NAV 113
4 Italian propaganda postcards glorifying the Italian navy, 1913-1936.
Price: $240.00
Navy and Pirates
NAV 112
1921 large format photo of Italian battleship R.M. Duilio.
Price: $30.00
Note: Duilio (often known as Caio Duilio) was an Italian Andrea Doria-class battleship that served in the Regia Marina during World War I and World War II. Duilio was laid down in February 1912, launched in April 1913, and completed in May 1916. Duilio saw no action during World War I owing to the inactivity of the Austro-Hungarian fleet during the conflict. She cruised the Mediterranean in the 1920s and was involved in the Corfu incident in 1923.
During World War II, she participated in numerous patrols and sorties into the Mediterranean, both to escort Italian convoys to North Africa and in attempts to catch the British Mediterranean Fleet. In November 1940, the British launched an air raid on Taranto; Duilio was hit by one torpedo launched by a Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber, which caused significant damage. Repairs lasted some five months, after which the ship returned to convoy escort duties. A fuel shortage immobilized the bulk of the Italian surface fleet in 1942, and Duilio remained out of service until the Italian surrender in September 1943. She was thereafter interned at Malta until 1944, when the Allies permitted her return to Italian waters. She survived the war, and continued to serve in the post-war Italian navy, primarily as a training ship. Duilio was placed in reserve for a final time in 1953; she remained in the Italian navy's inventory for another three years before she was stricken from the naval register in late 1956 and sold for scrapping the following year.
NAV 111
La Societa Veneziana di Navigazione a Vapore 1898-1936. Cenni Storici e Statistici. Historical and statistical notes of the Venetian Steam Navigation Company, 1895-1936. The shipping company founded in Venice on 28 December 1898 with the name Società Veneziana di Navigazione a Vapore was formed to counter the hegemony in the Adriatic of Lloyd Triestino, which at the time flew the Austrian flag. With the 1930 depression, financial hardship abounded. In 1932, Mussolini formed the State-funded Italia to which Lloyd Sabaudo, Libera Triestina, and Veneziana were added. This is probably a luxury edition with illustrations in the text and binding made by the sculptor and painter Francesco Scarpabolla, (Venice, 1902-1999). It is not found in Worldcat. The only copy I have been able to locate is in the Central Library of Generali Insurance – Trieste.
Price: $250.00
NAV 110
NAV 110
11 early French chromos utilizing the navy as a theme to sell confectionary items.
Price: $220.00
NAV 109
Three photos of the Graf Spee and the Battle of the Rio de la Plata, December, 1939.
Price: $90.00
NAV 108
The sinking of the USS Lexington, May 8, 1942. This photo shows some of the 2,770 pesonnel that were evacuated. In total 216 crew members were killed.
Price: $30.00
NAV 107
5 German (press?) photos of the Battle of Narvik, March, 1940. Captions on reverse.
Price: $150.00
NAV 106
Photo album belonging to a sailor aboard the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge, early post war/Korean War. 79 photos, with many on shore leave at Yokosuka, Japan. Much fraternizing with the local women. Numerous photos of the ship. No captions.
Price: $500.00
Note from Wikipedia: USS Valley Forge (CV/CVA/CVS-45, LPH-8) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the first US Navy ship to bear the name. Valley Forge was commissioned in November 1946, too late to serve in World War II, but saw extensive service in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. She was reclassified in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), then to an antisubmarine carrier (CVS), and finally to an amphibious assault ship (LPH), carrying helicopters and Marines. As a CVS she served in the Atlantic and Caribbean. She was the prime recovery vessel for an early uncrewed Mercury space mission. After conversion to an LPH she served extensively in the Vietnam War. Valley Forge was awarded eight battle stars for Korean War service and nine for Vietnam War service, as well as three Navy Unit Commendations. Although she was extensively modified internally as part of her conversion to an amphibious assault ship, external modifications were minor, so throughout her career Valley Forge retained the classic appearance of a World War II Essex-class ship. She was decommissioned in 1970, and sold for scrap in 1971.
NAV 105
Large Vichy dossier titled Information for sailors repatriated from Germany, dated August-September 1941. Propaganda for returning naval personnel released from Germany, it tracts the early development of the war and goes at length to explain the betrayal of the British navy at Mers El Kebir and the Battle of Dakar, finishing off with English aggression towards Syria. Complete. SOLD
Price: $800.00
NAV 104
Conference given to torpedo boat students at the end of their training period, December 1929. 22 pages, complete. SOLD
Price: $150.00