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| USS Point Cruz, 1945-1965 |
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 NS0311908 |
207k | USS Point Cruz (CVE-119). CAPT Douglas T. Day, Jr., USN, commanding. 16 March 1946. |
John R. Stewart III, Lt Col, USAF (ret), for his father QM2c John R. Stewart, Jr. |
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68k | Cropped version of the photo above, scanned from the scrap book of the father of Jeff Lawrence, plank owner of USS Point Cruz (CVE-119). |
Jeff Lawrence | |
 NS0311910 |
113k | Dockside, Yokosuka, Japan, early 1950s. Photo by Charles R. Tabor. |
Derick S. Hartshorn | |
 NS0311905 |
94k | Tied up in Sasebo harbor, Japan, 1953. Photographed from USS Lake Champlain (CVA-39). | A. William Beam, AO3, VC-33 Squadron, USS Lake Champlain | |
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54k | A "Polka-dots" Vought F4U-4 Corsair fighter assigned to U.S. Marine Corps Attack Squadron Three Three Two (VMA-332) aboard the escort carrier USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) in 1953, during a deployment to Korea. Photo from U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News, March 1954. |
Robert Hurst | |
 NS0311918 |
238k | USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) underway circa 1953, with Avengers of Anti-submarine Squadron (VS) 38 on her flight deck. US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No.1996.488.035.046. |
Mike Green | |
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179k | USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) underway at sea east of Japan, 23 July 1953. She has anti-submarine aircraft on her flight deck: seven TBM-3S and TBM-3Ws and one HO4S helicopter. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command (# NH 106718). |
Robert Hurst | |
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83k | USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) underway circa 1954, location unknown. (USN photo.) |
Robert Hurst | |
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247k | USS Point Cruz (CVE-119) underway in a photo dated January 1955, with an HO4S-3S of Helicopter Squadron (HS) 4 and S2F-1 Trackers of Antisubmarine Squadron (VS) 25 on board. US Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum, Photo No.1996.488.035.048. |
Mike Green | |
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149k | An aerial view of USS Point Cruz (CVE-119), 25 June 1955 (photo # USN-688159). | USN | |
| USNS Point Cruz, 1965-1970 |
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39k | Smohalla (YTM-371) alongside the aircraft transport USNS Point Cruz (T-AKV 19), Yokosuka, Japan, 11 June 1966. |
© Richard Leonhardt | |
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82k | Cropped image, as above. |
© Richard Leonhardt | |
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116k | Tokyo Bay, June 11, 1966. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
| The Crew |
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118k | Wardroom, Korea. Left to right: Chief Machinist Christiansen; Chief Machinist V. N. Miller; Captain C. C. Marcy (CO); Lieutenant Tooley (Doctor); Lieutenant Scott (Gunnery Officer); Commander T. L. Friede (XO); Lieutenant S. L. Nichols. |
Lorna M. (Christiansen) Long, daughter of CWO3 Arthur C. Christiansen, Jr. | |
 NS0311906 |
89k | Chief Machinist Arthur Charles "Chris" Christiansen, Jr., (far left) and his crew, during Korea. He served 30 years in the Navy (1931-1961) and retired as a CWO3. |
Lorna M. (Christiansen) Long, daughter of CWO3 Arthur C. Christiansen, Jr. | |
 NS0311904 |
145k | OI Division, 1954. | Larry Berg | |
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141k | Ray Lawrence (born Ray Skrepich) and friends. |
Jeff Lawrence, son of Ray Lawrence | |
| Memorabilia |
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60k | Invitation to the Commissioning Ceremony. |
Jeff Lawrence, son of Ray Lawrence | |
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160k | Plank Owner's Certificate for Ray Lawrence (born Ray Skrepich). |
Jeff Lawrence, son of Ray Lawrence | |
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68k | "Domain of the Golden Dragon, Ruler of the 180th Meridian" Certificate for Ray Lawrence (born Ray Skrepich). |
Jeff Lawrence, son of Ray Lawrence | |
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