This collection of documents capture the detailed history of the USS Calvert and her crew: The ship’s genesis, 24 years of operational history, and continuing legacy.

The content is sourced from National Archives records, the memories and of the crew, the contributions of families, along with supporting historical records and artifacts. Combined, these documents provide a way of understanding the experience of the crew while aboard the ship and activities during it’s long service in the U.S. Navy.

These documents are presented as chronologically ordered pages of research notes. Each document linked below will open in a new browser tab, as a readable and downloadable .pdf document.

ERA and ChapteR	Time Frame	Pages
Condensed Visual Summaries
Log Book of the USS Calvert (APA-32) – A Graphical Story Ledger	1942 – 19466	8
Historical Atlas of the USS Calvert – Volume 1 – Proof of Concept	1919 – 1947.	82
Origin story
Introduction and origin story	1919 – 1941	30
World War II
Build and Trials; The Invasion of North Africa (Operation Torch)	Nov 1941 – Dec 1942	59
Training in the Chesapeake Bay	Jan 1943 – Jun 1943	66
The Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky)	Jun 1943 – Aug 1943	83
To the Pacific; The Invasion of Makin (Operation Galvanic)	Sep 1943 – Dec 1943	72
The Invasion of Roi-Namur (Operation Flintlock)	Jan 1944 – Apr 1944	44
The Invasion of Saipan and Tinian (Operation Forager)	May 1944 – Aug 1944	80
The Invasion of Leyte, Philippines (Operation King Two)	Aug 1944 – Dec 1944	80
The Invasion of Luzon and Mindoro, Philippines (Operation Musketeer)	Dec 1944 – Feb 1945	52
Conversion to Relief ACG, Amphibious Force Flagship	Feb 1945 – Aug 1945	25
The Occupation of Japan	Aug 1945 – Nov 1945	34
Operation Magic Carpet; Deactivation	Nov 1945 – Aug 1950	22
1950s
Korean War	Jun 1950 – Dec 1953	118
Korean War; Vietnam Evacuation (Operation Passage to Freedom)	Jan 1954 – Dec 1954	92
Far East Cruise	Jan 1955 – Dec 1955	28
Amphibious Training, San Diego	Jan 1956 – Aug 1956	39
Far East Cruise	Aug 1956 – May 1957	66
Amphibious Training, San Diego and Hawaii	Jun 1957 – Jun 1958	75
Far East Cruise	Jun 1958 – Dec 1958	53
Amphibious Training in San Diego and Hawaii	Jan 1959 – Dec 1959	52
1960s
Ship Overhaul and Amphibious Training	Jan 1960 – Nov 1960	64
Far East Cruise	Nov 1960 – Jul 1961	86
Amphibious Training and Ship Overhaul	Jul 1961 – Dec 1961	31
Far East Cruise	Jan 1962 – Dec 1962	123
Amphibious Training, San Diego	Jan 1963 – Dec 1963	56
Far East Cruise, Amphibious Training	Jan 1964 – Dec 1964	102
Far East Cruise; San Diego Area Exercises	Jan 1965 – Aug 1965	46
Final Far East Cruise and Vietnam Service	Aug 1965 – Jun 1966	73
A continuing legacy
1966 to 1979, and a living legacy	Jul 1966 – Present Day	16