A COLLECTION OF 162 REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS FROM THE U.S.S. PITTSBURGH, IMAGES TAKEN DURING ITS MISSION AS FLEET FLAGSHIP FOR THE U.S. NAVAL FORCES IN EUROPE, 1922-1924, PLUS 4 ORIGINAL PHOTOS OF CREW MEMBERS AND ONE COLORIZED PHOTO OF THE SHIP, AND INCLUDING A HAND-WRITTEN DIARY OF A MEMBER OF THE CREW ON THE VERSOS OF 91 OF THE PHOTO POSTCARDS.
[Aboard ship: 1922-1923]. Chief Yeoman S.V.M. Ray documented the voyage of the U.S.S. Pittsburgh from its recommissioning in Philadelphia in October 1922 to serve in European and Mediterranean waters for two years, and through some 81 ports of call. Nearly every card, 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in., has a....