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Recognition Pictorial Manual of Naval Vessels (War Dept. FM 30-50/Navy Dept. NAVAER 00-80V-57)

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Item Number: L0100

Recognition Pictorial Manual of Naval Vessels

War Dept. FM 30-50/Navy Dept. NAVAER 00-80V-57

This recognition manual was utilized to train and educate members of the Army and Navy in how to identify the warships of several of the Allied and Axis nations.

Produced in a loose-leaf format to aid in the addition of new pages and the replacement of outdated pages as required, the originals were held together by a shoelace (yes, really) running through two of the three holes.

I have never seen or heard of any example being in any sort of ring binder despite the pages having three holes punched in them ostensibly for just such a binder. When originally issued, they came in a special cloth-covered box, the top being hinged along the left side.

In this particular example, the old pages were retained and the new pages from the two supplements were merely added by the original owner.

Originally published as a stiff-covered loose-leaf manual measuring 10.25 × 6 inches, on 15 September 1943, with pages from Supplements Nos. 2, 3, and 4 in the United States Naval Vessels section, by the War Department and the Navy Department, Washington, D.C.

Military Reference Library #L316

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Contents

Introduction
Terminology
Attributes of Fighting Ships
Type Designations U.S. Naval Vessels
United States Naval Vessels (ONI 54 R)
- Simplified Silhouettes
- Iowa Class
- South Dakota Class
- North Carolina Class
- Tennessee Class
- New Mexico Class
- Nevada Class
- Pennsylvania Class
- Colorado Class
- New York Class
- Arkansas
- Essex Class
- Enterprise
- Saratoga
- Ranger
- Independence Class
- Bogue, Prince William Classes
- Sangamon Class
- Charger/Long Island
- Pensacola Class
- Northampton Class
- New Orleans Class
- Baltimore Class
- Portland Class
- Wichita Class
- Cleveland Class
- Brooklyn-Phoenix Classes, St. Louis
- Atlanta, Oakland Classes
- Omaha Class
- Mahan-Dunlap Classes
- Bagley Class
- Benham Class
- Benson, Livermore Classes
- Fletcher Class
- Porter Class
- Somers Class
- Farragut Class
- DD 66-347 Class
- Destroyer Escorts
- Buckley Class
- U.S. Minor Combatant Types
- U.S. Naval Auxiliaries
- U.S. Converted Merchant Auxiliaries
  - Oiler
  - Cargo
  - Transport
  - Storeship
United Kingdom Naval Vessels (ONI 201)
- Simplified Silhouettes
- King George V Class
- Nelson Class
- Queen Elizabeth Class - Valiant Group
- Queen Elizabeth Class - Warspite
- Queen Elizabeth Class - Malaya Group
- Royal Sovereign Class
- Repulse Class
- Furious
- Illustrious Class
- Battler Class
- Archer Class
- Argus
- Kent Class
- Devonshire Class - Norfolk Class
- Hawkins Class
- Dragon Class
- Leander Class
- Arethusa Class
- Southampton Class
- Dido Class
- Dido Class - Charybdis Group
- Fiji Class
Japanese Naval Vessels (ONI 41-42)
- Simplified Silhouettes
- Kongo Class
- Fuso
- Ise, Hyuga
- Nagato Class
- Shokaku Class
- Hosho
- CV-CVE Escort Aircraft Carriers
- Mizuho Class
- Chitose Class
- Nachi Class
- Atago Class
- Mogami Class
- Aoba Class
- Atago Class
- Tone Class
- Sendai Class
- Kuma Class
- Natori Class
- Tenryu Class
- Katori Class
- Yubari Class
- Mutsuki Class
- Minekaze Class
- Wakatake Class
- Fubuki Class - Amagiri Group
- Shigure Class
- Asashio Class
- Terutsuki Class
- Fubuki Class - Shinonome Group
- Hatsuharu Class
- Chidori Class
German Naval Vessels (ONI 204)
- Simplified Silhouettes
- Scharnhorst
- Tirpitz
- Graf Zeppelin
- Admiral Hipper
- Admiral Scheer
- Lützow
- Emden
- Köln
- Leipzig
- Nürnberg
- Maasz Class
- Narvik Class
- Wolf Class
- T1 Class
Italian Naval Vessels (ONI 202)
- Simplified Silhouettes
- Cavour Class
- Littorio Class
- Doria Class
- Bolzano Class
- Gorizia
- Montecuccoli Class
- Garibaldi Class
- Regolo Class
- Luigi Cardorna
- Navigatore Class
- Spica, Partenope Classes
- Grecale Class