Author: John Germann (page 22)

USS S-23 By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The submarine S-23 was launched in 1920 and commissioned a full three years later on October 30, 1923. She was initially home ported in Groton, Connecticut but exercises occasionally took her to the Pacific.…

USS S-22 (SS-127) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) A sender in Hawaii sent this rather heavy air mail envelope from Honolulu, Hawaii in 1938 to George Dyer, Commanding Officer Sub Division 8 aboard the submarine, USS S-22 in the Canal Zone.…

USS Portland (CA-33) – Thanksgiving Turkey By John Young (L-8219)   Mimeographed cachet by Jeffrey K. Delano (USCS #70) depicts Ship Cook 1/c serving the holiday turkey, posted aboard USS PORTLAND (CA 33) on 30 NOV 1933. The cruiser was…

USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) By Captain Lawrence B. Brennan, U.S. Navy (Retired), (USCS #L-6221) At first glance little would appear remarkable about this cover. It bears a 37 cent stamp at a time when first class postage is 49…

USS Tutuila (PR-4) By Steve Shay (#L-10821) This cover has a collage cachet made of cut out Chinese postage stamps by A. Marie Schaff. The choice of stamps is appropriate because the river gunboat USS Tutuila was part of the…

USS Triton SSNR(N)-586 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) The USS Triton was the only US Navy submarine commissioned with two nuclear reactors and she was the largest submarine at the time of her construction in 1956. Designed as a radar picket…

USS CREVALLE SS-291 by Glenn Smith (#8073) Motor Machinist First Class Robert L. “Bob” Yeager was a ‘plank owner’ in CREVALLE, having been a Fireman in her at commissioning June 24th, 1943. By September 11th, 1944, he had reached the…

USS Black Hawk (AD 9) John Young (L-8219)   An interesting printed St. Patrick’s Day cachet feathering the shamrock used by St. Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity (Father, Son & Holy Spirit) to the Celtic pagans in Ireland. Reverse…

USS PARCHE SS-384 By Glenn Smith (#8073) Being battle stations helmsman is an important position for a junior man in any Navy ship. Signalman Second Class Courtland Chester “Chet” Stanton had earned this task in PARCHE because of his rating…

SS SANTA ELENA By Steve Shay (#L-10,821)   This is a bit of an odd cover. Someone apparently wanted to wallpaper this cover with stamp pane selvage to get multiple cancellations. I’ve not seen another cover quite like this one.…