What we are up to (page 17)

USS V-2 SF-5 Donald R. Tjossem (USCS #L-10987)   This cover was cancelled aboard the submarine USS V-2 on 6 April 1931 with a Type 3 cancel at San Diego, CA. V-2 was built at Kittery, Maine, given the hull…

USS Fife DD-991 By Glenn Smith (#8073) USS Fife was a Spruance class destroyer named for the WW2 submarine admiral, James Fife, Jr. Admiral Fife commanded three submarines, and his last WW2 post was as Commander, Submarines, Southwestern Pacific. Postwar he commanded all…

USS Goff DD-247 By John Young (#L-8219) A pen & ink drawing of two men examining blank pages of a stamp album on the dining room table, probably done by someone known to A. P. Kester, Washington DC. Could it…

USS Glacier AGB 4 – Amundsen Sea Coast Cancel By John Young (#L-8219) While surfing ebay recently I found an unusual cover that looked very suspicious. It had a corner card from USS STATEN ISLAND (AGB 5) and it had…

USS Arkansas BB-33 By Steve Shay (L-10,821) In June 1935, the battleship USS Arkansas embarked midshipmen from the Naval Academy for a summer training cruise. The future officers were probably thrilled with the adventure and sights that this cruise would…

USS ALABAMA SSBN 731 By Peter Leenhouts (L-10280) USS Alabama (SSBN-731) was commissioned at the Submarine Base, New London, CT. Over her twenty-five years of service to the nation, she has continued the proud tradition of superior performance at sea…

USS GEORGE WASHINGTON SSB(N)-598 By Steve Shay (L-10,821) The 50 th anniversary of the first firing of a Polaris missile from a submerged submarine will occur on July 20, 2010. With this firing, the US Navy gained the ability to…

USS Jamestown – Sloop By Glenn Smith (#8073) Cover description: TO: Commander Lamberton Comd’g USS Jamestown c/o B. F. Stevens 4 Trafalgar Square London Posted at Southampton July 22 nd, 1889 and backstamped at London.W.C. the same day. JAMESTOWN was…

USS COLORADO BB-45 By Steve Shay (L-10,821) On July 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan departed Lae, New Guinea on the 32nd day of their around the world flight attempt. Their destination was Howland Island, a small island barely…

USS California BB 44 By John Young (#L-8219) Its official name: the California Pacific International Exposition. Its location: San Diego. Time: May 29 – November 11, 1935 and February 12- September 9, 1936. Its purpose: to promote San Diego, California.…