Jack Standish Papers

Object NameYearbook Notebook Card, Instruction Program Record, Military Clipping, News

Historic Owner John E. Standish

Association USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)

Date1959–1964

PeriodCold War

Mediumpaper, ink

ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts

Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of the family of John "Jack" Standish. A2017.22

Object numberA2017.22

DescriptionExtent: 4 folders, 1 cruise book, 1 manual, 1 notebook

The John E. (Jack) Standish Papers contain both items from his service aboard Intrepid from 1959–1961 and newspaper clippings about the Intrepid Museum in later years. In addition to newspaper clippings, materials in this collection include a cruise book from 1959, various U.S. Navy and USS Intrepid identification cards, service records, ports of call booklets, reference guides and manuals, war ration booklets, and other Intrepid related ephemera that span Standish's time serving on board Intrepid.

Yearbook; USS Intrepid Cruise Book, 1959, USS Intrepid // CVA-11 Mediterranean 1959

Manual; "Basic Electricity // Bureau of Naval Personnel // Navy Training Course NAVPERS 10086-A", 1960

Notebook; Memoranda, 1959–1961

Items removed from Memoranda notebook
- Cards
-- Personal Camera Pass, August 30, 1960
-- Basic Survival Swimming, August 22, 1958
-- Identification
-- Official Navy Mobilization Orders to Active Duty, August 22, 1961
-- slip with Name, Billet No., and G.Q. Station
-- "The Brig" business card

- Reference Guides
-- Atomic, Biological and Chemical Warfare Pocket Reference
-- USS Intrepid Pocket Guide For Use While on Authorized Absence From the Ship
-- Damage Control Classification
-- Locations of Personnel Decontamination Stations
-- Guaranteed Generator Performance Data

- Request for DC of Clothing, July 26 1960
- Handwritten calendar

Items from Intrepid Service
- Intrepid CVA-11 photobook
- Intrepid Programs
-- USS Intrepid Fifth Anniversary since Recommissioning, June 18, 1959
-- Thanksgiving menu, USS Intrepid, 1959
- Ports of Call booklets
-- Athens, Greece
-- Barcelona, Spain
-- Leghorn, Italy
-- Folies-Bergere // Folies Legeres; program, Paris, France

Service Records
- Correspondence, to Mr. & Mrs. Standish from USS Intrepid, 1959
- Correspondence, Career Information Office, April 18, 1961
- Correspondence, Reemployment Rights, June 6, 1961
- Postcard, "Present Address", June 9, 1961
- Armed Forces Identification Card, June 1, 1961
- Selected Service Classification Questionnaire, July 17, 1961
- Envelope, Discharge & Transfer papers, May 1961–64

War Ration Book Four, for John Standish, n.d.

Newspaper Clippings
- "Enterprise Fire Solved," Today, Thursday, January 30, 1969
- "Intrepid Arrives," The Enterprise, June 14, 1982
- "Intrepid marks 50th anniversary of attack by Japanese Kamikazes," The Enterprise, Saturday, November 26, 1994

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