Papers, 1939-1967.

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Papers, 1939-1967.

Memoranda, subject files, and photographs, chiefly 1939-1948. Collection contains subject files on the grounding of USS Pigeon (ASR-2) in China in 1939; reports on damage, salvage, demobilization, 1940-1947; imprints, mainly anniversary booklets of ships, shipyards, and manufacturing companies; miscellany includes blueprints and sketches of Japanese ships; photographs of Navy ships and career events, 1939-1967; folio items include blueprints of USS Wasp (CV-18), USS Pigeon diagrams and scale; plan of Japanese dockyards and naval bases; deck plan of SNO453; map of Shanghai Harbor.

4 linear ft. (2 boxes, 6 folio folders)

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Dunning, Allan L., 1905-1992.

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Allan L. Dunning was born in 1905 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1927. He was head of repairs to U.S. ships in the Asiatic Fleet. He retired in Stonington, CT and died there in 1992. From the description of Papers, 1939-1967. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 757519199 ...

Pigeon (Submarine rescue vessel : ASR-2)

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Wasp (Aircraft carrier : CVS-18)

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Resolution (Submarine)

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