USS West Virginia (BB-48) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) This small cover was sent to a shop we would all like to have visited. Who wouldn’t want to visit a shop selling antiques, curious, uniforms, steamship and yacht equipment, coins, naval…
USS Vincennes (CA-44)
Vincennes (CA-44) John Young, (#L-8219) Interesting hand-drawn ink & pen cachet (colored pencil) done by sailor aboard USS VINCENNES (Leonard) for crew-member, H. Avery Pratt for a relative in Essex, CT. Cachet depicts “King Neptune & mermaid” waiting for ship…
USS Vestal (AR-4)
USS VESTAL (AR 4) John Young (L-8219) A combination of colored pencil, ink, newspaper cartoon (Popeye) & part of a photograph documents the retirement of Michael Owens from U.S. Navy, posted aboard USS VESTAL on July 7, 1939. Mike enlisted…
USS Turkey (AM-13)
USS Turkey (AM-13) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The minesweeper USS TURKEY was assigned to the Pacific Fleet based in San Pedro, California in September 1939. TURKEY was commissioned December 13, 1918, a little too late to see service during World…
USS Swordfish (SSN-579)
USS Swordfish (SSN-579) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The USS Swordfish was the second of the Skate class of nuclear attack submarines, the first class of the attack submarines to be built for the Navy that was not considered as a…
USS S-23 (SS-128)
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)
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
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)
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)
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…