"The Mariner"--USS Norton Sound Ship Newspaper, Vol. 1, No. 6 Six Months' Edition
At Sea: USS Norton Sound, 1945. "The Mariner"--USS Norton Sound Ship Newspaper, Vol. 1, No. 6 Six Months' Edition, with 3-page typed letter from Carl Waxman to Bob Mandelcorn of Buffalo, New York.
Newspaper measures 8 9/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 8pp. Folded vertically otherwise in fine condition. Typed letter also folder vertically in very good condition. Signed in type. Envelope is wrinkled, opened from end. Two 6 cent air mail stamps with Censor stamp in corner. Good condition.
This is the Six Months' edition Newspaper for the USS Norton Sound. The Norton Sound was commissioned in January 1945 as a seaplane tender. It sailed from San Diego to Pearl Harbor but mostly served in Okinawan waters through the end of the war.
Newspapers contains shipboard news, social notes and a run-down of the ship's six months at sea. A "Hanger Party" was scheduled to commemorate the "semi-anniversary" for the Norton Sound. Prizes were awarded for a pie eating contest, best skit or novelty entertainment, best costume, and most humorous act.
The three-page letter, on Office of Commander Fleet Air Wing One letterhead is mostly social in nature, needing to pass muster with the censors. We were unable to trace the author, Carl Waxman. See scans for more letter content. Item #2700
Price: $35.00