The (25) page booklet measures 10'' x 7''. It appears to be in excellent condition with some wear to the cover and a written name (ENS. Polak) as pictured. Below here, for reference, is some additional information on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ticonderoga:
U.S.S. Ticonderoga (CV-14)
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Namesake: Fort Ticonderoga
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding
Laid down: 1 February 1943
Launched: 7 February 1944
Commissioned: 8 May 1944, 1 October 1954
Decommissioned: 9 January 1947, 1 September 1973
Renamed: PCU Hancock to PCU Ticonderoga 1 May 1943
Reclassified: CV to CVA 1 October 1952, CVA to CVS 21 October 1969
Struck: 16 November 1973
Fate: Sold for scrap 15 August 1974
General characteristics
Class and type: Essex class aircraft carrier
Displacement: As built: 27,100 tons standard
Length: As built: 888 feet (271 m) overall
Beam: As built: 93 feet (28 m) waterline
Draft: As built: 28 feet 7 inches (8.71 m) light
Propulsion: As designed: 8 boilers 565 psi (3,900 kPa) 850Ê¡F (450Ê¡C), 4 Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 shafts 150,000Êshp (110 MW)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Complement: 3448 officers and enlisted
Armament: As built: 4 twin 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns, 4 single 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns, 8 quadruple Bofors 40 mm guns,46 single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
Armor: As built: 4 inch (100 mm) belt, 2.5 inch (60 mm) hangar deck, 1.5 inch (40 mm) protectice decks, 1.5 inch (40 mm) conning tower
Aircraft carried: As built: 90 - 100 aircraft
The U.S.S. Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14) was one of 24 Essex class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for historic Fort Ticonderoga, which played a role in the American Revolutionary War. Ticonderoga was commissioned in May 1944, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning five battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). She was recommissioned too late to participate in the Korean War, but was very active in the Vietnam War, earning three Navy Unit Commendations, one Meritorious Unit Commendation, and 12 battle stars.
Ticonderoga differed somewhat from the five Essex class ships with lower hull numbers in that she was 16 ft (4.9 m) longer to accommodate bow mounted anti aircraft guns. Most subsequent Essex class carriers were completed to this ''long-hull'' design and are considered by some authorities to be a separate class, the TiconderogaÊclass. Ticonderoga was decommissioned in 1973 and sold for scrap in 1975.
