USS Tidewater Download Page

DOWNLOAD PAGE

Currently, these are files that you may download from our site:

Photos of the Carrier Navy - some excellent photography that only sailors and their families might appreciate. The Navy at work - really. This is a file that you'll need to download an view on your computer. It is in Microsoft PowerPoint format. Right Click and follow the prompts.

1957-58 Cruise Book - zipped scans of the book were made by Jim Meara who was aboard the Tidewater for that Med Cruise. Division pictures as well as a few of Jim's personal snapshots are included. The file is rather large - about 6 Mb so if you are modem attached, it may take a short while. You will need WinZip to unzip this file for viewing on your PC - all pictures are in JPEG format.

USS Tidewater Documents - Ensign Lou Steger was the disbursing officer aboard the Tidewater in the mid-Fifites. He saved some documents which tell a little bit about what it was like in those days. Included are copies of the Plan of the Day for Dec. 5, 1955, a roster of Officers and their duty assignments, a commendation letter to Lou from the USS Tidewater Captain, and a personal letter to Bill Cook from Lou which accompanied these documents when he sent them to us for display at the web site. The size of this file is approximately 3.5 Mb and is in Zipped format. All scans are in JPEG format.

In The Beginning - the early years of the Tidewater - photos taken by George Lisee who was a member of the crew aboard the Tidewater during the dedication and commissioning of the ship at the close of World War II. They show photos of some of the crew as well as some scenes of the surrounding Charleston, SC Shipyard. There are 46 photos in total and the contents are zipped. The file size is 1.62 Mb.