Collection of papers regarding the retirement of the USS Oceanographer, 1944, 1947.

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Collection of papers regarding the retirement of the USS Oceanographer, 1944, 1947.

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Consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, and letters related to the USS Oceanographer, built in 1898 for J.P. Morgan and called Corsair III. The yacht was sold to the United States Navy in 1930 and served in the Navy until 1944 when it was retired. Letters to and from Junius S. Morgan, son of J.P. Morgan, document the ship's decommission from the Navy and its eventual disposition.

16 items.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7216783

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Corsair III (Yacht)

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Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1892-1960

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Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile Suppl. II British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x000172 American financier. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Ackermann, 1918 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874981 ...

Oceanographer (Ship)

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...