Three loose items found in the back cover of the USS Iowa Photograph Album: 4-page Church Bulletin, Lynnhaven poem with handwritten letter on back, and Reflections poem.
Letter to Commanding Officer (C. L. Scherrer), U. S. S. Vulcan (AR-5) from T. B. Denegre, Commanding Officer, U. S. S. Antares (AKS-33) thanking the Vulcan crew for assistance in extinguishing a fire on board the Antares.
Newspaper article discusses the USS Vulcan's overhaul in Boston, Massachusetts and its "unusual" crew; of the Vulcan's 600 crew members, 100 are women.
Letter to Commanding Officer of U. S. S. Vulcan from L. (Ken) Kennedy, regarding Kennedy's service aboard Vulcan from 1941 to 1943. Kennedy discusses his experiences as a baker and the head of the Vulcan's mess. He states he baked the first loaf...
Letter to The Secretary of the Navy from the Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet concerning the History of the U. S. S. Vulcan; enclosure included -- Brief History of the U. S. S. Vulcan (AR-5).
Press News for the USS Vulcan dated 26 January 1945, discusses the Vulcan's forth comming "Shellback" or Line-Crossing Ceremony featuring King Neptune and his court.
News article from the Virginian-Pilot discusses Senator Minority Leader, Hugh Scott's, suggestion that U. S. District Judge, Walter E. Hoffman, be named to the U. S. Supreme Court if Judge Clement S. Haynsworth Jr. is not confirmed.
Article from the Stars and Stripes regarding three USS Vulcan members awarded medals for their display of heroism in attempting to rescue the members of a British ship afire in a North African harbor.
Press release announces that Mrs. Janet Urban, spouse of Instrumentman First Class, Gregory Urban, has been appointed Vulcan's new ombudsman, Urban replaces Mrs. Joyce Eskridge, spouse of Vulcan's former Command Master Chief, Carl Eskridge.
Lieutenant (junior grade) Larry Laughlin of the U.S.S. America presents Kathy Toenjes with a plaque thanking her for outstanding support of the aircraft carrier's Special Services program. A program advisor of student affairs, Toenjes helped...
Kae H. Chung (center), director of the Center for Korean Management Studies in the College of Business and Public Administration, leads a group of Korean businessmen on a tour of the U.S.S. Ponce. The visit to the Norfolk Naval Base was just one...
Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet, Photographic Laboratory, Norfolk, Virginia
On back of photo: "Activities and Personalities, April 1955. Miss Louise Disosway, "Miss Soley of 1955", is being shown around the U.S.S. Soley by members of the crew."
On back of photo: "Activities and Personalities, Spring 1955. Below - Mr. Bill Montgomery of WNOR interviewing on his left Miss Betty Starr Cootes who was queen of the Silver Anniversary Celebration in April and Miss Penny Johnston on his right,...
Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet, Photographic Laboratory, Norfolk, Virginia
On back of photo: "Activities and Personalities, April 1955. Miss Louise Disosway, selected as Miss Soley by members of the crew of the U.S.S. Soley, enjoying dinner well surrounded."
Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet, Photographic Laboratory, Norfolk, Virginia
On back of photo: "Activities and Personalities, April 1955. Miss Louise Disosway, chosen ""Miss Soley"" by members of the crew of the U.S.S. Soley, going aboard for a gala day."
Headquarters, Commander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Fleet, Photographic Laboratory, Norfolk, Virginia
On back of photo: "Activities and Personalities, April 1955. Miss Louise Disosway, one of the candidates for queen of the Silver Anniversary Celebration at the College of William and Mary is feted aboard the U.S.S. Soley. She was chosen as "Miss...
