[Rarebooks] fs: 1943 - WWII Ship Recognition, O.N.I. 208

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 9046 )  [Navy Department, Office of Naval Intelligence]. RESTRICTED - 
MERCHANT SHIP RECOGNITION MANUAL, DIVISION OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OP. 
16-F-20, O. N. I. 208 [COVER TITLE].
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, (1942). Stiff card 
covers, Oblong Quarto, [iv], 1-49, 50-89 pages, Drawings. Near fine.
      This is an original World War II copy of O.N.I. 208, containing over 
2,000 merchant ships illustrated by 750 precise type profiles. There is an 
illustrated index with explanatory section, along with a section describing 
enemy vessels not illustrated herein but deemed worthy of special attention. 
The manual was issued April 21, 1942. Pages 1-49 are numbered on rectos 
only, with forms for recording ship sightings on versos. Acco-bound in stiff 
brown card covers reinforced at left margins with dark green cloth. A few 
minor cover creases.    $150.00
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