{"product_id":"1961-uss-kitty-hawk-cva-63-around-the-horn-maiden-cruise-book-us-navy-1","title":"1961 USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 Around the Horn Maiden Cruise Book US Navy","description":"United States naval aviation and aircraft-carrier history documenting the earliest service of the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), commissioned in 1961 as the lead ship of her class. Titled Around the Horn, this scarce original cruise book follows the carrier from its construction at New York Shipbuilding Corporation through preparations, crew life, operations, and its historic voyage around Cape Horn. Profusely illustrated with period photographs of the carrier under construction, flight-deck operations, aircraft, officers, enlisted crew, port visits, and behind-the-scenes shipboard activity. Especially desirable as a first-year record of one of America’s longest-serving aircraft carriers rather than one of the more frequently encountered later Vietnam-era deployment books. Original decorative metallic-gold hardcover with CVA-63, aircraft, and Cape Horn artwork. The covers remain attractive with light rubbing and minor edge wear. Interior pages show scattered foxing, including heavier spotting on some preliminary and illustrated pages. Binding shows separation at several gutters but remains together; pages should be handled carefully. No writing observed. A visually impressive and historically important early USS Kitty Hawk cruise book for collectors of naval aviation, aircraft carriers, Cold War history, or named-vessel memorabilia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU G\/28","brand":"Second Chapter Book Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67706225000696,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/1025\/7912\/files\/cc32031b-2c53-41e6-97e5-a13c1542bed5_a7dda013-b041-476e-b557-3bc3ba996707.jpg?v=1792226070","url":"https:\/\/secondchapterbookco.com\/products\/1961-uss-kitty-hawk-cva-63-around-the-horn-maiden-cruise-book-us-navy-1","provider":"Second Chapter Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}