THE OCEAN WAVE, U.S. Flagship San Francisco, Honolulu, H.I., July 19, 1892

• Rare USS San Francisco publication

As noted on page 2 his newspaper was: "Published & Printed on board the U.S. Cruiser 'San Francisco, Flagship of the Pacific Station", its home port being Honolulu. This is the volume 1, number 5 issue.
There is front page text on the celebration of the 4th of July, the ink used for printing this issue being blue. 
This cruiser was launched in 1889 and was involved in the Spanish-American War and WWI, being decommissioned in 1931.
Six pages, 7 by 9 inches, small archival mend at the spine, very nice condition.

Background: Published on July 19, 1892, Volume 1, Number 5 of The Ocean Wave represents an exceptionally rare artifact of 19th-century shipboard journalism, printed in striking blue ink directly aboard the USS San Francisco (C-5) while serving as the flagship of the Pacific Station in Honolulu, Hawaii. Early shipboard newspapers are extraordinarily scarce because they were produced in tiny runs using small portable hand-presses exclusively for the crew, rarely surviving the harsh marine environment or making it ashore. Beyond its physical novelty, this six-page issue carries immense historical weight through its front-page coverage of Fourth of July celebrations among American sailors stationed in the Hawaiian Islands—a location of immense political friction just months prior to the January 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The document captures a vibrant, localized snapshot of crew life and patriotic fervor aboard a protected cruiser destined for an illustrative naval legacy, from blockading duty in the Spanish-American War to serving as a World War I minelayer before its final decommissioning in 1921.