USS New Mexico BB-40 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) Here is a hand drawn sailor, presumably on board the battleship USS New Mexico. His fingers are in his ears, waiting for the firing of the 14″ main guns. I’m not sure…
USS New Jersey (BB-16)
USS New Jersey (BB-16) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The battleship USS New Jersey was commissioned in 1906 and she was a member of the Great White Fleet that sailed around the world in a show of United States Naval strength…
USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS Nevada (BB 36) John Young (L-8219) Interesting piece of fan mail from sailor (John Miller Sampson) to silent-film star (Tom Mix) posted with ship’s type 2r cancel on 10 MAY 1926. His cowboy hero worked at Fox Studios, Hollywood…
SS Thomas W. Gregory
SS Thomas W. Gregory By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) This month we have a cover from a merchant ship, the SS Thomas W Gregory. This was a Liberty ship, launched October 6, 1943 and delivered for service on the 19th. The…
USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) The USS Mount Olympus was an amphibious force flagship, launched October 3, 1943 as USS Eclipse but renamed before commissioning. She participated in the landings in Leyte Gulf in the Philippines and also the landings at…
USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The USS Mount Olympus was an amphibious force flagship, launched October 3, 1943 as USS Eclipse but renamed before commissioning. She participated in the landings in Leyte Gulf in the Philippines and…
USS Missouri (BB-63)
USS Missouri (BB-63) By Steve Shay (#L-10821) This is the 75th anniversary of VJ-Day, September 2, 1945. On that date, the surrender papers ending the war with Japan were signed in Tokyo Bay. The Allied Fleet gathered in Tokyo Bay…
USS Marblehead (CL-12)
USS MARBLEHEAD (CL-12) By Captain Lawrence B. Brennan, U.S. Navy (Retired), (USCS #L-6221) An uncacheted cover addressed to the 15 year old high school student, Herbert Fox Rommel Jr., who lived in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. The cover was postmarked on 9 June 1931 and bears…
USS Lexington (CV-2) – Earheart Search
USS LEXINGTON (CV 2) Printed USS LEXINGTON envelope documents the search for lost Earhart plane (2-18 JUL 1937) along with the destroyers, USS DRAYTON, USS LAMSON and USS CUSHING. It was sent by a crew-member aboard carrier, posted (type 7qt…
USS Lexington (CV-2)
USS Lexington (CV-2) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The aircraft carrier USS Lexington moved from her base in San Pedro to the Caribbean and Atlantic in February 1939 as part of Fleet Exercise XX. During this exercise, Lexington would maneuver with…