Invaluable Resource on 1945 US Navy Now Available
Posted: 2010-06-12 07:40am
While at the Washington DC Navy Yard researching, I discovered a complete set of NAVSHIPS 250 that was printed on 15 April 1945.
It's divided into three volumes:
NAVSHIPS 250-010 – Ship's Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Volume I – BB, CA, CB, CL, CV, CVL, CVB, CVE, DD, DE, SS, CM, DM (15 April 1945)
NAVSHIPS 250-011 – Ship's Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Volume II – Mine Vessels (Less CM & DM) Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft) (15 April 1945)
NAVSHIPS 250-012 – Ship's Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Volume III – Auxiliary, District Craft and Unclassified Vessels (15 April 1945)
And lists a lot of things like for example, authorization act date, contract award date, cost of the ship, the fuel capacity, etc.
For example; did you know that the cost for CV-4 RANGER was $15,528,880?
Or that she carried 22,815 barrels of fuel oil, 280 barrels of diesel fuel, and 156,734 gallons of aviation gasoline in 1945?
All three volumes combined are about 1,200+ pages
; and just one volume generally goes for about $200 on the used book market.
Google Books has scanned the 1938 version for example; but won't release it -- despite you know, it being a US Govt PUblication. They're dumb like that; and a lot of times, their versions end up being very poor scans.
Here's the link to NAVSHIPS 250
LINKY POO
To help people with slower connections; I have divided them into sections based on what type of craft is in that section; e.g. PT Boats in Vol II are in their own separate PDF file that is 3.85 MB.
It's divided into three volumes:
NAVSHIPS 250-010 – Ship's Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Volume I – BB, CA, CB, CL, CV, CVL, CVB, CVE, DD, DE, SS, CM, DM (15 April 1945)
NAVSHIPS 250-011 – Ship's Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Volume II – Mine Vessels (Less CM & DM) Patrol Vessels, Landing Ships and Craft) (15 April 1945)
NAVSHIPS 250-012 – Ship's Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Volume III – Auxiliary, District Craft and Unclassified Vessels (15 April 1945)
And lists a lot of things like for example, authorization act date, contract award date, cost of the ship, the fuel capacity, etc.
For example; did you know that the cost for CV-4 RANGER was $15,528,880?
Or that she carried 22,815 barrels of fuel oil, 280 barrels of diesel fuel, and 156,734 gallons of aviation gasoline in 1945?
All three volumes combined are about 1,200+ pages
; and just one volume generally goes for about $200 on the used book market. Google Books has scanned the 1938 version for example; but won't release it -- despite you know, it being a US Govt PUblication. They're dumb like that; and a lot of times, their versions end up being very poor scans.
Here's the link to NAVSHIPS 250
LINKY POO
To help people with slower connections; I have divided them into sections based on what type of craft is in that section; e.g. PT Boats in Vol II are in their own separate PDF file that is 3.85 MB.