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…
USS Schenck (DD-159)
USS Schenck DD-159 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) March 2006 Cover of the Month This month’s cover is a wonderful hand drawn cover celebrating the March 17 holiday. The cachet was drawn by Ted Rauterberg, USCS #1439. Ted was a “shut-in”…
USS Squalus (SS-192)
USS SQUALUS SS-192 By Glenn Smith (#8073) Perhaps the most famous U.S. Navy submarine peacetime disaster, mainly for the massive successful rescue effort after she sank off the Isle of Shoals on May 23rd, 1939. Commissioned in March 1939, SQUALUS…
USS Relief (AH-1)
USS Relief AH-1 By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) This hand painted cover by an unknown artist marks St. Valentine’s Day 1935 aboard the hospital ship USS Relief. The Relief was the first ship designed as a hospital ship for the US…
USS Sirius (AK-15)
USS Sirius (AK-15) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) USS Sirius was a cargo ship built in 1918 and acquired by the War Shipping Board in 1922 and assigned to the Naval Transportation Board. She operated along the East Coast and Caribbean…
USS West Virginia (BB-48)
USS West Virginia By Glenn Smith, (USCS #8,073) Official business cover from VADM David Foote Sellers, Commander Battleships, Battle Force, flying his flag in USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48 to CAPT A. C. (Andrew) Pickens at the Naval War College, Newport,…