Author: John Germann (page 27)

USS Cherokee (ATF-66) By Glenn Smith (#8,073) Art (and Love!) Cachet art has always been a popular addition to naval covers. However, beginning in the 1930’s, this art form “took off” when many new artists, both real and amateur, applied…

USS Charleston (C-2) By John Young (#L-8219) Letter from Ch Bos’n Dominick Glynn, USN to his wife, at Mare Island Navy Yard was mailed with postage has ship’s Sailor’s Letter marking and signature of ship’s Commanding Officer, Captain George W. Pigman,…

USS Capella (AK-13) By Steve Shay (#L-10821) The cargo ship USS Capella was built as the SS Cormorant in 1920 and acquired by the US Navy in 1921 and renamed USS Capella. She carried cargo along the east coast and…

USS Cachalot (SS-170) By Steve Shay (#L-10821) This is an attractive if odd cachet featuring a newborn sailor welcoming in the new year on the back of a stork. The cachet was sponsored by the ANCS Argonaut Crew and drawn…

USS Brooks DD-232 By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) Happy Fourth of July 2017! This cover was posted on board the destroyer USS Brooks in 1932, cancelled by the mail clerk Charles Olasky. Olasky was known for researching and adding killer bar…

USS Beaver ADS-5 By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The USS Beaver was an early sub tender, receiving hull designation AS-5 in 1920. She was originally built as a passenger steamer, then purchased by the Navy and converted to a sub tender…

USS Bairoko CVE-115 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) The Korean War began June 25, 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States was one of 21 countries from the United Nations that contributed forces on the side of South…

USS Bainbridge DD -246 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) The USS Bainbridge was a Clemson class destroyer built as part of the World War I naval build up. She was launched in 1920 and commissioned February 9, 1921. She served in…

USS ARNEB (AKA 56) John Young (#L-8219)   The ship’s cachet (Arctic & Antarctic Express) commemorates the ships crossing of both, the Arctic & Antarctic Circles in a single season. ARNEB provided polar logistic support from 1955 through 1963. She…

USS Arizona BB-39 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) Perhaps one of the best known United States Navy ships is the battleship USS Arizona. Covers from the ship are not particularly rare. With a large crew and being in commission 25 years, the…