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USS TARAWA   (CV-40)
(later CVA-40, CVS-40 and AVT-12)

Memorabilia
Flags
Flag

48-flag used aboard USS Tarawa, donated in 1952 to the collection of Dr. Clarence R. Rungee, New Haven, Connecticut. Tarawa was officially the "adopted" carrier of the State of Connecticut.
Submitted by Yu Chu
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Launch Program
Contributed by Jerry Jacobs for his father, Roy Jacobs (1920–2007).

His time on tugboats in the Navy in WWII led to a lifelong love of the water and smaller boats, which is his legacy to his family.
Cover
Cover
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Local Newspaper Articles About the Launching of USS Tarawa
Contributed by Jerry Jacobs for his father, Roy Jacobs (1920–2007).
Newspaper Clip
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Clip B1
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Clip C
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Commissioning of USS Tarawa, 8 December 1945
Contributed by Robert M. Cieri.
Commissioning Ceremony Program
Cover
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Contributed by Ron Reeves.
Commissioning Ceremony
Presentation of the Battle Ensign hoisted at the capture of Tarawa
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Invocation
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CAPT Malstrom addresses the crew
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CAPT Malstrom directs Sound Colors
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Colors are hoisted
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CDR Robert W. Cooper, XO; Colonel Vivian Fox-Strangways, RA, Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands; MG Julian C. Smith, USMC; RADM Walden L. "Pug" Ainsworth, Commandant Fifth Naval District, turns over ship to PCO, CAPT Alvin I. Malstrom
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VADM Bellinger, Commander Air Force, Atlantic Fleet (COMAIRLANT), reads a message
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Tradewinds, USS Tarawa CV/A/S-40, Vol. 8, No. 3, Sept. 1997, in commemoration of the ship's commissioning.
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Newspaper Article About the Commissioning of USS Tarawa
Contributed by Donald Schroeder, USS Sangamon (CVE-26).
Newspaper Clip

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Miscellany
Zippo
Zippo, 1947–1948
Submitted by Yu Chu
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