Category: Ship Covers and Histories (page 18)

USS Mount Olympus (AGC-8) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The USS Mount Olympus was an amphibious force flagship, launched October 3, 1943 as USS Eclipse but renamed before commissioning. She participated in the landings in Leyte Gulf in the Philippines and…

USS Missouri (BB-63) By Steve Shay (#L-10821) This is the 75th anniversary of VJ-Day, September 2, 1945. On that date, the surrender papers ending the war with Japan were signed in Tokyo Bay. The Allied Fleet gathered in Tokyo Bay…

USS MARBLEHEAD (CL-12) By Captain Lawrence B. Brennan, U.S. Navy (Retired), (USCS #L-6221) An uncacheted cover addressed to the 15 year old high school student, Herbert Fox Rommel Jr., who lived in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. The cover was postmarked on 9 June 1931 and bears…

USS LEXINGTON (CV 2) Printed USS LEXINGTON envelope documents the search for lost Earhart plane (2-18 JUL 1937) along with the destroyers, USS DRAYTON, USS LAMSON and USS CUSHING. It was sent by a crew-member aboard carrier, posted (type 7qt…

USS Lexington (CV-2) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The aircraft carrier USS Lexington moved from her base in San Pedro to the Caribbean and Atlantic in February 1939 as part of Fleet Exercise XX. During this exercise, Lexington would maneuver with…

USS La Jolla (SSN-701) By Steve Shay (#L-10,821) The USCS Northeast Regional meeting was held in New London, Connecticut October 16-17, 1976. Some of those in attendance took a complimentary bus ride provided by the Nathan Hale Chapter to see…

USS Kanawha AO-1 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) The USS Kanawha was first ship built as an oiler for the United States Navy. She was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard with her keel laying in December 1913, launched just…

USS John D. Ford DD-228 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) John D Ford was one of the destroyers authorized as part of the naval build up during World War I. She was completed too late for wartime service, not being commissioned…

USS Intrepid (Steel Sailing Bark) Steve Shay(#L-10,821)     The USS Intrepid was obsolete before she was launched in October 1904. By 1904, the era of Navy sailing ships was long past. This must have been apparent to the Navy…

USS Horne CG-30 By Steve Shay (#L-10821) Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This hand drawn cachet by Gary Rogak (USCS #8398) was cancelled aboard the cruiser USS Horne on March 17, 1988. Gary produced hundreds of hand drawn covers. The Horne…