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Category: Ship Covers and Histories (page 15)

USS Triton (SSNR(N)-586)

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: June 8, 2021 Written by: John Germann
USS Triton SSNR(N)-586 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) The USS Triton was the only US Navy submarine commissioned with two nuclear reactors and she was the largest submarine at the time of her construction in 1956. Designed as a radar picket…
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USS Crevalle (SS-291)

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: June 8, 2021 Written by: John Germann
USS CREVALLE SS-291 by Glenn Smith (#8073) Motor Machinist First Class Robert L. “Bob” Yeager was a ‘plank owner’ in CREVALLE, having been a Fireman in her at commissioning June 24th, 1943. By September 11th, 1944, he had reached the…
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USS Black Hawk (AD-9)

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: June 8, 2021 Written by: John Germann
USS Black Hawk (AD 9) John Young (L-8219)   An interesting printed St. Patrick’s Day cachet feathering the shamrock used by St. Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity (Father, Son & Holy Spirit) to the Celtic pagans in Ireland. Reverse…
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USS Parche (SS-384)

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: June 8, 2021 Written by: John Germann
USS PARCHE SS-384 By Glenn Smith (#8073) Being battle stations helmsman is an important position for a junior man in any Navy ship. Signalman Second Class Courtland Chester “Chet” Stanton had earned this task in PARCHE because of his rating…
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SS Santa Elena

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: June 8, 2021 Written by: John Germann
SS SANTA ELENA By Steve Shay (#L-10,821)   This is a bit of an odd cover. Someone apparently wanted to wallpaper this cover with stamp pane selvage to get multiple cancellations. I’ve not seen another cover quite like this one.…
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USS Nautilus (SSN-571)

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: June 8, 2021 Written by: John Germann
USS Nautilus SSN-571 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) The world’s first nuclear submarine was the US Navy’s USS Nautilus, SSN-571. And with this nuclear power plant design, submarines were changed forever. No longer was there a requirement to surface periodically for…
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USS Marblehead (CL-12)

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: June 8, 2021 Written by: John Germann
USS Marblehead, CL-12 By Steve Shay (#L-10,821)   The cruiser USS Marblehead was a Omaha class, light cruiser, launched in 1923 and commissioned the following year. She served around the globe, with time spent in South America, the Asiatic Fleet,…
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USS Lexington (ACV-2)

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: June 8, 2021 Written by: John Germann
USS Lexington (ACV-2) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) USS Lexington was the third aircraft carrier commissioned by the US Navy. Built on a cruiser hull, she and USS Saratoga paved the way for carrier operations in the Navy. Launched October 3,…
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USS Northampton (CA-26)

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: June 8, 2021 Written by: John Germann
USS Northampton CA-26 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) This cover was prepared by an early USCS chapter, Chapter #5, the Oliver Hazard Perry Chapter. The attractive cachet marks the Fourth of July 1934. The cover was cancelled aboard the cruiser USS…
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USS Leary (DD-158)

Posted on: November 8, 2020 Last updated on: July 13, 2021 Written by: John Germann
USS Leary, DD-158 By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The USS Leary was one of many four stacker destroyers authorized during World War I. She was commissioned just after the war ended, December 5, 1919. She remained in service only a short…
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