Category: Ship Covers and Histories (page 9)

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.…

USS Black Hawk AD-9 By Steve Shay (L-10,821) The cover this month is an example of Transpacific air mail, a cover carried by a Pan Am Clipper plane. Postmarked at Staten Island, New York in March 1937, it was mailed…

Admiral J.M. Reeves – Chapter 14 By Steve Shay (L-10,821) The Admiral J.M. Reeves Chapter of the USCS was formed in April 28, 1934 in the Los Angeles area. The April 1934 Log had a report from Richard Dumonte stating…

An Emergency Cover 1935 By John Young (#L-8219) Somebody working at the Navy Yard sent Deane C. Bartley this red penciled cachet cover, machine canceled at Bremerton Navy Yard on 20 NOV 1935. It appears that this emergency cover documents…