WWII US Navy Lt Cmdr Robert Caryl Hughes USS Fulton Uniform Photos Nuclear Docs➕ For Sale

* There are far more documents, photos, log books, sub photos, love letters, certificates etc that are not pictured because will only let us post up to 24.Lt. Cmdr. Robert Caryl Hughes U.S. Navy Cold War/Submarine ArchiveOffered is an extensive original personal and military archive belonging to U.S. Navy officer Lieutenant Commander Robert Caryl Hughes.This is not a collection of unrelated military memorabilia assembled later. The uniform, documents, photographs, correspondence and other items were preserved together as part of Hughes’s personal archive, providing exceptional provenance and a fascinating look into the career and personal life of a Cold War-era U.S. Navy officer.COLLECTION INCLUDES:• Original U.S. Navy uniform associated with Lt. Cmdr. Hughes
• Original military badges, ribbons and insignia
• Original/vintage U.S. Navy submarine photographs
• Personal Navy photographs and additional military photographs
• Original personal correspondence and love letters
• Department of the Navy/Bureau of Naval Personnel documents specifically naming Robert Caryl Hughes
• Original July 10, 1961 Navy correspondence concerning Hughes’s appointment as Lieutenant in the United States Navy
• Documents directly connecting Hughes to USS Fulton (AS-11)
• USS Fulton Engineering & Repair Department Repair Party Manual, dated 1960 and marked “Lt Hughes”
• Period USS Fulton officer material listing LT Hughes
• United States Navy Regulations – 1948
• Engineering Administration – Bureau of Naval Personnel
• Special Court-Martial material
• “The Effects of Atomic Weapons” bearing a period NUCLEAR POWER DIVISION stamp
• Cold War-era engineering, damage-control and Navy training material
• Additional original Navy documents, folders, correspondence and related material as picturedThe USS Fulton Repair Party material includes period information concerning shipboard damage control and the effects of ABC (Atomic, Biological and Chemical) warfare.PROVENANCEMultiple pieces within the collection directly identify Robert Caryl Hughes, including official Department of the Navy correspondence, USS Fulton material, officer documentation and Navy material bearing Hughes’s name.The archive was discovered together and has remained together.Due to the nature of some of the military material originally discovered with the larger archive, NCIS was contacted and reviewed material from the collection. Items requiring retention were removed. The material offered here consists only of material returned/released following that process. No material known to be currently classified is included in this sale.CONDITIONAll items are vintage originals and show varying degrees of age and service/storage wear. Documents may have toning, folds, creases, staining, handwriting, stamps, edge wear and other age-related characteristics. The uniform and insignia also show age-related wear.Please examine all photographs carefully, as they are an important part of the description.AN EXCEPTIONAL NAMED NAVY ARCHIVEThe significance of this collection is the combination of material belonging to one identified Navy officer:His uniform • insignia • official Navy records • USS Fulton material • submarine photographs • nuclear/atomic-era material • personal photographs • correspondence • love lettersTogether, the collection preserves much more than a single military artifact—it documents portions of Lt. Cmdr. Robert Caryl Hughes’s career and personal life during an important period of U.S. naval and submarine history.The collection is being sold together as ONE archive so its historical association and provenance can remain intact.Additional photographs or close-ups of individual items are available upon request.