Bud Ruth, the Calversion’s store keeper for many years, sent me the following amazing artwork and USS Calvert photographs that were originally used to create a t-shirt design (further below). The origin of the map is currently unknown, although I hope to learn more about it’s origins and artist at this year’s reunion.
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George Bieda has drawn the USS Calvert and it is available for purchase online at his web site, Windjammer Arts. I had George draw up the Calvert’s profile based on the ship’s configuration representative of the late 1940s and early 1950s based on several photographs of the Calvert from that era (here).
Here is a sample of the USS Calvert basic profile art work:
Purchase options are available at http://www.windjammer-arts.com/LSD.htm. Prices start at $40 based on the type of drawing(s) you want to purchase, if you want the drawing rolled, matted, or framed. Examples are available at the links below:
Al Bradbury, RDM, ’53-’56 has provided original copies of Calversion volumes 02 through 09 and scanned copies are now posted here.
Many thanks to Al for his generosity in providing these copies.
Chris
Here is a newspaper article in the Casper-Star Tribune (WY) covering BM3c Gerald Rose’s time aboard the USS Calvert (’52-’54) and the French-Indochina Passage to Freedom operation from August ’54 to Oct ’54.