Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas, 2012.


What better way to celebrate Christmas than to remember the ships and crews that celebrated the holidays throughout the years. Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!



Figure 1:  USS Astoria Christmas Dinner Menu, 1937. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.
 

Figure 2:  USS Case Christmas Dinner Menu, 1926. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.
 

Figure 3:  USS Oklahoma Christmas Dinner Menu, 1936. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.
 

Figure 4:  USS Nevada Christmas Dinner Menu, 1940. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.
 

Figure 5:  USS Monterey Christmas Dinner Menu, 1918. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.
 

Figure 6:  USS Santa Fe Christmas Dinner Menu, 1945. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image. 
 

Figure 7:  USS Omaha Christmas Dinner Menu, 1937. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.
 

Figure  8:  USS New York Christmas Dinner Menu, 1943. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.
 

Figure 9:  USS Rochester Christmas Dinner Menu, 1931. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.
 

Figure 10:  USS Oregon Christmas Dinner Menu, 1917. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image. 
 

Figure 11:  USS New Orleans Christmas Dinner Menu, 1934. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.  
 

Figure 12:  USS Raleigh Christmas Dinner Menu, 1937. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.    
 

Figure 13:  USS Isabel New Year’s Day Menu, 1922. Courtesy US Navy Department Library. Click on photograph for larger image.