Maryland State Archives

The book is organized from sections A-Z
The inside front cover shows a young FDR
Section A - N/A
Section B- Has various articles, it also includes information of Maryland Battleship Football
Section C- Includes information on battleships, clippings and has comics from the time period
Section D - Mother's Day Pamphlet, Pictures of the U.S.S. Maryland Baseball team and Champion Football Team
Section E - U.S.S. Maryland running crew, crew of turret no. 3 on U.S.S. Maryland for the year 1933
Section F - Misc. Information
Section G - Article about a U.S.S. Maryland sailor saved from drowning
Section H - Misc. Information
Section I - Misc. Information
Section J- Aerial view of U.S.S. Maryland
Section K - Misc. Information
Section L - Misc. Information
Section M - Includes "The Catapult" which was the U.S.S. Marylands weekly newsletter
issue is December 18, 1937, U.S.S. Maryland Meal Menu, Information about a new commander
Check to the U.S.S. Maryland
*** Section N -Z Have no historical content on them.

Misc. Information in files includes:
-Saved Hankerchief
-Sickness Complaint
-Subpoena
-U.S.S. Maryland absentees from muster
The "Radio Sun" paper
U.S.S. Maryland memorandum
1930 U.S.S. Maryland Christmas Card
1920-1946 U.S.S. Maryland crew reunion notice
John Henry Freyman honorable discharge
John Henry Freyman Training Certificate

(A) U.S.S. Maryland soldiers rowing for U.S.S. Olympic Cup
(B) U.S.S. Maryland soldiers presented with "air check"
(C) U.S. Battleships in Elliot Bay
(D) Pearl Harbor attack information
(E) Japanesse attack on Pearl Harbor information
(F) Oldest Naval Academy Graduate as of 1968
(G) Navy Football Game
(H) Treatment aboard U.S.S. Maryland
(I) Henry Rymer gets Jewel of Honor
(J) Pearl Harbor still burns survivors
(K) Pearl Harbor article
(L) Map of Ford Island Dec. 7,1941
(M) U.S.S. Maryland goes to her death
(N) Survivors keep U.S.S. Maryland memories afloat
(O) Navy World War I Veterans
(P) March to celebrate end of WWII
(Q) U.S.S. Maryland mates dock
(R) Tennessee wins Navy Crew Race
(S) Louis M. Howe of U.S.S. Maryland dies
(T) Recall of Kamikaze plane striking U.S.S. Maryland
(U) U.S. Fleet Manuvers
(V) Kamikaze plane hits U.S.S. Maryalnd
(W) USS MAryland BB46 Veterans Association

List of Battleships, Cost and Artillery power - list includes U.S.S. Maryland
Report of Damage to U.S.S. Maryland on Peral Harbor
Rounds fired by U.S.S. Maryland among others at Battle of Surigao Straits
Overview of Ford Island Dec. 7 1941 (Pearl Harbor)
A historical overview of the U.S.S. Maryland
Summaries of important periods for the U.S.S. Maryland
Survivors remember the U.S.S. Maryland
Memorandom for all crew about ceremonies (crossing the equator) July 22, 1940
Orders of the Day for the U.S.S. Maryland Crew:
July 24, 1940, October 18,1944, June 13,1944, November 20, 1943, January 25, 1944, April 22, ????, June 24, 1942, July 4, 1942, October 10, 1944, October 26, 1944.
Hair Cut Memorandom - March 7, 1938
Battle Report- December 15,1941, December 11,1941, December 7,1941. Notes of Scrapping of U.S.S. Maryland
Reunion Notes

Misc. Folders
Certificate for charter to U.S.S. Maryland
U.S.S. Maryland at pier 91
Evelope to U.S.S. Maryland
2nd Envelope to U.S.S. Maryland

Side A: newspaper clippings relating to Robert Moore (liberty card, look back), U.S.S. Maryland reunion

Side B: newspaper clippings about the U.S.S. Maryland's where abouts on V-J Day and V-E Day.

1st clipping reads- Contributed by: CDR. M. Gewertz, USN (Ret) 7/76 The Catapult of the U.S.S. Maryland. Vol. 5 No.48, Headline reads: Good will cruise to South America Herbert C. Hoover, President - Elect Our Honored Guest

2nd clipping reads- Page in The Catapult of the U.S.S. Maryland and extends a welcome to from the crew of the U.S.S. Maryland to Herbert Hoover. Seperate column lists officers detached, also lists transfers made to other ships

3rd clipping- list of people in (Mr.) Hoover's Party

4th clipping- lists engineering news, transfers from the ship, men reporting for duty, advances in ratings, sperate column, announces that all of the crew will attend the fleet football championship, men recieved, reinlisted, advancement

5th clipping- List of shipmates transfered and discharged

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. December 1st - December 7th "Remember Pearl Harbor Week"

Top secret orders for anphibious attack of an undisclosed location. Attack Order No. A158-44, A159-44