USS PORTLAND CA-33 By John Young (USCS #L-8219) “Sweet Pea” known by her crew, was one of two INDIANAPOLIS class heavy cruisers built by Bethlehem Steel, Quincy MA. Launched in May 1932 and held its first day of commissioning ceremonies…
USS Argonaut (SM-1)
USS Argonaut SM-1 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) This is a beautiful cachet by James Chun who was a cachet artist for the Aloha and Argonaut Crews of the ANCS. The cover features a Type F cancel from the submarine USS…
USS Mindanao (PR-8)
USS Mindanao (PR 8 ) By Steve Shay (#L-10821) In the fall of 1985 Glenn Smith (#8073) sent this cover to RADM Kemp Tolley and asked him to autograph it for him. He did so and sent it back to…
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
USS D.D. Eisenhower By John Young (L-8219) The theme of turkey on a platter by Roger Wentworth (USCS #9963) depicts Mom or Grandma serving her family, posted aboard USS D. D. EISENHOWER on 22 NOV 1990. Most sailors would rather…
USS San Francisco (CA-38) – New Year
USS San Francisco CA-38 By Steve Shay (L-10,821) Happy New Year and Welcome 2012! The Wentz Brothers and the postal clerk on the cruiser USS San Francisco had similar thoughts 75 years ago and they worked together to prepare this…
USS Dickerson (DD-157) – Oink Island?
USS Dickerson DD-157 by Glenn Smith (#8073) At first glance this cover without even a cachet appears ordinary in the extreme. The Type 3(B-BBT) is common. But then one is drawn to the killer bars, and what is that? OOF? …
USS Medusa (AR-1) – Graf Zeppelin Mail
Graf Zeppelin carried Naval Cover By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The German designed, built and operated Zeppelin, LZ-127, was christened as Graf Zeppelin in 1928. This Zeppelin was patterned on the design of Zeppelin LZ-126, given to the United States as…
Forwarded Mail Chasing a Sailor
Forwarded Mail Chasing a Sailor in 1941 By Steve Shay (L-10,821) On October 4, 1941, a female student at Eureka College in Illinois mailed an air mail letter to a sailor in the Navy. The sailor may have been a…
USS Scorpion (SSN-589)
USS SCORPION SS(N)-589 By Steve Shay (L-10,821) The story of the nuclear attack submarine is pretty well known by naval cover collectors. She would be one of two nuclear submarines lost by the US Navy. Scorpion was a Skipjack class…
USS Wasmuth (DD-338)
USS WASMUTH (DD 338) By John Young (USCS #L-8219) A Clemson-class destroyer commissioned in December 1921 and converted into a mine-sweeper destroyer (DMS 15) in November 1940. She was lost after explosion of two of her own depth charges during…