pilot & Rescue Boats; VI. Misc. Small Boats; VII. Tankers & Self-Propelled Barges; VIII. Barges, Non-Propelled; IX. Floating Cranes & Derricks; X. Index. Vessel types being listed with sketch or photo, brief description of capabilities and listing of Characteristics. Notes pages interspersed with tipped in clipped images and photographs. Undated, but WorldCat listing and historical record suggest 1946. Extremely scarce catalog of Army and Navy small craft available for disposal just after the end of World War Two. ; iii, 124 pages.

Price: $199.95