USS CA-139 class piping system book US Navy 1950 DES MOINES SALEM NEWPORT NEWS

A BUSHIPS 1950 book titled ENGINEERING PIPING INSTRUCTIONS for the CA-139 class heavy cruisers of the US Navy. Book is large, 1 3/4 thick. Many pages of text plus 22 illustrations and 41 large foldout schematics or plans. Most anything one would want to know about the engineering plant is in here. A great reference book or a collectors item.

Very valuable to a former crewmember. It appears someone glued paper to the front cover and tried to peel it off leaving residue.