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Officiot Organ of the Universal Ship Cancellation Society
Vol 54 No. 12
Whole No. 6 5 2
March, 1988
Cachet Design Competition
By R.D. Rawlins, RO. Box 981, Healdsburg, CA 95448
The 1930s was truly the golden age of cacheted covers;
,4&'-*?ty 1938, the USCS had some 257 members active in
r
%~f^dr awing or sponsoring cachets and our sister society, The
American Naval Cancellation Society had over 340 cachet
makers. To be sure, some cachet makers were members
of both Societies, but the total number of collectors
sponsoring cacheted navl covers at that time - something
between four and five hundred - is most impressive.
From 1936 to 1945, the American Cover Club Board of
Review, a group composed of editors and columnists of
philatelic publications and others influential in the field,
awarded certificates annually for the best cachets in
several collecting fields - naval, air, historical, patriotic
and first day of issue (stamps). The award winners
received a good deal of publicity for their winning designs
and were justly proud of their accomplisments.
In the naval category, the best cachet of the year was.
designated "King," the runner-up "Queen," and the third
the "Jack."
Honorable mention certificates were
awarded to a total of ten best for the year. I remember
conversations with Alex Hesse, who sponsored and
printed cachets for the ANCS Argonauts, USCS Brooklyn
Chapter and many individuals in which Alex told me, year
by year, which of the cachets he had sponsored or printed
won what awards. Years later, Alex still had his
certificates and showed them to me with great pride.
What does this all mean to current cachet makers?
Well, the USCS Board of Directors has decided to
reintroduce the competition for the best cachets "of the
year, starting with those issued in 1987. We have not
worked out all the details or mechanics but, to get things
started, makers of naval cachets will be asked to submit
their best designs to a screening committee. Entries will
be displayed at the 1988 Convention at Kalamazoo with
the winners selected by popular vote of those attending
the Convention. The winners of the competition will
naturally have a photo of their designs published in the
LOG for the benefit of our members who are not able to
attend the festivities at Kalamazoo.
The Board is ,also trying to decide on some other
appropriate prize; perhaps a tanker cruise in the Persian
Gulf; or a week's stay at a seaside resort in the
picturesque Gaza; but that will depend on the budget. No
'•• 'need' to worry about that right now:
/
So, if you designed, drew or sponsored a naval,
. maritime, Coast Guard, Marine Corps or naval first day of
issue cachet in 1987, hang on to one copy and wait for
the next issue of the LOG for competition entry
information.
PREZ SEZ...
Rich Hoffner, (445S), 18Ryers Ave., Cheltenham, PA
19012-2213
First, belated Holiday Greetings and a Happy and Healthy
New Year to all of you.
Next, let me discuss a subject that constantly comes up;
ship zip codes. Over the past several years, since the
USPS gave individual zip codes to Navy ships, it has been
difficult for collectors to get the proper zip codes and we
have tried to list them annually in the LOG. In the past
two years, the USPS has come to our aid. Your local
postoffice can supply you with a complete list of zip
codes found in the zip code directory in the postoffice
lobby. And, many postoffices have a copy machine in
their lobbies, thus affording you the opportunity to make
your own copies, Those of you who subscribe to the
"Navy Times" received a compelete zip listing including,
MSC,' NRF, USN and CG ships in the December 7, 1987
issue. For those of you who are unable to get to the
postoffice, or who don;t get the "Navy Times' I will
gladly send you a copy of the list for a * 10 SASE.
Some of you may have read a news release in "Linn's'
recently reporting that the USCS was holding a mail bid
sale andlisting an Ohio address. This release was in
error and the sale is not in any way sponsored or
authorized by the USCS. The person who originated this
release, and "Linn's' have been contacted so that this
situations does not rise again. •Those USCS members residing in thre metropolitan
Pittsburg, PA area, watch your mailbox, an effort is
underway to form a USCS chapter in your area.
For those members on the east coast, two regionals are
being planned for the last two weeks in April. One,
sponsored by the USS BUFFALO CHAPTER, will be held
April 22, 23 and 24 in Hamburg, NY. And, the following
weekend, April 29 and 30, the USS NATHAN HALE
CHAPTER will sponsor "Coverfest '88" in Nyack, NY.
Further .information can be found elsewhere in this issue,
or write directly to the chapter for specific information.
Dues notices were mailed in the first week of January.
If you didn't get a bill, contact the Secretary/Treasurer.
Dues remain at $12.50 for second class; and $22.50 for
first class mailing in the USA. The deadline for the
receipt of dues is April 1, 1988. A family member can
join for $1.00. See you in Kalamazoo!
In Memoriam
With sorrow, we report the deaths of Mrs. Shirley
Boutar, wife of Truman Boutar (8468), President of Byrd
Chapter; and Mrs. Thelma Mayer (F-8830); wife of
Arthur Mayer (2772). In 1976, Thelma started a cover
business called TM Historical Covers; drawing and
producing quality cachets for naval covers.
Pag* 174
USCS LOG
The USCS LOG (ISSN 0 2 7 9 - 6 1 3 9 ) , the
official
publication of the UNIVERSAL SHIP CANCELLATION
SOCIETY, Inc., is published monthly by James A.
Klinger, Editor, P.O. Box 1 0 3 2 1 , Wilmington, DE
19850.
Subscription is $12.50 per year.
Single
copies $1.25.
Second class postage paid at
Wilmington, DE, and additional mailing offices.
Postmaster-Please send Form 3 5 7 9 to: The USCS LOG,
P.O. Box 127, New Britain, CT 0 6 0 5 0 - 0 1 2 7 .
Vol. 54
March, 1988
Whole NO. 652
Advertising rates: 1 inch, $ 6 . 0 0 ; Quarter page,
$20.00:Half page, $ 4 5 . 0 0 ; Full page, $ 7 5 . 0 0 ; Close set
(auction) Surcharge, add $ 2 5 . 0 0 for a full page, $12.50
for a half page.
The UNIVERSAL SHIP CANCELLATION SOCIETY, INC.,
(APS Afiliate * 9 8 ) , a non-profit, tax exempt corporation,
was founded in 1932. It promotes the study of the United
States Navy, its ships, and the study of the postal
markings of the U.S. Navy and other maritime
organizations of the world.
Society Officers
President: Richard F. Hoffner, Sr., 18 Ryers Ave.,
Cheltenham, PA 1 9 0 1 2 - 2 2 1 3
Vice-President: Jackson Bosley, 2 0 1 3 Verbena Dr.,
Austin, TX 7 8 7 5 0
Secretary-Treasurer: Lorraine Kozicki, 35 Montague
Circle, East Hartford, CT 0 6 1 1 8
Services
APS Representative 8c Public Relations: David A.
Kent, P.O. Box 127, New Briatain, CT 0 6 0 5 0 - 0 1 2 7
Assistant Catalog Editor: Rich Hoffner, as above
Cachet History: Robert D. Rawlins, P.O. Box 9 8 1 ,
Healdsburg, CA 9 5 4 4 8
Catalog of Naval Postmarks, Sales Manager: Helen
St. John, 380 Woodtick Rd., Waterbury, CT 0 6 7 0 5
Catalog Editor: James Russell, 2 2 0 9 Brighton St.,
Philadelphia, PA 19149
Credit Officer: William Lawton, 6 5 1 2 Fairland St.,
Alexandria, VA 2 2 3 1 2
Convention & Awards Coordinator: Robert D. Rawlins,
as above
Data Sheets: Stanley Munkittrick, P.O. Box M, Ludlow,
MA, 0 1 0 5 6
Heirs & Estate Services: Helen St. John, as above
LOG Auction: Ed Plander, 24 Dolson PL, Stamford, CT
06901
LOG Back Issues: Lorraine Kozicki, as above
Liasion to LOG Editor: Rich Hoffner, as above
LOG Mailing List Manager: David AAKent, as above
Naval Historian: Jim Myerson, 928 Towner Ave., Los
Angeles, CA 9 0 0 2 1 - 2 0 2 2
New Cancels & Types: James Russell, as above
Photo Librarian: Michael Sabatelle, P.O. Box 0 4 0 1 3 6 ,
Brooklyn, NY 1 1 2 0 4 - 0 0 0 6
Post Card Sales: Jack Howland, Rt. 3 7 5 , Box 1 7 1 ,
Woodstock, NY 12498
Rapid Notification Service: Stanton Honey man, P.O.
Box 2 4 8 6 , Station A, Meriden, CT 0 6 4 5 0
Recruiting Coordinator: Ted Bahry, P.O. Box 7 5 6 ,
Carlsbad, CA 9 2 0 0 8 - 0 1 3 9
Sales Circuits: James Davenport, P.O. Box 4 0 , Cortez,
CO 8 1 3 2 1
Slide Program Director: Stanton Honeyman, as above
Study Group Coordinator: Frank M. Hoak, III, P.O. Box
6 6 8 , New Canaan, CT 0 6 8 4 0
March, 19SS
USCS Archivist: George Marcicin, 128 E, Main St.,
Fleetwood, PA 19522
Veterans Program: Lorraine Kozicki, as above
Active Chapters
Following is a list of the active chapters of the USCS as
well as the chapter contact person and their address:
1 Old ironsides Chapter (Boston, MA area), Norman
Doucette, 9 Governors Ave., Apt * 1 , Winchester, MA,
01890
2 Stephan Decatur Chapter (Delaware Valley area),
George F. Marcincin, 128 E. Main St., Fleetwood,
PA,19522
6 Admiral Moffett Chapter (Chicagoland area), Larry
Groh, 9 6 4 8 S. Major Ave., Oak Lawn, IL, 6 0 4 5 3
11 Admiral Byrd Chapter (MD, DC, VA area), Tom
Nichols, 3 4 0 1 Farthing Dr., Silver Spring, MD 2 0 9 0 6
2 7 USS SAN DIEGO Chapter (San Diego area), Bertha
M. Klann, 3 7 7 6 31st St., Apt * 6 , San Diego, CA
92104
5 1 USS CALIFORNIA Chapter (Metro LA area), Al
Moses, P.O. Box 7 5 2 , Brea, CA 9 2 6 4 1
5 9 USS SAGINAW Chapter (San Franciso Bay area),
Ray Costa, 5 4 9 Jennings, Vallejo, CA 9 4 5 9 1
6 5 GRAF VON SPEE Chapter (Federal Republic of
Germany area), Wolfgang Krause, Kirchackerstr 3 9 ,
D7300 Esslingen, Federal Republic of Germany
6 8 USS NATHAN HALE Chapter (All of CT), David A.
Kent, P.O. Box 127, New Britain, CT 0 6 0 5 0 - 0 1 2 7
7 4 USS PUGET SOUND Chapter (Seattle/Tacoma
area), ouis Parker, 3 3 0 3 Vista PI., West, Tacoma,
WA 9 8 1 6 6
7 5 USS KALAMAZOO Chapter (SW Ml & NE IN area),
Norm Ferguson, P.O. Box 2 5 4 3 , Kalamazoo, Ml
49003
7 7 USS SPRINGFIELD Chapter (W. MA area), Stan
Munkittrick, P.O. Box M, Ludlow, MA 0 1 0 5 6
7 8 USS ARIZONA Chapter (Tucson area), Helen Myers,
7 4 1 8 E. Eli Dr., Tucson, AZ 8 5 7 1 0
7 9 USS OREGON Chapter (Portland area), Emil Cobos,
7 5 3 0 S.E. Insley St., Portland, OR 9 7 2 0 6
8 0 USS MICHIGAN Chapter (Detroit area), Bob
Quintero, 2 2 6 0 8 Poplar Ct., Hazel Park, Ml 4 8 0 3 0
8 2 Capt. Henry Glass Chapter (Guam, Mariana Islands
area), Ray Milling, P.O. Box 1192, Agana, GU 9 6 9 1 0
8 5 Mercator Chapter (Belgium area), Gunther E. Segers
Eglantierlaan 4 9 , B - 2 6 4 0 Aartselaar, Belgium
8 7 Fleet Admiral Nimitz Chapter (TX & LA area), Tom
Koch, 1013 Springbrook Dr., De Soto, TX 7 5 1 1 5
8 9 USS BUFFALO Chapter (Buffalo/So. Ontario area),
George Benz, 9 4 1 6 Lakeshore Rd., Angola, NY 14006
9 0 USS NEW JERSEY Chapter (No. NJ area), Larry
Brennan, 176 Christol St., Metuchen, NJ 0 8 8 4 0
9 1 USS SACRAMENTO Chapter (No, Central CA area),
Martin Huff, P.O. Box 8 0 0 5 , Sacramento, CA 9 5 8 1 8
9 2 USS SOUTH CAROLINA Chapter (Carolinas), Bill
Mitchell, 3 3 0 2 Wilmont Ave., Columbia, SC 2 9 2 0 5
9 3 USS SUSQUEHANNA Chapter (Mid-state NY area),
. Phillip Nazek, 7 0 Hill Ave., Johnson City, NY 13790
9 4 USS VANDEGRIFT Chapter, George Barber, P.O.
Box 4 2 5 , Spring Valley, CA 9 2 0 7 7
9 5 USS COLORADO Chapter, David S. Scanlon, 5 1 2 7
S. Ventura Way, Aurora, CO 8 0 0 1 5
March. 1988
USCS LOG .
Russell's Column
2209 Brighton St. Phiia... PA 19149
Sen. J.J. EXON, (NE), a senior member of the Senate
Armed Services Committee, said a new Trident sub to be
named NEBRASKA, is under construction at Groton, CT
and could join the fleet in 1990. The last ship so named
was the USS NEBRASKA (BB-14) which was
commissioned July 1, 1907 and decommissioned July 2,
1920.
On December 11, 1987, the Navy successfully launched
its eighth Trident II submarine missile after a month's
delay. The test was late because of a dispute as to the
number of warheads the weapon would carry. It appears
that a resolution to name a carrier for Sen. John Stennis
was passed by the Senate: While it's not legally binding,
the resolution was co-sponsored by 99 senators and the
Navy would find it very hard to ignore, especially since
the Senate votes on Navy appropriations. Congress has
authorized the Pentagon's full request for advance
procurement for the SEA WOLF (SSN-21), a new class
of nuclear subs. While the Navy is waiting for the new
class, an updated version of the LOS ANGELES-class will
be built. Quieter than existings subs, it will have an
improved combat system.
It appears that the USS MIDWAY (CV-41) has
escaped being retired for at least another year. A
Congressional bill will be changed and will say the Navy
must retire one of its carriers in 1989. The Navy had
planned to retire the USS CORAL SEA (CV-43)
because she hadn't been modernized as the was the
former. She wasn't scheduled for retirement until the
mid-nineties.
In related Congressional Action, J.J.
SPAULDING (6856), reports the retiring of 16 frigates
(10 of the GARCIA-class and six of the BROOKE-class);
with eight from each fleet. The first half would go out of
service in the current fiscal 1988 year and the rest in
fiscal 1989, which begans October 1, 1988. Also, in
early February, the Navy agreed to decommission
CARRIER AIR WING 10,with squadrons on the West
Coast.
I have heard that the LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG-57) will
be commissioned at night. This will be the first ship
commissioned at night. (Ed. Note.: Is that ever, or just in
contemorary times?)
A member sends information that his cover to the USS
SPHINX (ARL-24) c/o FPO NY 09587-2625 was
returned because of an improper address. That is the
same zip I have. Does anyone have information regarding
her layup?
The USS MC KEE (AS-41) recently
deployed to Alaska where it serviced the USS TUNNY
(SSN-682). This is the first sub tender to deploy their
in 42 years. The ship also provided support to the USS
ALASKA (SSBN-732) on her first visit to her
namesake state on July 1-7, 1987 at Seward. A fire of
smoldering insulation was reported aboard the TOPEKA
at Groton, CT.
The Navy has asked for volunteers in the Persian Gulf
and are needed to relieve the crews who are currently on
duty. A Navy spokesman stressed that the Navy isn't
calling up the reserves, only asking for volunteers.
Imminent danger duty will be paid.
Page 175
The Navy is pressuring the city of Tampa to open the
ex-REQUIN (AGSS-481) to the public, as well as
giving plans for moving the sub. Maritime Foundations
Trustees are worried about the lack of support by the
city, after the sub ran aground when being moved, and
believes the Navy is serious about taking the sub away
and giving her to another city.
NEW ZIPS: NEWPORT NEWS (SSN-750), NY
09597-2406; OKLAHOMA CITY, NY 09581-2403; and
SARATOGA
(CV-60),
09543-2740
(effective
1-15-88).
Thanks to the following for their clippings, covers, etc.,
Taz Nicholson, Paul Caruso, Joe Fontaine, Larry Groh,
Berle Spurlock, Jack Howland, Ed Plander, Foster Merker,
Jr., Ron Reeves, Rich Hoffner, Dave Kent, Dan Goodwin,
Larry Briend, Jay Milewski and Phil Schreiber. Hope I
didn't skip anyone. To the Editors of the BEACON,
DOLPHIN, PERISCOPE and SOUNDINGS. To NATHAN HALE
and SAGINAW Chapters.
Finally, one of our German members asked some
questions about type six and type nine cancels, but I've
misplaced his letter. If he will write again, I will try to
help.
NEW TIMBERS FOR OLDEST SHIP
By Don Smith (7835)
A select group of Oregon's towering fir trees have a
date with history. The trees produced logs to provide 16
timbers needed by the Navy to renovate the
CONSTELLATION permanently anchored in Baltimore's
inner harbor.
OFFICIAL POSTAGE ABOARD NAVY SHIPS?
Rich Hoffner (4456) 18 Ryers Ave.. Cheltenham, PA
19012-2213
Recently, I received a large Official Business "penalty
envelope
franked
i . Official Mail U S ;
with US Government
"Official
Mail"
postage stamps. As
illustrated,
(and
V? rtS 1
USA-22
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reduced by 77%),
- •'.WfiaYw~i*f"'£:" ••;CT:2 W --'~
• W U L . . ; o f | | e l a l Mail USA J 'JOITrclal Mail Li
the envelope was
franked with 3 - 2 2
cent and 2 - 4 cent
stamps. This is the
first use aboard a
Navy ship that I am
aware
of.
All
previous
publicity
about the usage of these stamps involved certain units of
the Air Force and the Department of Agriculture. This
may be the start of a completely brand new facet of our
hobby. Have others received such franked envelopes and
not realized the impact it could have on the hobby? If you
have, perhaps we will be able to determine the earliest
usage date. Kindly send me xerox copies of your covers
and I will list them for later publication. In a memo from
SUBRON 3, Bertha Klann (9362) advises that the Navy
will not be using franked envelopes, effective March 1,
1988.
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USCS LOG
LOG AUCTION * 3
The following covers will be sold to the highest bidder at
the close of the auction on April 1 5 , 1 9 8 8 . Covers
will go to the highest bidder at 10 cents above the next
high bid and will be sent first class, with postage added to
the bill.
LOT
121
122
123
124
MB
ATLANTA SSN712, 3 - 6 - 8 2 , FDC Ca. Nrfk
1.00
AUCILLA A056, 6 - 2 7 - 6 6 , T - 2 n , no cachet
0.75
ACACIA WLB406, 8 - 2 5 - 8 2 , 0PC0N18 Ca.
1.00
S/S AUSTRAL LIGHTNING, 2 - 8 - 8 3 , T - 7 t z ,
Zip 9 9 6 5 0 , Farrell S/S Lines
0.75
125 BUFFALO SSN715, 9 - 3 - 8 3 , Sea Trials,
1.00
126 SIMON BOLIVAR T / S , Venezuela, T/S cachet
and cancel, 6 - 1 7 - 8 2
1.00
127 BRISTOL BAY WTGB102, FDC Ca. cc 6 - 1 6 - 7 9 1.25
128 BISCAYNE BAY WTGB104.FDC Ca.cc 1 2 - 8 - 7 9 1.25
129 CAMDEN A0E2, T - 2 n , OSC, 4 - 1 6 - 8 3
1.00
130 CATAWABA T-ATF168, Dlvrd to USN, 5 - 2 8 - 8 6 1 . 0 0
131 CONE DD866, T - 2 n , OSC, 1 1 - 2 0 - 7 3
0.75
132 COONTZ DDG40, T-2tnu, OSC, 5 - 2 8 - 8 0
1.00
133 DACE SSN607, 20th Annv, 4 - 4 - 8 4 ,
1.00
134 DUTTON T-AGS22, T - 2 , Oceanographic Unit
cane and cachet from ship, 6 - 1 0 - 8 3
1.00
135 THOMAS EDISON SSN610, no cancel, cc
0.75
136 ESCANABA WMEC907, KL, 4 - 1 - 8 3 , MddltwnRI 0.75
137 EAGLE WIX324, Liberty lsl.,NY/NJ, OPSAIL Ca.
on new Liberty stmp FDI, 7 - 4 - 8 6
1.50
138 FULTON AS11, T-2tnu, OSC, TGN Welcome Abd
139 FIDELITY MS0443, OSC, cc, 9 - 8 - 8 2 , Ft.Ldrdl 1.00
140 FLORIDA SSBN728, FDC, OSC, cc, 6 - 1 8 - 8 3
1.50
141 C.deGRASSE DD974, T-F, Armd For Ca. 5 / 8 7 1.50
142 GLORIA T/S, Boston, OPSAIL Ca. 5 - 3 - 8 0
1.00
143 GORCH FOCK T / S , OSC, OPSAIL Ca. 6 - 4 - 8 0
1.00
144 HAMMERHEAD SSN663,T-2n,0SC, ovrcncl '82 0.75
145 F.S. KEY SSBN657,0SC,cc, F.S.KEY stmps '73 1.00
146 KLAKRING FFG42, LAU Ca., Bath, Me 9 - 1 8 - 8 2 0.75
147 KILAUEA T-AE26, Oakland.CA, n/c, cc, 9 / 8 2
0.75
148 LASALLE AGF3, T-2n/USN, OSC 2 - 1 7 - 8 3
0.75
149 LEGARE WMEC912.KL.6-27-86, Mddltown.RI 0.75
150 MOBILE LKA115, T-2n/USN, OSC, 1 0 - 2 5 - 8 2 1.00
151 MAUNA KEA AE22, T-2n/USN, OSC, cc, 1 0 / 8 2 1.00
152 MOUNT HOOD AE29, T-2n/USN, OSC, 1 0 / 8 2
1.00
153 MT. WHITNEY LCC20,T-2n/USN,0SC,NvyDy '82 1.00
154 MOCTOBI ATF105, T-2az, n/c, 7 - 2 7 - 4 6
1.00
155 MOOSBRUGGER DD980,T-2n/USN,cc,Ca 5 / 7 9 1.00
156 MAHAN DLG11,T-2tnu, n/c/ 4 - 3 - 6 3
.75
157 NIMITZ CVN68,T-2n/USN/p,0SC, 7 - 2 - 8 7
1.50
158 NORTON SOUND AVM1, T - 2 n , OSC, 1 - 2 5 - 7 4
1.00
159 NEVADA SSBN733, T - F , FDC, Ca. 8 - 1 6 - 8 6
1.50
160 NEVILLE AP16, T-F ( n - 5 ) , n/c, 7 - 4 - 4 1
2.00
161 NEAH BAY WTGB105, cc, CA. 1 1 - 1 - 8 4
1.00
162 NORTHWIND WAGB282, T-2tnu/USCG, Atctic
cachet, signed, 8 - 3 1 - 8 3
0.75
163 OMAHA SSN696, FDC, OSC, 3 - 1 1 - 7 8
1.00
164 OHIO SSBN726, Sea Trials cachet, 6 - 2 1 - 8 1
1.50
165 O'BANNON DD987, T-2n/USN, OSC, cc, 1 1 / 8 2 1.00
166 O'CALLAHAN FF1051, T-2n/USN, OSC, 1 0 / 8 2 1.00
167 OUELLET FF1077, T-2n/USN, OSC, 1 1 - 7 - 8 2 1.00
168 ROBERT A. OWENS DD827, Detroit River Sta,
Grt Lakes Cruise, Ship cc, 7 - 2 6 - 8 0
1.00
169 ROBERT E. PEARY FF1073, T-2n/USN, OSC
1.00
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173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
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PENSACOLA LSD38, T-2n/USN, OSC, 6 - 2 5 - 8 3 1 . 0 0
QUEENFISH SSN651, 15TH Annv, 1 2 - 6 - 8 1
1.00
QE2, at OPSAIL in NYC, 7 - 4 - 8 6
1.00
REASONER FF1063,T-2n/USN,0SC, 2 - 1 2 - 8 3 0.75
RUSHMORE LSD14, T - 2 , T - 9 f u , 1 2 - 5 - 5 0
1.75
SALAMONIE A026, T-2tnu, T - 9 f u , 6 - 2 3 - 5 8
1.00
SAN DIEGO AFS6, T-2n/USN, OSC 4 - 1 7 - 7 0
1.00
SAN JOSE AFS7, T - 2 n , FDC Ca., 1 0 - 2 3 - 7 0
1.50
SOUTHWIND WAGB280, City canc.OC, 2 / 7 4
1.00
Cvr, NAVY # 2 3 2 (Algeria), ' 4 4 , PBC, Free
2.00
Cvr.frm Tunisia, T - 2 z , w / 9 3 in killer bars,Free 3.00
Blue Jacket Manual, 1943 Ed, Fair cond
8.00
Send all bids to the Auction Manager:
Ed Plander, 24 Dolsen Place, Stamford, CT 06901
Results of 12/ IS/87
Auction:
Lot # 6 1 0 , $ 1 ; # 6 1 1 , $ 2 . 0 5 ; # 6 1 2 , $ 1 ; # 6 1 3 , $ 1 . 2 0 ;
# 6 1 4 - 1 5 - 1 6 , NB, # 6 1 7 , $ 2 . 3 0 ; # 6 1 8 , $ 1 . 5 0 ; # 6 1 9 ,
$1.10; #620, $1.15; # 6 2 1 , $1.15; #622, $2.05, #623
NB; # 6 2 4 , $ 2 ; # 6 2 5 , NB; # 6 2 6 , $ 1 . 2 5 ; # 6 2 7 - 8 , NB;
# 6 2 9 , $ 2 . 5 0 ; # 6 3 0 , NB; # 6 3 1 , $ 1 . 6 5 ; # 6 3 2 , $ 2 . 5 0 ;
# 6 3 3 , $ 1 . 1 5 ; # 6 3 4 , $ 1 . 1 5 ; # 6 3 5 , $ 1 . 1 0 ; # 6 3 6 , $2.50
#637, $2.70; #638, $1.05; #639, $1.45; #640,$2.35;
# 6 4 1 , !.15; # 6 4 2 , $ 4 . 1 0 ; # 6 4 3 , $ 4 ; $ 6 4 4 , $ 1 . 7 5 ;
# 6 4 5 , $ 1 . 3 5 ; # 6 4 6 , $ 2 ; # 6 4 7 , $ 1 ; # 6 4 8 - 9 , NB; # 6 5 0
$2.05; # 6 5 1 , $1.10; #652, $1.55; #653, $2; #654,
$1.45; #655, $1.25; #656, $1.25; #657, $1.10;
# 6 5 8 , $ 3 . 1 0 ; # 6 5 9 , $ 4 . 6 0 ; # 6 6 0 , $ 1 . 6 5 ; # 6 6 1 , $2.10
# 6 6 2 , $ 2 . 5 0 ; # 6 6 3 , $ 1 ; # 6 6 4 , NB; # 6 6 5 , $ 1 . 1 5 ;
# 6 6 6 , $ 2 . 0 5 ; # 6 6 7 - 8 , NB; # 6 6 9 , $ 2 . 1 5 , # 6 7 0 , $ 1 . 9 0 ;
# 6 7 1 , $ 2 . 6 0 ; # 6 7 2 , $3.20.
Thanks to all who had bidded and were successful as
$92.90 was added to the LOG fund. Special thanks to
Decatur Chapter, G. Dodge, St, Milstein, R. Kimball and
R. Hoffner for the fine covers received for the auction.
You make my job easier.
LST REUNION
March, 1988
A DAY ON THE...
USS BURNS (DM-11), March 1, 1929
Attached to Second Division of Mine Squadron Two
0400 Anchored in Panama Bay,
Panama
0615 MAURY stood in
1430 DESDIVS 12 and 13 stood
in
Cancel: 3r and corner card on a penalty cover. Cancel
shown here reduced by 5055.
USS NORTH STAR (IX-148), March 13, 1945,
Tuesday. Moored starboard side to Second Street Wharf,
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.
0755 Crew mustered, no absentees
0800 OLYMPIA inspected, all secure
0910 P T - 4 7 moved from starboard side to port side
0947 Underway to Port Mifflin for ammunition with
YTM-5 and YTB-297
1510 Underway and two officers detached to CG-
60004
1739 YO-86 alongside
1909 Underway and exchanged reply with PC-889
Exactly one week earlier, she
was placed in full commission
in the yard's #3 dock and
three
days
after
this
postmark, she departed to the
Canal Zone for eventual transit to San Pedro where her
ammunition was offloaded into YF-54, which collided
that evening with the adrift O F 3Si^*#*«&;4».
YF-934
On April 2 1 , 1945, she
' ^ ^ S ' "
departed San Pedro for Lake Union
(Seattle), WA with Y T M - 7 arriving May 15 and was
placed into retroactive commission to May 12, 1945.
Several days later she sailed for Everett, WA and was
docked in YFD-23. On June 15, 1945, NORTH STAR
was decommissioned at 1130 hours and her pennant and
Union Jack came down for the last time and she was
transferred to the Department of the Interior. Cancel: 2z
and corner card on a penalty,, with both items reduced by
5095.
USS PYRO (AE-1), March 19, 1923, Monday
Attached to the Naval Transport Service
0400 Moored alongside pier
#3, Naval Ammunition
Depot, Mare Island
0500 Fires lit in boilers * 3
and * 4
0710 Made preperations for
getting underway
0750 Tugs UNADILLA and
TILLAMOOK alongside
0806 Cast off and proceeded
out of Napa River
0826 Tugs cast off
0843 Proceeded to San Francisco
1021 At Anchor in San Francisco Bay
USCS LOG
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1105 US Army lighter EL AQUARIO came along port
side to discharge cargo of five booby hatches
(Ed. note: What are they?)
1210 Lighter cast off and underway
1248 Anchor aweigh and departure to Bremerton, WA
Cancel: Srsv on reverse side of a penalty, shown full size.
USS ROBIN (AM-3), March 2 1 , 1924, Friday
Fourth rate and attached to US Scouting Fleet
0030 Moored starboard side to pier * 1, San Juan, PR,
with * 1 boiler in use for auxiliary purposes.
0100 Preparations for getting underway
0135 Stood out of harbor
0645 Arrived at Target Bay, Culebra and commenced
delivery of fleet mail
0800 Underway delivering fleet mail
0905 Layed to and hoisted out
motor sailer
0915 Ahead standard for Great
Harbor
1110 Anchored 400 yards
west of ANT ARES
1305 Underway to deliver
fleet mail. Battle Force
stood in and anchored
1445 Finished mail deliveries
1515 Anchored
Cancel: Type 9r and not listed in the Catalog, and shown
full size.
THE BOOK DECK
By Jackson Bos/ey
WAHOO: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World
War II Submarine. By RAdm. Richard H. O'Kane, USN-Ret.
Presidio Press, 31 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94947.
345 pp, photos, illustrations, maps, glossary and index.
$18.95. The record of the USS WAHOO (SS-238)
from construction to her final fatal mission is told by the
sub's former executive office.
GUARDIANS OF THE SEA: The history of the US Coast
Guard, 1915 to the present. By Robert E. Johnson. Naval
Institute Press, Annapolis, MD 21402. 412 pp, photos,
illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography and index. $23.95.
A comprehensive history based on years of extensive
research. "For people who are interested in the history
of the Coast Guard, this book reads like a novel," says
former Coast Guard Commandant Adm Owen Siler. The
author describes the Coast Guard's active participation in
two world wars and other military engagements, as well
as its peacetime duties.
He also provides an,
organizational history that focuses on the service's
evolution from its beginning in 1915 to the present.
Many of the illustrations and photos were previously
unpublished.
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USCS LOG
PonTs&iuRDORSjaaaaa,
An Illinois congressman introduced legislation to design,
strike and sell a commemorative medal honoring the
bicentennial of the Coast Guard in 1990. He noted that in
1975, Congress approved a similar bill honoring the other
servicesbicentennials.
The HMS BRITTANIA, the British royal yacht, called
upon the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles from
February 26 through March 6 for the "UK-LA-'88"
celebration. Anyone get covers?
While not exactly related to covers, it's humourous
nonetheless to note that Sweden won a USSR contract to
develop and modernize their commercial fishing fleet.
And in a typical USSR bartering deal, the work is being
paid for in fish.
It's official: Sealand, Nedlloyd and TFL announced early
last moth that they will share space on the 12 giant
ex-US Lines econoships plying the trans-Atlantic and Med
routes. If your interested in more details, which are too
numerous to list here, send an SSAE to the Editor.
On February 3, 1988, India commissioned its first
nuclear-powered submarine, the CHAKRA, which means
"wheel," at the Indian naval base of Visakhapatnam. The
sub was acquired from the USSR in an unusual lease deal
and makes India the only Asian nation other than China to
have a nuke.
For an SSAE, I'll send you an article by Capt Frank
Seitz, Jr., skipper of the M/V BRIDGETON, the first of
the reflagged tankers who describes his early voyages
and his present training mission at the Merchant Marine
Academy.
The Erie, (PA) Times reports that the
f T ^ ^
Erie Sand & Steamship Company has J S&
1
purchased the YW- 10b from the Navy's /
™
1
Philadelphia mothball fleet for conversion ''
'
to a self-unloading sand boat for Great Lakes service.
The ex-water barge was built in 1945 by Zenith
Dredging Co., Duluth, MN. Another ex-yardcraft in their
fleet is the J.S. ST. JOHN, ex-LAKE EDWARDS
(1967), ex-YO-176, also built in 1945. You might try
for covers to the company at Foot of Sassafras St., P.O.
Box 153, Erie, PA 16512. Send me a copy for LOG
publication if you're successful. The insert shown here is
their stack marking of black on red.
The Derektor Shipyard of Rl has a contract to build two
Maroh, 1999
Army tugs with a possibility of eight more over four
years. Construction began in late January. Any chapter
cover their keel layings?
Carl Ganong (7195) reports that New York City will
have a Fleet Week sometime in April, with another
week-long celebration scheduled for the July 4th week.
The Navy "disestablished" its secret base in Coos Bay,
OR on December 29, 1987 where it has operated for 29
years. While the mission of the base was classified, it
was well known locally that it monitored data collected
from the underwater hydrophone system. Lt. Cmdr. Shela
Mc Coy was the last commanding officer. A similar base
was disestablished, the equivalent of decommissioning, at
Pacific Beach, WA in July. Were there ever any covers
from these shore stations?
On February 22, destroyers and frigates from five
nations visited the Port of New York for four days to
celebrate the 20th anniversary of NATO's Standing Naval
Force in the Atlantic. Prior to the visit, the ships were
on Caribbean Sea maneuvers. Ships included USS KING
(DDG-41);
the
Dutch
frigate
JACOB
van
HEEMSKERCK; the Canadian destroyer IROQUOIS; the
English frigate PHOEBE; and the German destroyer
BAYERN.
Ground was broken on February 20 for NAVAL
STATION INGLESIDE, a point of land about seven miles
from downtown Corpus Christie. The station will become
homeport to a battleship surface action group comprising
the USS WISCONSIN (BB-64), USS LEXINGTON
(AVT-16), a guided missle cruiser and destroyer and
craft of opportunity. The other new homeport in texas
will be Galveston, which will receive two guided missle
frigates, two minehunters and craft of opportunity.
Jack Treutte- provides information that the launching of
the the WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN-736) will be in April,
1989 with commissioning a year later. The Trident sub
will be the third ship to bear the name of the state. The
first was ACR-5, which was later re-named
HUNTINGTON to free the name for BB-48.
BUI Seffert, Jr., reports that in December the Albany, NY
volunteer services director received a number of
mysterious packages that when opened were found to
contain toys, stuffed animals, dolls, and games from the
crew of the USS ALBANY, now under construction as a
gift to the city of its namesake.
Berle Spurlock (5094) mentions an English publication
that is free concerning the ships of the Royal Navy
including photos; line drawings; building infomation;
launching and commissioning dates; and commanding
officers' names of major ships. It can be obtained by
writing to the Editor R.N. Broadsheet, Room 8, Archway
Block,South, Old Admiralty Building, Whitehall, London,
England, SW1A2BE.
March, 1988
USCS LOG
ENGLISH REFLAG
By Clint Orr (2884)
In an earlier LOG, mention was made of two Kuwati
tankers that were reflagged under the British flag. I sent
covers to both ships, with one from Gibraltar still not
having been received.
The one cover that did | S. S. TONBRIDGE ]
M&' ; i
come back was from the
}.». itmaina •
S/S
TONSBRIDGE,
ex-AL FAIHE.
Two
covers were sent to
each ship and those back
from this ship are most
interesting. One was franked with British stamps and
overprinted with a meter at Kuwait dated 1/6/88;
stamped missent to Manila and received at Omaha, NE on
1/20/88. The second cover also had British stamps, but
those were covered with a Kuwait meter sticker dated
1/12/88.
(Ed. Note: In the next several months, I will present a
chart for all known convoys giving convoy number; USN
ships escorting; direction of convoy; tankers in convoy;
date of convoys and tied together with dated covers.
Thus you will be able to determine in what convoy your
cover was postmarked. Thanks to those who have sent
copies of covers to help in preparing this data and further
such copies will be appreciated.)
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NATHAN HALE COUNTRY NEWS
By Jennie Baxter, (8344), 51 Evergreen La, Oakda/e.CT
The 177th meeting of the chapter was held in
mid-February. Wed welcomed our newest member Kathy
Slingsby.
John Milewski presented covers from the
launching of the TOPEKA (SSN-754). Bill Everett and
Ricky George spoke about the launch ceremony, while Bill
gave us event programs.
It was announced that the
ANDREW JACKSON
(SSBN-619) would be decommissioned soon. She has
departed from Groton and is enroute to Charleston, SC for
deactivation.
COVERFEST dates have been changed to avoid a conflict
with the USS BUFFALO Chapter regional meeting and as
usual, Chapter *68 wants as many as possible to attend
USCS events. Our new date at Nyack, NY is the weekend
of April 29, 30 and May 1. Because of these new dates
and Mother's Day; no regular meeting of the Chapter will
be held in May.
It
was
announced that
the
PENNSYLVANIA
(SSBN-735) would be launched on April 23. Hank is
still deployed, however, those who know him, realize that
he is still in touch and surprises us with his physical and
spiritual presence.
WITH SADNESS
Ray Milling, Box 1192, Agana, Guam 96910-1192
I must report the deaths of two members of the Captain
Henry Glass Chapter *82 here on Guam.
On Februaru 4, 1988, Robert O'Brien, a long-time
resident of Guam passed away in California. He was a
crew member of the USS PENGUIN (AVP-6), a ship of
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the pre-war "Guam Navy," where he served as a chief
boatswain mate and executive officer.
When the
PENGUIN was scuttled to prevent capture, he became a
prisoner of war and was sent to Japan. After the war,
he reurned to Guam and served as Commander Naval
Forces, Marianas, retiring as a Lieutant Commander.
On February 18, Juan Mendiola, (USN ret.) passed away
on Guam. He was a crew member aboard two other
"Guam Navy" ships before the war, including USS GOLD
STAR (AG-12) and USS ROBERT L. BARNES
(AO-14).
USS SAN JACINTO (CG-56) COMMISSIONED
Capt. C.V. Ragsdale USNR(Ret.)
Illustrated is a dual cancelled cachet that I designed and
produced for the commissioning, on January 23, of the
SAN JACINTO here in Houston, TX This is the first Navy
combatant ship to be commissioned in the State of Texas.
This Aegis class cruiser has been scheduled to be
homeported in Texas in 1990, as a component of the
Navy's Gulf
Coast
Battlegroup.
I also
designed and
had the
USPS make
up the
pictorial
cancel that
was used
for the USS SAN JACINTO Station. Both cancels were
applied on the same day, at postoffices miles apart. My
thanks to GEORGE CONSENTINI for his assistance in
getting hand-back service from the postoffice.
I have 40 covers available at $3.00 each plus an SASE,
by writing to me at 4725 Stillbrooke, Houston, TX
77035. (Ed Note: When Capt. Ragsdale sent in this
announcement, he also enclosed a check for USCS
membership.)
23 January 1988
-H»«-«*_-_.«_»«..„.„».
SOME BACKGROUND & COLOR ON THE SAN
JACINTO COMMISSIONING
By George Consentini
The event has. come and gone, but attendance-wise, it
was tremendous success. So much so that the Houston
Police Department had to close the roads leading to the
ship's parking lots, all which were full, and as a matter of
fact, the traffic stopped itself before the arrival of the
gendarmes. This is going to be a rare set of cancellations
mostly because of strict security regulation in effect for
Vice-President Bush's attendance. I helped apply the
ship's cancel while aboard and then since there wasn't a
postal station at the ship for the pictorial cancel, I helped
apply it at Houston's downtown postoffice. And, it was a
pretty well kept secret about the dual cancellations.
Under the heading of nothing ventured, nothing gained, I
sent a couple of covers to the Vice President for his
autograph, since he was the grand marshall of the affair,
and sure enough, I received them back with his autograph
and a real nice note on VP stationery.
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USCS LOG
TWO RE6I0NALS IN APRIL!
The USS BUFFALO Chapter will host a regional USCS
meeting on April 22-24, 1988 in
conjunction with the Niagara
Frontier Stamp Expo '88. The
meeting will be at the McKinley
Park Inn, located just off exit 56
of the New York State Thruway.
Several prominent naval cover
dealers will be in attendance,
along with 35+ other dealers. Walter Van Buren (5654)
will have a presentation on the sinking of the USS
PANAY (PG-45) highlighted by actual newsreel footage
of the action. A hospitality and swap-room for USCS
members will be available. Contact John L. Leszak, P.O.
Box 1532, Buffalo, NY 14240, 716-854-0222, for more
information concerning bourse, exhibit and hotel
information.
USS NATHAN HALE Chapter's COVERFEST '88 is ready
to go. Same format.
Similar
setup.
Same program.
Same
location as was lat year; Tappan
Zee
Inn,
(Quality
Inns),
Mountainview Avenue, Nyack, NY.
It's an easily accessible site for
all, being in the proximity of the New York State
Thruway, Palisades Parkway and the Garden State
Parkway. This year the dates are April 29, 30 and May
1. Rooom rates are $55 (sinle or double). Saturday
evening dinner is planned with your choice of fish or
meat entrees. To reserve a free bourse table or for other
information write to Dave Kent, P.O. Box 127, New
Britain, CT 06050-0127. For room reservations, call or
write to the Inn at Mountainview Avenue, Nyack, NY
10960, 914-358-8400 or 212-583-0100.
Please make an effort to join us. We are confident you
will enjoy yourself. See you there.
USCS S A L E S C I R C U I T
NEWS
By Jim Davenport, frianaqer
P.O. Box, 40. Cortez, CO 8'l321
The program is alive and well, thanks to the many folks
in the membership who are buying covers and those who
have supplied covers for sale. Our program is such a
success because we have both of those elements.
With the bouquets over, on to the brickbats. Circuits
are being mis-shipped by skipping over the next person
to receive them; or they are being returned to me with
remittance slips for others who have not yet seen them.
Please be considerate of other members and send the
circuit to the next person on the list. Another area of
concern is that some circuits are being mailed without
insurance. Remember, YOU are responsible for the
contents of the circuit from the time you sign for its
receipt until it's mailed INSURED according to the
CIRCUIT INSTRUCTIONS, which are enclosed with every
circuit, or until it's received by the next person on the
list. There have been several losses and it's a nuisance
to fill out insurance forms, but that's better than having
March. 1988
to pay for a lost circuit from your own pocket. The last
problem is timely payment. Please pay within a couple of
days of mailing the circuit. Some members have
contacted me with special circumstances and I've noted
my records accordingly. But to get a check six weeks
after the circuit was mailed on, isn't fair to rhe person
who provided the covers nor the Society.
If for some reason you should receive a circuit and feel
there is a problem, please write me a note before
shipping the circuit back to me, thus saving additional
postage.
If you are going to be on vacation or be away from home
for an extended length of time, please let me know at
least a month or six weeks ahead of time. Thus when I
mail out the circuits and circulation time is five to seven
weeks before getting to the last person on the list; I can
schedule the mailing so that a circuit doesn't languish in
your mailbox for several weeks for your arrival. Next, due
to high insurance and postage costs; circuits cannot be
mailed out of the country.
TYPE OF CIRCUITS: It's difficult for me to answer
requests for circuits to contain only a single ship, i.e.,
USS CUTTLEFISH (SS-171). There may be such a cover
in a circuit when it's shipped, but someone else may
purchase it by the time the circuit get to you. Then
you're not happy with me; will have to pay about two
bucks in postage and insurance and possibly be upset.
There is a solution though. You might place an ad in the
LOG with you needs. I've been receiving some circuits
with post World War II cancels and though I haven't
received any complaints about these newer cancels; I
might suggest that if you only want pre-1942 or
pre-1946, etc., be specific in your wants so that I may
notate my records.
I encourage those general collectors to request the
general circuit of the program; there aren't may folks in
this particular section. Covers include the early classics
through the eighties; including Crosbys, Gow Ng's, CG,
Akron/Macon, Asiatic Fleet and just about any type of
cachet, cancel or type of ship that you can find. I can
guarantee that if you're on a general list that you WILL
GET COVERS! On the other hand, some of the other
categories have had not a single circuit submitted, so if
you're on one of those circuits and heven't received a
selection; I have forgotten you, I don't have anything to
send to you.
I have had several members offer foreign covers and
paquebots to the circuits. Are there any members who
are interested in receiving such material? Let me know
as soon as possible and I'll get some of them in the mails
two weeks after this LOG is mailed or when I get the
names of at least five members who are interested. Also,
there is only one member who has his name on the list
for Korea and Vietnam era covers. If interested, let me
know. And, then there was the collector who was first
on a circuit list; and purchased the entire circuit
Finally, if you haven't tried the Sales Circuits in recent
years; or are a new member in the USCS, try our "One
time only" program of a circuit of your choice or ship
types. If you want information on any of the buying
programs or any other information, let me know.
March, 1988
USCS LOG
OUT OF THE PAST
Bernhardt*!. Vesper (5906)
40Rowe Avenue, Lynbrook, W 11563
3 March 1980
USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571), the world's first
nuclear-powered submarine to sail under the North Pole,
was decommissioned in brief ceremonies at Marie Island
Naval Shipyard, California. The "grand old ship"; launched
in 1959, had become too expensive to overhaul. The $55
million NAUTILUS, named after Jules Verne's mythical
craft, took five years to build.
4 March 1854
Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's squadron of 27
ships entered Kanagawa Harbor. The door to Japan, if not
open, was ajar.
10 March 1911
The Fourth U.S. Marine Corp Regiment was activated at
Mare Island, CA, to provide an expeditionary force for the
Pacific Coast of the United States.
13 March 1943
First submarine building contract awarded.
15 March 1943
Numbered fleet system established.
17 March 1959
USS SKATE (SSN-578), first nuclear submarine to
surface at the North Pole on her second visit.
2 3 March 1945
USS HAGGARD (DD-555) sank Japanese submarine
RO-41 by intentional ramming in the Iwo Jlrria area.
25 March 1813
US Frigate ESSEX captured Peruvian NEREYDA, first
prize taken by the US Navy in the Pacific.
28 March 1864
US screw sloop NIAGARA fired upon by shore batteries
at Lisbon, Portugal.
3 1 March 1971
USS JAMES MADISON (SSBN-627) deployed as the first
nuclear submarine armed with the new multiple warhead
Poseidon missiles.
USCS CONVENTION
July 15, 16 & 17, 1988
at Kalamazoo, Ml
Write to Bob Rawlins.P.O.Box
9 8 1 , Healdsburg, CA 9 5 4 4 8
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COAST GUARD HAPPENINGS
BY Georpe Bern (5268)
34 16 Lakeshore'Road, Anpola, NY 14006
The CGC EAGLE (WIX-327), the Coast Guard's
training
barque,
is
continuing on her Pacific
cruise, visiting Honolulu,
San Francisco and Seattle
this month. Her visit to
Colombia was cancelled
due to a hurrican in the
area. You can still send two covers to her Public Affairs
Officer, c/o FPO, New York, NY 09568-3906.
A new book about the Coast Guard entitled "Guardians ol
the Sea," is a history of the service from 1915 to the
present, containing 416 pages and 86 illustrations, it's
avvailable from Customer Service, US Naval Institute,
2062 Generals Highway, Annapolis, MD 21401 and may
be available elsewhere at varying prices.
The CGC WESTWIND didn't participate in Operation
Deepfreeze '88 as-planned. She was replaced by the CGC
POLAR SEA (WAGB-11), c/o FPO SEattle, WA
98799-3919. If you hurry, you might get lucky enough
to get covers to her in time to obtain her cachet for this
cruise. The WESTWIND ' will hold all covers sent to her
for cacheting during her Arctic East cruise this year.
CGC MOHAWK (WMEC-913), the last of the
"Famous" class of cutters to be built, is uder
construction at R.E. Derecktor of Rhode Island, Inc. The
CGC CAMPBELL (WMEC-909), c/o State Pier, New
Bedford,
MA
02740-7253
was
placed
"In
Commission-Special" during January. She is scheduled
for commissioning on or about 26 August. You may wish
to send covers for this event.
Commanding Officers' of the following cutters will apply
their cachets and corner cards to your covers:
CGC POINT SWIFT (WLB-82312)
P.O. Box 3 2 4 8
Clearwater Beach, FL 3 3 5 1 5
CGC GENTIAN (WLB-290)
P.O. Box 2 4 7
Atlantic Beach, NC 2 8 5 1 2 - 0 2 4 7
CGC BOLLARD (WYTL-65614)
120 Woodward Avenue
New Haven, CT 0 6 5 1 2
(Has a-very detailed cachet)
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p. r . " » ; : * a
01-.T."..V;8CH.. FL 2:515
CGC VALIANT (WMEC-621)
P.O. Box 1942
Galvbeston, TX 7 7 5 5 3 - 1 9 4 2
CGC POINT HURON (WPB-82357
c/o NAVPHIBASE West Annex
Norfolk, VA 2 3 5 2 0 - 5 0 0 0
(Will also apply embossed seal)
CGC POINT BENNETT (WPB-82351)
P.O. Box 5 8 2
Port Townsend, WA 9 8 3 6 8 - 0 5 8 2
(An extremely large corner card)
t. 3. 191 ItJ
tU-ZMj
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CGC CITRUS (WMEC-300)
P.O. Box 1179
Coos Bay, OR 97420
(Cachet features an eagle)
USCS LOG
OIRCQUN-auJIGt
CGC QOtUUIO ( W Y T L i M M J
120 WOODWARD AVENUE
NEW HAVEN.CT.O t S U
CGC POINT HERRON (WPB-82318)'
Babylon, NY 11702-4602
CGC BUTTONWOOD (WLB-360)
P.O. Box 1902
Galveston, TX 77553-1902
Thanks to Joe Fontaine, W. Bryant, B. Murrin, T. Minter,
J. Bosley, D. Souday, J. Fisher and the US Coast Guard
for their help. Until next month, rembere: collecting
COAST GUARD cowers is FUN! FUN! FUN!
CG SLIMS PATROLS AS BUDGET CUTS LOOM
In related news, effective February 1, this service made
its deepest cuts ever in its operations to accomodate
budget restrictions.
On that date all routine SAR
(search-and-rescue) patrols ceased and the highly
publicized drug patrols were cut in half. Meanwhile,
several members of the House Coast Guard & Navigation
Subcommittee were in Antarctica last month on an
inspection tour of CG icebreaking at Mc Murdo Sound to
determine if the CG needs more icebreakers. The CGC
POLAR SEA (WAGB-11) was ordered back to Australia
rather than to Mc Murdo Sound as backup for its
sistership, CGC POLAR STAR (WAGB-10).
The
former's new orders stemmed from the budget-induced
slowdown.
By the beginning of fiscal 1988, October 1, other
cutbacks will include; shutting down vessel traffic safety
services in both New Orleans and New York; closing 14
marine safety offices; terminating SAR stations at Shark
River, NJ, Eastport, ME, Block Island, Rl, Ashtabula, OH,
North Superior, MN, Lake Tahoe, CA, Kennewick, WA,
Kauai, HI, and Mare Island, CA; ceasing river aptrols on
the Rogue and Coquille Rivers in Oregon and the Klamath
River in California; the gradual closing of the Curtis Bay,
MD shipyard; shutting down the Chicago, IL air station;
laying up the CGC MACKINAW (WAGB-83), the lone
large icebreaker assigned to the Great Lakes; and the
decommissioning of the icebreakers CGC NORTHWIND
(WAGB-282) and CGC WESTWIND (WAGB-281).
1988 LOG ADDRESS LABEL DEADLINES
By David Kent. IQG Mailing L ist Manager &
J. Klinger. LOG Editor
Issue Dated
Deadline
Labels Mailed
4/88
3/23
3/26
5/88
4/23
4/26
6/88
5/21
5/25
7/88
6/22
6/25
8/88
7/23
7/26
9/88
8/20
8/23
10/88
9/24
9/27
11/88
10/22
10/25
12/88
11/19
11/23
1/89
12/17
12/21
March, 1988
Normally, this information is only used by David, the
Editor and the firm that prints and mails the LOG. It's
presented here now in the event you are planning a
re-location during the year to give you an idea of when
to send your address change only to David Kent. Please
don't send you change of address to the Editor, Secretary,
or any other officers, since we must forward it to David.
The date in the deadline column is the last date for
receipt of additions and changes to the mailing list. (Ed
Note: There have been complaints on the the usage of
metered postage on the mailing envelopes, rather than
commemoratives or other stamps. This is a high volume,
automated mailing operation, which would be considerably
slower if postage stamps had to be manually applied.)
GRESHAMS CAREER
By Paul H. Silverstone
330 West 58th Street. New York. NY 10019
The CGC GRESHAM (WPG-85) didn't end her career
as a tug boat, the T.V. MCALLISTER as stated in the
November LOG (p. 129).
In fact, she was shortly sold
thereafter to an underground group looking for ships to
bring immigrants into Palestine. Owned by the Weston
Trading Company of New York, she was renamed TRADE
WINDS and transferred to the Honduran flag.
Sailing from Genoa on May 12, 1947, she arrived off the
coast of Palestine five days later with almost 1,500
passengers aboard. She was brought into Haifa harbor
with a dent in her hull from a collision with a British
destroyer and bore the name HATIKVA The ship was laid
up with other immigrant ships in Haifa harbor and later
scrapped in 1951.
CACHET NEWS
By Thad Kackowski. 290 Broadfawn Dr..
Elizabeth, PA 15037
The following covers were returned with good to
excellent cachets and cancels Send your requests to the
Navy Postal Clerk, USS
, c/o Fleet Post Office,
City, State, Zip Code.
ANTIETAM CG-54 (Ticonderoga class, guided missle
cruiser), San Francisco, CA 96660-1174
SAN JACINTO CG-56 (same as above), New York, NY
09587-1176
IOWA BB-61 (Iowa class, battleship), New York, NY
09546-1100
SEMMES DDG-18 (Charles F. Adams class, guided
missle destroyer), Miami, FL 34093-1248
DAHLGREN DDG-43 (Farragut class, guided missle
destroyer), New York, NY 09567-1261
CHANDLER DDG-996 (Kidd class, guided missle
destroyer), San Francisco, CA 96662-1268
FORRESTAL CV-59 (Forrestal class, aircraft carrier),
Miami, FL 34080-2730
CORNADO AGF-11 (Converted Austin class, command
ship), San Francisco, CA 96622-3330
SIERRA AD-18 (Dixie class, destroyer tender), Miami,
FL 34084-2505
ST. LOUIS LKA-116 (Charleston class, amphibious cargo
ship), San Francisco, CA 96678-1703
March, 1988
PROTEUS AS-19 (Proteus class, submarine tender), San
Francisco, CA 9 6 6 4 6 - 2 5 7 5
ENCHANCE MSO-437 (Agile class, minesweeper),
Seattle, WA 9 8 7 9 9 - 1 9 0 2 Covers cancelled 0 9 5 2 6 at
Bahrain. (Note: address this request to the CO.)
MEYERKORD FF-1058 (Knox class, frigate), San Francisco, CA 9 6 6 7 2 - 1 4 1 8
HAROLD E, HOLT FF-1074 (same as above), San Fran^
Cisco, CA 9 6 6 6 7 - 1 4 3 4
BARBEL S S - 5 8 0 (Barbel class, submarine), San Francisco, CA 9 6 6 6 1 - 3 4 0 2
PITTSBURGH SSN-720 (Los Angeles class, nuclear
attack submarine), New York, NY 0 9 5 8 2 - 2 4 0 0
ANDREW JACKSON SSBN-619 (Lafayette class, nuclear
missle submarine), New York, NY 0 9 5 7 5 - 2 0 0 6
(Note: address the last three submarines to the Public
Affairs Officer)
THE JOY OF COVERS
By David A Kent (H-5148)
P.O. Box 127. New Britain, CT 06050-0127
You have to have been involved in this hobby for a long
time to have decided that a particlur type of postmark is
your "favorite." Most people have a hard time learning
how to tell one from another without trying to figure
whether one is a favorite.
Nevertheless, I have pretty much decided that the Type
5 postmark is the one I admire most. Cm not sure
whether it's the interesting shape of the cancel, or the
fact that it was issued to ships for a shorter period of
time than any other cancel.
Either way, ho good
collection of Navy covers is complete without some
examples of this cancel.
The Type 5 is a rubber hand cancel with three killer
bars and slots between the bars for lettering. It's similar
to the Type 3 cancel, but is different enough in style so
that we classify it by
itself in our Type Chart.
The easiest way to tell
the two cancels apart
is by the killer
bars. Those of the Type
5 are all of the same length, with the center bar touching
the circle, and the top and botm bars quite a way from
the circle. The bars of a Type 3 cancel are of different
length to conform to the shape of the circle, abd do not
touch the circle. While we them as different cancels, the
Post Office Department no doubt considered them to be
the same. The illustration has been reduced in size.
Type 5 cancels were first issued to ships in 1928, and
none seem to have been issued after about the end of
1932. We don't have any records to tell us why the
cancel was disacontinued. Remember, however, that the
Post Office Department has never manufactured cancels,
but has them made by private contractors. Perhaps the
Post Office had problems with the company that made the
Type 5, or maybe the contract just expired and wasn't
renewed, lso, 1932 was the depth of the Depression, and
it might be the company just went out of business.
Given the short time they were used, there are
relatively few variations in the Type 5. When first
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issued, the cancel had three short dashes at the bottom
of the circle, but after a couple of years these were
dropped. The early cancels had rather thin lines, but later
ones had a somewhat heavier line for the dial. Most Type
5's have the lettering with small "flags" on them (we call
them serifs), but there are enough exceptions to keep us
interested. Similarly, the ship's name was at the top of
the dial most of the time, but there are a few with the
"USS" at the top and the ship's name at the bottom.
While the Type 5 was not issued until after about 1932,
those already aboard ships continued in use right up until
the beginning of World War II. Thus, we have plenty of
good examples from the 1930's, when so many great
cover sponsors prepared cachets for us. Early Type 5
cancels can make good hunting for the specialist. Many
Navy ships were scrapped in 1930 as the result of an
Arms Limitation Treaty. Thus, there are many very
scarce Type 5 cancels from destroyers in the late
1920's.
By contrast, the submarine DOLPHIN was
issued two Type 5 cancels when she was commissioned
in 1932, and apparently the mail clerk liked them so
much that he never requistioned another cancel right up
until the day the sub was decommissioned in 1945.
There are so many aspects to Navy cover collecting —
cachets, events, and so one. Don't lose sight of the
postmarks. They are as important as any other part of
the hobby.
USS 0RE60N CHAPTER * 7 9
By John H. Wager (4106)
Mid Coast Marine Works, Coos Bay, OR has a contract
for the repair to two Alaskan-based bouy tenders,
IRONWOOD
(WLB-297)
and
SWEETBRIER
(WLB-405), until mid-May. In Portland, OR, Northwest
Marine has a contract to overhaul the USS ANCHORAGE
(LSD-36).
The USNS MERCY (T-AH-19) also
arrived in Mid-January for overhaul after a cruise to
Southeast Asia in 1987.
Labor problems in Canadian ports diverted them to US
ports in the Columbia River. Ships of the USSR are also
in the Vancouver, WA for wheat loading to Russia. Still
no final word on the two super-tankers MARYLAND and
NEW YORK which have been laid-up. The former was
overhauled last year in anticipation of transporting oil in
the Persian Gulf. They're up for bid again,
The USS CONQUEST (MSO-488) that sailed from the
Northwest enroute to the Persian Gulf was damaged
enroute and diverted to Pearl Harbor. That was the last I
heard of her until a cover arrived, courtesy of Paul
Caruso (6104), RM1m USN arrived in the mail, cancelled
1/9/88 at FPO-09526, Jafair, Bahrain. The USS
NIMITZ (CVN-68) is undergoing overhaul at PSNSY.
The DACE (SSN-607) was deactivated on February 27
at
Bangor, WA.
The MISSOURI
(BB-63),
GUADACANAL (LPH-7) and MEYERKORD (FF-1058)
returned from Mid-east deployment.
Send an SASE with 39 cents postage to Emil Cobos,
7530 SE Insley St., Portland, OR 97026 for a copy of our
eight-page fall mail auction list. It contains some very
good covers.
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OPERATIONS A T FRENCH FRI6ATE SHOALS
By J. Klinger (4979)
During the night of March, 3-4, 1942, forty-six years
ago this month, Pearl Harbor was bombed for a second
time. Nothing dramatic, just an attack by two Japanese
multi-engined flying boats which missed their targets
because of a thick cloud cover and dropped their bombs
on the slopes of Mount Tantalus, the hills behind Honolulu.
But how could laden seaplanes reach Hawaii? Naval
Intelligence deduced that they had flown in from the
distant Marshall Islands and refueled enroute. THis was
later confirmed when it was learned that the Japanese
positioned three submarine tankers in a cluster of islets
500 miles from Pearl Harbor; French Frigate Shoals.
(The name recalls BOUSSOLE and ASTROLABE, the
frigates whose commander La Perouse discovered: the
islands in 1786.)
Besides the second bombing of Pearl Harbor, the
Japanese intended to use the islets for other purposes.
Accordingly, two seaplane tenders the BALLARD
(AVD-10) and (THORNTON (AVD-11) sailed from
Pearl Harbor in mid-May to take post at the Shoals. Not
long afterwards, the 1,400-ton Japanese submarines
1-121 and 1-123 arrived from Japan with loads of fuels
and lubricants, to serve as support for an
air-reconnisance unit that consisted of two, fbur-engined
flying boats that were to refuel from the subs and then
investigate the strength of the fleet at Pearl Harbor and
other reconnisance.
After four days of careful
periscope-watch, Cmdr Ueno of 1-123 signaled to his
base on May 30, that the Shoals were under constant
surveillance and they returned to base.
Fortunately, this absence of reconnisance planes meant
that the Nimitz main force, enroute to the Battle of
Midway several days later, reached the scene of action
undetected. BALLARD and THORNTON remained at the
Shoals as aircraft rescue ships engaged in the expanded
air searches prior to the Battle of Midway.
Prior to the war, the Navy established its own seaplane
base at the Shoals and a variety of covers exist, two of
which are shown here in reduced size, showing the
location in the killer, bars. The GAMBLE .(DM-15)
acting as a plane guard and radio tracker for seaplane
training, had a constructive mail clerk, who lengthened
the bars of this Type 3 (BC-BTT) cancel to explain the
ship's location and mission.
Thanks to Jackson Bosley (7488) and Ron Reeves
(6225) for providing the illustrated cancels.
March. 1988
uses
INTERNATIONAL SHIP CANCEL STUDY
GROUP
By Phil Schreiher (9110)
214 Julius Street, Iselin, NJ 08830
Persian Gulf Activity
Attacks on neutral merchant ships continues to occur by
Iran and Iraq aircraft and ships.
It's noteworthy to
observe that the targets are vessels not protected by the
flags of various nations with a naval presence in the Gulf.
Of interest to collectors of naval covers are two cachets
covers from units of the French Navy; the aircraft carrier
CLEMENCEAU and the repair ships GARONNE. The;
former cover cover cancelled with the ship's own postmark
"PORTE AVIONS" (aircraft carrier) and a special-ship's
cachet for "MISSION PROMETHEE" (Promethus Operation),
was posted on January 8, 1988. Although the French
Navy postal clerk did a superb job of servicing this cover,
here in the USA, a clerk at the Kilmer Mail Facility, NJ
decided to give it a couple of more whacks with his
handstamper postmark.
The GARONNE cover was mailed September 1, 1987
during a period when minesweepers were also being
attacked in the Gulf. This cover has special ship's cachet
commemorating its Suez Canal transit and. is cancelled
with a "POSTE AUX ARMEES" postmark (equivalent to our
APO postmarks for French military units).
Historical deployments such as these, makes covers that
become treasured items in my collection. It would be
interesting to learn if the US Navy ships also created
cachets for special historical deployments.
O.S.<\
B S M GARONNE
CANAL DE SUEZ
SEPTEMBRE 87
V
\J.S."r\
March, 1988
THE LOSS OF THE BENNINGTON (PG-4)
At the regular meeting of the USS SAN DIEGO Chapter
*27, Neal Eskew (2830) gave a program on the loss of
this gunboat. Construction began in 1899 and was
completed two years later, subsequently being transferred
to the Pacific Squadron 1n 1894.
During the
Spanish-American War, the ship was involved in the
acquisition of Wake Island for the, US.. With a crew of
197, they operated in less than ideal conditions." The
crew slept in hammocks, that were sometimes awash in
sea water, and ate what wasn't spoiled from the ship's
pantry.
,: On July 19, 1905 the BENNINGTON arrived in San Diego
after a 17-day voyage from Jawaii. Almost immediately,
her commanding officer received a telegram, to replenish
the ship's stock of coal and proceed north to help the
WYOMING (BNMO), which had broken down near
Santa Barbara, and escort her to Port Harford for repairs.
At 10:40 a m on July 21, the boliers of the
BENNINGTON exploded. Besides the scalding blast of
steam, flames shot through the ship with the intensity of
a blowtorch. Her CO., Capt. Young, was ashore and the
senior officer aboard, Lt. Yates (j.g.) ordered all
water-tight doors secured and the magazines flooded to
prevent the detonation of her ammunition.
All the sailors stoking the boilers died as did most of the
sailors exposed to the scalding steam from the two
ruptured boilers and broken pipes throughout the length of
the ship. Assistance was quick to arrive with RAMONA,
a. ferry that picked up numerous survivors from the
waters; and the tug SANTA FE, which kept the ship from
sinking, due to the heavy list.
There wasn't much that could be done for the burn
victims except to dress their wounds and comfort them.
The sailors were in such agony that some of them who
didn't receive treatment covered themselves with grease
from nearby buckets. A total of 59 sailors died, 47 of
which Were buried in a mass grave at Rosecrans since
the Navy refused to bear the costs of transporting their
remains to their homes. The other dozen could afford the
cost of transport and private internment.
•JIM NI-TOH Ol
Picture post card of the BENNINGTON after the explosion,
dated August 16, 1905 with a San Diego flag cancel.
From the Editor's collection.
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The Navy Court of Inquiry met in August 1905 and after
two weeks of testimony it was determined that the
disaster was the result of a malfunctioning valve. Eleven
Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to the
sailors of the BENNINGTON, which suffered the worst
loss of lives in peacetime.
Eventually the ship was towed away and because of its
age and damage, the Navy considered it beyond repair. In
1910, Matson Navigation bought the hulk and reduced it
to a molasses barge until 1926 when it was towed to
sea and scuttled. (Ed. Note: Where did the ship languish
in the interim five year period between decommissioning
and Matson's purchase; and in what kind of status; and,
finally, what was her name under the Matson flag?)
In the meantime, the Navy remembered that Congress
had passed a law after the sinking of the MAINE that
authorized funds for sending the remains of the crew to
their homes. Thus, the oversight was corrected and
some of the coffins were disinterred from their mass
burial for reburial elsewhere. With donations from the
public and the Navy, an obelisk was erected in 190B at
Rosecrans for the remaining victims.
DEPENDENTS CRUISE,
FORRESTAL STYLE!
FiMtlnDeftnct
WW
*?**«*
On November 2 1 , 1987, this
Editor was a guest of the Public
Affairs Officer
of the USS
FORRESTAL (CV-59), Lt. Jim
rr-et-g?
Brooks, whose is also a USCS
USS FORRESTAL CY-59
19(7 Dapaadcata Craba
member. The day was clear, cold,
Naval Statioa J a c l u o « i l k , F L
and beautiful. After the oil boom
j .. .ip w r f * ~ . - ^ «•: ., -lea
was pulled away, we were eased
from the dock by six tugs. During this time, the waist
catapults were being tested, an indication we would see
air ops as well. Enroute to the operating area, we were
"tailed" by a Russian commercial ship and later joined by
the USS JACK WILLIAMS (FFG-24), as our escort.
Soon we arrived at a point offshore where the ship's
helicopters joined us; the ship slowed and eventually
stopped and than it REALLY BEGAN! Fourteen various
aircraft flew overhead, followed by one coming in very
slowly from astern on the port side at less than TOO-feet
of altitude, or so it seemed. Then we were treated to an
F-14 Tomcat also coming in slowly, with flaps and
tailhook down, at the same low level, only to pass the
ship and go supersonic in the flash of a lens. Next came
live ordinanance demonstrations from machine guns; to
rockets; to heavier bombs; all punctuating the calm sea.
Then the ship became alive as we began steaming into
the cold wind.for recovery and catapult operations; sights
and sounds which I'll always remember by reviewing the
many pictures taken on this cruise. Every aircraft landed
and was catapulted several times and the designated
areas of the flight deck were literally crammed with
people. Many other areas, were completely open to the
more than 10,600 crew and dependents, for this
unsurpassed cruise, which should be the goal of every
member, if not every taxpayer. My sincere thanks to Lt.
Brooks for his kind hospitality. And, to Rich Hoffner for
letting me know of this cruise.
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BARNACLE BILL'S MAIL AUCTION
CLASSICS {MBS 10.00)
1 5 1 . COLORADO ACR-7, T - 2 , 1 2 - 7 - 1 1 , PPC (Hawaiian
view), F
152. DENVER C - 1 4 , T - 1 , 7 - 1 7 - 0 9 , PPC (Zieher stamp
card, China), at Nanking, EX
153. NEWARK C - 1 , T - 1 , 8 - 1 9 - 0 9 , PC (Real photo of
Newark, faded), VF
154. NORTH DAKOTA B B - 2 9 , T - 2 , ( N - 2 0 ) , 1 1 - 1 - 1 0 ,
PPC, (Ashland, OH), VF
155. OHIO B B - 1 2 , T - 1 , 8 - 1 9 - 0 9 , PPC (comic,
crossing the equator ceremonies), VF
SHIP POSTCARDS-PRE 1 9 2 0 - M U L T I COLOR
(MB $ 4 . 0 0 )
156. ALBANY C L - 2 3 , Newman, P.C. Co. A.D. 4 , unused
VF
157. ARKANSAS B N - 7 , Amer News Co, 7933/Muller,
unused, EX
158. ATLANTA, Cruiser, Leighton 4 1 6 1 , cane Naples NY
5-31-12,EX
159. CALIFORNIA ACR-6, lllus PC Co, unused, EX
160. CHARLESTON C - 2 2 , Metro New Co, 14585,
Stebbins, unused, EX
1 6 1 . COLORADO ACR-7, Tuck * 2 4 3 6 , cane Baltimore MD
1 0 - 1 0 - 0 8 , VF
162. DUPONT T B - 7 , Leighton 2 8 2 0 5 , unused, VF
163. FARRAGUT T B - 1 1 , Mitchell 1298, unused, VF
164. ILLINOIS B B - 7 , Britton & Rey 9 5 0 4 , unused, EX
165. INDIANA B B - 1 , 111 PC Co, 7 2 - 8 , cane Merchantville, NJ, 1 1 - 2 2 - 0 9 , VF
166. IOWA B B - 4 , Henderson Lith Co/Muller, unused, VF
167. MARYLAND CA-8, Mitchell 1288, cane Brooks, OR,
3-28-09,VF
168. MONTGOMERY C - 9 , BOSSELMAN 5 2 1 , UNUSED, EX
169. NEVADA B M - 8 , Mitchell 1 3 3 1 , unused, EX
170. NEW JERSEY B B - 1 6 , Britton & Rey 9 5 1 3 , unused
VF
171. NEWPORT PG-12, Mitchell 1307, cane Oakland, CA,
5-19-08,EX
172. OHIO B B - 1 2 , Bossleman 6 3 1 8 , unused, EX
173. PAUL JONES D D - 1 0 , Mitchell 1299, unused, EX
174. PENNSYLVANIA CA-4, Valentine & Sons, unused, EX
175. PIKE S S - 6 , Lowman & Hanford Co, unused, EX
176. PREBLE D D - 1 2 , Britton 8c Rey 9 5 7 5 , unused, EX
177. SALEM C L - 3 , Valentine & Sons, cane Salem, MA,
8 - 2 7 - 0 9 , EX
178. TEXAS, Battleship, ILL PC Co 7 2 - 2 0 , unused, EX
179. WISCONSIN B B - 9 , Newman PC Co, AD9, unused EX
180. WORDEN TBD-16, ILL PC Co 7 2 - 4 3 , cane Gloversville, NY 1 - 6 - 0 8 , VF
CRUISERS
1 8 1 . BELKNAP CG-26, T-2t(nu) & 9n(ue) USN, 5 - 1 0 - 8 0
FDPS, Decatur Chp
182. BOISE C L - 4 7 , T-6ep(1), 3 - 2 7 - 4 1 , Weigand handpainted chachet
183. BROOKLYN C L - 4 0 , T - 3 (AC-TBB), 1 0 - 2 - 3 7 , FDPS,
Annis therm, cachet
184. CHESTER CA-27, T-5hks, 9 - 2 6 - 3 1 Hampton/
Roads, VA, NC
185. CHESTER CA-27, T 2 - n , 2 - 2 0 - 4 6 , Harrington
186. CHICAGO C A - 2 9 , T - 3 , (AC-TBB), 3 - 9 - 3 6 , Aikin
therm cachet
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187. CLEVELAND C L - 5 5 , Lau, cane BRISTOL D D - 4 5 3 ,
T - 3 , 1 1 - 1 - 4 1 , Cleveland Crews ANCS
188. DAYTON C L - 1 0 5 , T - 2 n , 9 - 2 - 4 7 , Horton/Neuman
189. GRIDLEY C G - 2 1 , T-2t(nu), OSC
190. HELENA CA-75, T - 2 r , 4 - 5 - 5 5 , Sadworth
1 9 1 . LITTLE ROCK C L - 9 2 , T - 2 N , 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 6 , unidentifed thermal cachet
192. NASHVILLE C L - 4 3 , T - 3 (A-BBT), 8 - 1 4 - 3 9 , Crosby
Red & Gold cachet
193. OAKLAND C L - 9 5 , T - 2 n , 7 - 4 - 4 8 , Stroebel therm
(at Tsingtao)
194. RICHMOND C L - 9 , T - 3 (A-TTT), 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 5 ,
Viking Crew ANCS thermal cachet
195. SALT LAKE CITY CA-25, T - 3 (B-BTT), 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 3 ,
JPJ Chapter
196. SAN DIEGO C L - 5 3 , T - 3 (A-BBT, 1 - 1 0 - 4 2 ,
Horton/Stannard cachet
197. SPRINGFIELD CLG-7, T-7ditnu POW-MIA,
1 0 - 2 6 - 7 1 , NC
198. TOPEKA C L - 6 7 , T - 2 n , 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 5 at Portland, OR,
unidentified cachet
199. TRENTON C L - 1 1 , T - 3 (BC- BTT), 5 - 2 3 - 3 6
"Bridgeton,NJ/250th Anni." Bridgeton Stamp Club
cachet
200. VICKSBURG C L - 8 6 , T - 2 n , 1 1 - 1 1 - 4 5 , McCamley
cachet
DESTROYER TYPES
2 0 1 . BANCROFT D D - 2 5 6 , T - 3 (A-BBT), FDPS, Hutnick
Famous 50
2 0 2 . BEALE D D - 4 7 1 , T-P (2n with "E" removed),
9 - 1 3 - 6 2 , Nicholson, Chilean marking
203. BIDDLE DLG-34, Lau, cane Bath, ME, 7 - 2 - 6 5 ,
Beck # 4 8 6
204. BORIE DD-215, T - 3 s , 3 - 4 - 3 3 "Inauguration/Day"
loor, Sunk 1943 (MB $ 1 0 . 0 0 )
205. BROOKS DD-232, T - 3 (B-BTT), 3 - 4 - 3 3 , "USS
CYCLOPS/Lost 1918" loor
2 0 6 . CARPENTER DDE-825, T - 2 , 5 - 2 6 - 6 9 , Apollo 10
Recovery cachet
2 0 7 . CHAMBERS D E R - 3 9 1 , T - 2 n , 8 - 2 2 - 5 5 , Sadworth
2 0 8 . CHARLES AUSBURNE D D - 5 7 0 , T - 2 n , 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 5 nc
2 0 9 . CHARLES H. ROAN D D - 8 5 3 , T-F (C-29a), nc,
9-27-46
2 1 0 . CHEVALIER D D - 8 0 5 , T - 2 n , 7 - 1 9 - 4 8 , Strobel
therm cachet (at Tsingtao)
2 1 1 . FLETCHER DDE-445, T - 2 n , 4 - 1 7 - 5 0 , Spalding cht
2 1 2 . HARRY E, HUBBARD D D - 7 4 8 , T - 2 & Sfu, NC,
2-16-51
213. HAVERFIELD DER-393, T - 2 & 9fu, 8 - 1 5 - 6 4 , nc
214. HERNDON D D - 6 3 8 , KL cane CHAUMONT A P - 5 , T - 3 ,
8 - 2 6 - 4 1 , Nicholson cachet
215. HOWARD DD-179, T - 3 (A-BBT), 1 1 - 1 1 - 4 0 ,
FDPS, unidentified cachet
2 1 6 . LEA DD-118, T - 9 r , 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 6 , Paulson cachet
2 1 7 . LOWE DER-325, T - 2 n , 2 - 4 - 4 6 , Safworth thermograph cachet
2 1 8 . MACDONOUGH DLG-8, T - 2 n & 9fnu, 8 - 1 8 - 6 4 OSC
219. MANLEY D D - 7 4 , T - 3 (A-BBT), 2 - 1 2 - 3 5 , Parshall
cachet
220. MAURY D D - 4 0 1 , T - 3 r (AC-BTT), 1 0 - 2 2 - 3 8 ,
"Swains/Island" Hacker cachet, CMB $ 1 0 . 0 0 )
2 2 1 . MC CAFFERY D D - 8 6 0 , T - 2 « ( 1 6 0 0 7 ) , 1 1 - 2 2 - 4 6 ,
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2 2 5 . RIZAL D M - 1 4 , T - 5 s , 9 - 1 8 - 3 1 LDPS, "Last Day/
Service" NC
2 2 6 . ROE D D - 4 1 8 , Lau, cane Charleston, SC/Navy Yard
Br., T - 6 , 4 - 2 3 - 3 8 , Hutnick
2 2 7 . SOUTH CAROLINA DLGN-7, Lau, DENEBOLA AF-56,
T - 2 n , 7 - 1 - 7 2 , Nicholson cachet
2 2 8 . STRONG D D - 7 5 8 , T - 9 # ( 1 5 5 6 0 ) , 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 6 ,
Sadworth cachet
2 2 9 . TAYLOR DD-94, T - 3 AAC-BBT), 2 - 4 - 3 8 "Punta
Renas/Costa Rica, Tuchinsky cachet
2 3 0 . WHIPPLE DD-217, T-5hks, 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 5 "Saigon/
Indo China" Merrell cachet
2 3 1 . WOODSON DE-359, T - 2 n , 3 - 2 0 - 6 2 , Nicholson,
Korean PCE maring
2 3 2 . DESTROYERS BATTLE FORCE, T-5ks, 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 4 ,
USS DETROIT/FLAGSHIP, nc
2 3 3 . COMDESLANT, USS DENEBOLA, Flagship, T-3z,
3 - 9 - 4 2 , # 1 0 , cens, NC
AUXILIARIES
2 3 4 . ALGOL AKA-54, T-9fu (w/bars) A_18), 3 - 1 8 - 4 7 ,
nc, (at Tsingtao)
235. ALLAGASH AO-97, T - 2 * (15885), 2 - 5 - 4 6 , NC
2 3 6 . ANTHEDON AS-24, T-P ( A - 3 3 ) , 1 2 - 2 7 - 4 5 , NC
2 3 7 . ASKARI ARL-30, T-2t(nu), 9 - 2 7 - 4 5 , Graf cachet
238. BRYCE CANYON AD-36, T-2t(nu), 9 - 1 5 - 6 5 , OSC
2 3 9 . CHILDS AVD-14, T - 3 r (AC-BBT), 1 2 - 2 9 - 3 8 ,
"First Day/ as Tender" Hutnick cachet
2 4 0 . CHILTON APA-38, T-2n & 9fnu (rev.) 1 1 - 1 1 - 6 3
2 4 1 . DUXBURY BAY AVP-38, T-2tnu, 5 - 2 6 - 4 7 , nc
2 4 2 . EDISTO AG-89, T-2t(nu), 1 2 - 2 5 - 4 7 "Little/
America/1947-48" Navy Antarctic Expedition
cachet, # 9 envelope (MB $ 2 5 . 0 0 )
2 4 3 . EDISTO AG-89, T-2t(nu), 1 - 1 - 4 8 "Little/
America/1947-48" Navy Antarctic Expedition
cachet, # 9 envelope (MB $ 2 5 . 0 0 )
2 4 4 . GEN W.C.LANGFITT A P - 1 5 1 , T-F ( G - 1 0 ) , 5 - 2 2 - 4 6
Harrington cachet
245. GUARDIAN AGR-1, T-2t(nu) & 9fue, 1 0 - 2 8 - 6 3 nc
246. IUKA AT-37, T - 3 r ( A - B T B ) , 2 - 1 4 - 4 1 , FDPS,
"Culebra/P.R." Cohen cachet
2 4 7 . JASON AV-2, T-5hka, 6 - 3 0 - 3 2 , LDC, "R.I.P./
Bremerton" early Crosby
2 4 8 . KANAWHA A O - 1 , T - 3 (BC-TTB), 9 - 6 - 3 7 ,
Coulthard cachet, Sunk 1943
249. KARNES APA-175, T-P 1 - 2 2 - 4 6 "USS/ KARNES
2 5 0 . KERMIT ROOSEVELT ARG-16, T - 2 n , 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 8 ,
Sadworth cachet (at Tsingtao)
2 5 1 . KWRWIN APD-90, T - 2 n , 3 - 1 1 - 6 5 , nc
252. KITTERY AK-2, T - 3 (B-BBT), LDPS, uniden cht
2 5 3 . NEOSHO A 0 - 2 3 , T - 3 r 3 - 2 8 - 3 3 LDPS, Cohen
cachet, Sunk 1942
2 5 4 . OUTPOST, AGR-10, T-P 92t(nu) with "Y" cut out),
3 - 1 4 - 6 4 , Nicholson cachet
255. PROTON AG-147, T - 2 r 5 - 2 - 5 6 , Strobel cachet
2 5 6 . PYRO AE-1 T - 3 r (AC-BBT) 7 - 1 - 3 9 , FDPS, Czubay
2 5 7 . RELIEF AH-1 T - 3 (B-BBT) 6 - 1 8 - 3 7 , Chp 14
USCS cachet
2 5 8 . RENVILLE APA-227 T - 2 6 - 9 - 5 2 , Sadworth cachet
259. SANDOVAL APA-194 T - 2 &9fu 2 - 5 - 5 2 , nc
2 6 0 . SARSl ATF-111 T-2n 2 - 5 - 4 8 , NC
2 6 1 . SATYR ARL-23 T-2r, 3 - 1 5 - 5 1 FDPS, Nicholson
262. SWAN AVP-7 T-3s 8 - 1 9 - 4 1 , flag sticker cachet
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222. MC CORD D D - 5 3 4 , T - 2 , 1 2 - 2 0 - 5 1 , FDPS, NC
223. MEREDITH D D - 4 3 4 , T - 3 (A-BTT), 4 - 7 - 4 1 , FDPS,
NCS, Sunk 1942
224. MONAGHAN D D - 3 5 4 , T - 3 ( B C - B B T ) , 4 - 1 9 - 3 5 , FDC
Hall cachet, Sunk 1944
POTPOURRI
265. ANDREW JACKSON SSBN-619 LAU, Mare Is, CA,
9 - 1 5 - 6 2 , NAS Local 16 cachet
266. ARGUS PY-14 T - 3 )A-TTT) 7 - 2 3 - 4 1 FDPS, Cohen
2 6 7 . CONSTITUTION IX-21 T - 3 2 - 2 - 3 3 "San Diego/
Calif." Brehm cachet
268. CONSTITUTION IX-21 T - 3 3 - 9 - 3 3 "San Diego/
Calif." Crosby/C of C cachet
269. CONSTITUTION IX-21 T - 3 7 - 2 6 - 3 3 "Port Town/
send Wash" C of C
270. CONSTITUTION IX-21 T - 3 4 - 1 5 - 3 4 "St. Peters/
burg Fla" C of C
2 7 1 . ERIE PG-50 T - 3 (AC-BTB) 1 1 - 2 0 - 3 6 , "Antwerp/
Belgiium" Moffett Chapter cachet, Sunk 1942
272. FINCH A M - 9 T - 3 (BC) 1 - 2 1 - 3 8 "Cavite/P.l."
Sunk 1942
273. USNS GEN HUGH J. GAFFEY T A P - 1 2 1 , cane APO
503 (Yokohama) 1 0 - 1 1 - 6 3 , # 1 0 penalty, nc
274. HAMILTON WHEC-715 T-2n & 9fnu 3 - 1 8 - 6 7 ,
FDPS, OSC
275. HANCOCK CVA-19 T-7dit(nu) POW-MIA 1 0 - 1 5 - 7 1
276. KINGFISHER A M - 2 5 T - 3 (B-BTT) 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 8 ,
Crosby blue, Sc C20
277. USNS KINGSPORT TAG-164 cane Staten Isl/NY
6 - 8 - 8 3 , osc
278. USNS MUSKINGUM TAK-198, APO 9 7 1 (Inchon),
1 1 - 2 - 5 3 , # 1 0 penalty, nc
279. NORTH CAROLINA B B - 5 5 cane Wilmington, NC
"USS NORTH CAROLINA Sta." T-7di 4 - 9 - 6 6 , 25th
Anniversary cachet
280. PERMIT SSN-594 FDC Mare Is/CA 5 - 2 9 - 6 2 , osc
2 8 1 . RANGER CV-4 T-F (R-4a) 6 - 4 - 3 4 FDC, Chester/
JPJ Chapter
282. REINA MERCEDES IX-25 T-3(AC-BBT) 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 5 ,
ANCS Vikings therm
283. SARGO SSN-583 T-F ( S - 2 6 ) 2 - 9 - 6 0 OSC, (North
Pole)
284. TRINGA ASR-16, cane MULIPHEN LKA-61, T-2tnu,
4 - 1 3 - 7 0 , Nicholson cachet
285. USCSGC WESTWIND WAGB-281 T-2n 1 2 - 1 2 - 6 7 ,
osc
286. WAHKIAKUM COUNTY LST-1162 T-2n 1 2 - 2 8 - 6 5 ,
Nicholson cachet
287. WASP CVS-18 T-7tnu 1 0 - 8 - 6 9 , osc
2 8 8 . WHETSTONE LSD-27 T - 2 n & 9fu (rev.) 1 2 - 1 6 - 6 3
289. SUB DIV 5 1 , cane NEREUS AS-17 T-9fnu (rev.),
1 1 - 2 1 - 5 0 , # 1 0 Registered, nc
290. Memphis,TN/Nav Res Aviation Base Br., T-2z & 9,
11-10-42,nc
2 9 1 . St. Louis, MO Nav Tr School/Electrical Sta., T-3z &
9s, 1 - 3 0 - 4 3 , nc
2 9 2 . Santa Ana, Ca?Marine Corps Air Sta Br, T - 9 , nc
NOTE
Closing date is April 29. 1988: Mimimum bid is
$1.00 unless otherwise noted. Postage & insurance extra.
Bill Lawton, 6 5 1 2 Fairland St., Alexandria, VA 2 2 3 1 2
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ADVnTHUTI
SHIPS DATA: US Naval Vessels. Set of 3 volumes for
sale, $125.
Published 4 / 1 5 / 4 5 .
Herb Rommel, 77
Bridge Street, Newport, Rl 0 2 8 4 0 . 4 0 1 - 8 4 7 - 7 7 7 9 .
WANT TO FORM A CHAPTER?
All you need is 5
members who would enjoy meeting regularly. Write to
USCS Prez Rich Hoffner, 18 Ryers Ave., Cheletenham, PA
19012 for info on how to form a chapter and the names of
members in your area.
WANTED: To buy Asiatic Fleet covers, singles,
accumulations or collections. J. Bosley, 2 0 1 3 Verbena
Dr., Austin, TX 7 8 7 5 0
(2/89)
CLASSICS WANTED: 1 9 0 9 - 1 9 1 2 cancels with Cape
Cod, Mass., post card views. Send photocopy both sides.
Do not send actual material. Raymond E. Marshall, P.O.
Box 4 7 7 0 , Rumford, Rl 0 2 1 9 6
(4/88)
WANTED: US naval covers with Canal Zone postal
markings or cachets from 1913 to present. Also P.P.C.'s
of ships in Canal (naval or commercial); paquebots;
U.S.N.T's; U.S.A.T.'s; foreign naval and commercial
vessels with CI markings. Please send xerox and price to
Roger A. Wentworth, 154 Braelinn Courts, Peachtree City,
GA 30269.
CACHET CATALOG: The first edition of a limited number
is still available for sections A-K. Meausring 8 1/2 x
1 1 " , punched for three-ring binders; it;s available for
$ 1 2 . 5 0 to USCS members and $15.00 to non-USCS
members. Your USCS membership must be shown on your
order, which can be sent to Lorraine Kozicki, 35 Montague
Circle, East Hartford, CT 0 6 1 1 8 - 2 2 3 5 .
March, 1988
NEEDED: NROTC. Instructor needs a VHS tape of the
submarine movie Destination Tokyo for instructional
purposes. Please contact Lt. K.J. Voorhees, USN, NROTCU
Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085
US WARSHIPS: 3 / 4 " celluloid pinback buttons given out
by Pepsin Gum in the arly 1900's. 17 different with "The
White Squadron" legend across the top.
16 different
(same as before) with no legend. $ 9 5 . 0 0 postpaid. Also,
"save Old Ironside" 3 / 4 " celluloid pinback 1927. $4.00
each or 3 or more for $ 3 . 0 0 each. Tim O'Callaghan
( 9 2 0 9 ) , 4 6 8 7 8 Bettyhill, Plymouth, Ml 4 8 1 7 0
SUNK SHIPS & PEARL HARBOR SHIPS: Naval covers
for sale. Many with hand watercolored USCS logo cachets.
General want lists also filled. Unique individualized xerox
service is prompt, courteous, free and without obligation.
W.A. Forester, Box 5 , Hanover, MA 0 2 3 3 9
(6/88)
WANTED: Covers from USS BALCH (DD-363) and USS
PORTERFIELD (DD-682). with cachets only. Also, any
related material, pictures, welcome aboards, new items,
etc. George W. Bacheller, 10 Martin St., Danvers, MA
01923-1855
(5/88)
COVERS FOR SALE: Send SASE for Spring 1988 list,
nice selection of destroyers, recovery ships, Antarctic,
Constitution and other areas as well. WANT TO BUY:
Your CV1-8, HONOLULU (CL-48) and Weigand photo
cachet covers, (See January ,1988 LOG, page 156). Bob
Reisinger, 3845 Inca Street, NE, Albuquerque, NM 8 7 1 1 1
NATHAN HALE CHAPTER Mail Auctions:
Submarines
our specialty, but we offer a wide variety of other covers.
The pioneers in chapter mail auctions. Free lsitings. Box
3 4 9 3 , Waterbury, CT 0 6 7 0 5
(12/88)
AUCTION * 2 : Now being prepared, covers, postcards and
memorabilia. Just send your name for listing. Bidders of
Auction »1 will receive #2. Allan Bergman (USMC Ret.),
2 8 1 0 0 Coolidge Dr., Euclid, OH 4 4 1 3 2
CATALOG OF NAVAL POSTMARKS: Updated first half of
"M" section is now available for $2.75 postpaid. For info
on compelete catalog or prices on individual sections,
send an SASE to Helen St. John, 3 8 0 Woodtick Road,
Waterbury, CT 06705
APPROVAL SERVICE: All types of covers for sale on
approval.
Send your want lists or general collecting
interests and I'll send you covers to purchase on approval.
Michael Hebert, 2 3 1 5 Hunters Glen, Wichita Falls, TX
76306
(5/88)
WANTED: Covers cancelled aboard USS BURTON ISLAND
between the dates of December 1947 and February 1948.
Please send copy for offer or with asking price to Joseph
Lynch, 213 Clay Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15235
USCS DATA SHEETS: Invaluable info sheets on various
events and subjects, i.e., Famous 50"s; Navy Branch
number cancels; Tokyo Bay ships, etc. List available from
Stan Munkittrick, P.O. Box M, Ludlow, MA 0 1 0 5 6 - 0 6 1 3 ,
for a SASE.
Q.T.M.S.C. NAVAL COVER MAIL BID SALE: Working
on first list with many covers of the early '30s. Will mail
list when furnished with a * 1 0 SASE. Quail Trail Mail
Stamp Co., P.O. Box 5 0 6 0 3 , Tucson, AZ 8 6 7 0 3 - 1 6 0 3
SLIDE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO USCS CHAPTERS
& MEMBERS:"1 # 1 . Type 1 naval cancels with cassette
narrative by Bob Rawlins; » 2 . Maritime Mail with
13-page script by Admiral Byrd Chapter. Contact Stan
Honeyman, P.O. Box 2 4 8 5 , Meriden, CT 0 6 4 5 0
EVERYONE. GET SOMEONE!
VICTORY SHIP covers, cancels, straight lines and
paquebot markings wanted. Any ship (naval or maritime)
having the second word of the name being VICTORY.
Write to Jim Klinger, P.O. Box 1 0 3 2 1 , Wilmington, DE
19850
SALES CIRCUITS: Examine selections of rom 2 0 to 5 0
covers in categories of your choice, at buyers prices, at
home. HAVE EXCESS OR DUPES? Send them to the
SALES CIRCUITS. Clean out those un-needed and
un-wanted covers, in return, receive BUCKS to spend on
covers that you need! Contact the USCS Sales Circuit
Manager, Jim Davenport, P.O.
Box 4 0 , Cortez, CO
8 1 3 2 1 for more information. An SASE is required.
FLAGSHIP NAVAL COVER MAIL AUCTIONS list sent
free to those not our list for a # 1 0 SASE. Also buying
pre-1925 naval cancels. Frank Hoak III, P.O. Box 6 6 8 ,
New Canaan, CT 0 6 8 4 0
(3/88)
March, 1988
USCS LOG
U.S. NAVAL SHIPS DATA
ARRANGED BY HULL CLASSIFICATION
By H.E. MUSGROVE
All books are 8 1 / 2 x 1.1, 3-hole punched, pressboard
binder (for ease in dating.)
Volume 1 ( 2 7 0 pgs) Covers aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, destroyer escorts,
frigates and submarines. (Second Edition)
Price : $19.95
Volume 2 (354 pgs) Includes all US Naval auxiliary and
unclassified ships which were assigned hull
numbers, experimental vessels, surface
effects ships and scounting dirigibles.
Price $15.95
Volume 3 ( 2 8 2 pgs) Contains flagship and command,
amphibious, LST, LSM, and minecraft.
Price: $15.95
Volume 4 (349 pgs) Comprises patrol vessels (PB, PC
PCH, PF, PG, PT, PY, TB, etc.); landing
craft (LC(FF), LCI, LCM, LCS, LCT, LCU, etc)
and riverine warfare craft (ATC, CCB, RUC,
etc.) Price: $19.95
Volume 5 ( 2 7 6 pgs) Summarizes Coast Guard ships
and numbered craft. Price: $ 1 9 . 9 5
Vessels are listed under each of their hull classifications
and data shown includes launching, commissioning and
decommissioning
dates,
and, where
appropriate,
reclassification and/or disposition data.
ORDER FROM:
MBCC
P.O. Box 1
Hazelwood, MO 6 3 0 4 2
Please add 50 cents per volume for postage
CHARLIE NOBLE DITTY BAG MAIL SALE Send a « 1 0
SASE for monthly naval cover sale. Also buying lots and
collections of naval covers.
6 3 0 7 Pioneer Drive,
Springfield, VA 2 2 1 5 0 - 1 6 9 3 . You all have fair winds and
following seas.
(1/89)
USS MAJOR ( D E - 7 9 6 ) : Cachets, covers and cancels
wanted from this ship. Send quantity and price to Bob
Young, P.O. Box 2 5 1 , Gardena, CA 9 0 2 4 8
(6/88)
$ 1 2 5 . 0 0 , THAT'S WHAT I'LL PAY for a
IfSS
POMPEY (AF-5) or as S/S HARLECh, any dates from
1898 to August, 1 9 2 2 ; any kind of cover showing ship's
name. Write advising price to Jim Klinger, Box 1 0 3 2 1 ,
Wilmington, DE 19850
USCS POST CARD SALES SERVICE. Send an SASE
with 3 9 cents postage for listing of color and black and
white post cards of naval ships to: Jack Howland, Rte.
3 7 5 , Box 1 7 1 , Woodstock, NY 12498
1 5 YEARS OF HISTORY: Of the Navy, of naval covers
and postmarks, and of the USCS. All is contained in back
issues of the USCS LOG, that are available for $ 1 . 0 0 per
copy, postpaid.
Most issues since 1967 are still
available. Year sets from 1970 are priced at $10.00
postpaid. Specify month or year set desired and send
orders to Lorraine Kozicki, 3 5 Montague Circle, East
Hartford, CT 0 6 1 1 8 .
CONTINUATION OF BARNACLE BILLS AUCTION!!!
(from page 187)
293. San Diego,CA/Naval Repair Base Sta T - 6 , 5 - 1 4 - 4 9
unidentified cachet
294. APO 2 3 (Thule, Grnlnd) T - 7 , 7 - 2 3 - 6 1 , cachet "US
Army/Corps of Engineers/Camp 100/City under
the Ice"
295. USTP SEAPOST/SS PRES. COLIDGE, T - 6 ,
1 1 - 1 2 - 3 1 , Henricks cht for maiden voy to Honolu.
296. SS ANCON cane Ancon/Canal Zone (MC) 7 - 1 - 3 9
Maiden Voyage, Panama Line cachet
See page 187 for closing date and mailing note.
CONTINUATION OF SMALL KRAFT AUCTION!!!
(frontpage
191)
144. ORTOLAN ASR-5, 9 - 1 7 - 3 7 , 18th Anniv, San Diego
Horton
145. OWL A M - 2 , 7 - 1 1 - 3 8 , 20th Anniv, Norfolk/VA,
Aiken
146. PELIAS A S - 1 4 , 9 - 5 - 4 1 , FDPS, FDC, Hutnick
147. The Bluejacket's Manual, 1915, 2nd Ed., parts 3 &
4, slightly stained
148. The Bluejacket's Manual, 1940, 10th ED., slightly
stained and inside paper cover torn
149. The Bluejacket's Manual, 1943, 11th Ed., in good
used condition
150. Book, "Rum War at Sea." by M.F. Willoughby, 1964
GPO, 183 pp, USCG photos
See page 189 for closing date and mailing note.
R/V CORY CHOUEST
By Berte Spurfcci: (5094)
This research vessel will apply a cachet to collector ;s
covers after sending a polite request and no more than
two covers to Capt. Russell Bourige, Master, R/V CORY
CHOUEST, c/o Edison Chouest Offshore, East 118th St.,
P.O. Box 3 0 9 , Gallano, LA 7 0 3 5 4 . In late December, the
ship was based at the Port Huename, (CA) Construction
Base and is now enroute to the east coast.
Collectors also might try the Great Lakes vessels of N.M.
Paterson & Sons Ltd., P.O. Box 6 6 4 , Postal Station F,
Thunder Bay, ON P7C 4W6, I used US postage and wrote
to the vessels M/V PATTERSON, M/V CANADOC; M/V
COMEAUDOC, and M/V FORT COULONGE.
Following FF's to be transferred to the Reserve Fleet
this year: ROARK ( F F - 1 0 5 3 ) , GRAY ( F F - 1 0 5 4 ) ,
MEYERKORD ( F F - 1 0 5 8 ) , LANG ( F F - 1 0 6 0 ) . PATTERSON
(FF-1061), BLAKELY ( F F - 1 0 9 2 ) , MILLER (FF-1091) and
VALDEZ (FF-1096).
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BATTLESHIPS
1. ARIZONA B B - 3 9 , 7 - 4 - 3 6 San Francisco/California
Golden Bear Crew ANCS 14
2. ARIZONA B B - 3 9 5 - 3 0 - 3 7 Memorial Day Bremerton
/Washington, N.K. Mary
3. ARIZONA B B - 3 9 , 4 - 1 7 - 3 8 Honolulu/T.H.,orton
4. INDIANA B B - 5 8 , 1 1 - 2 1 - 4 1 , LAU, cane CALYPSO
AG-35, Nicholson
5. IOWA B B - 6 1 , 6 - 2 7 - 4 0 , KL Brklyn Navy Yd Sta
Hutnick
6. MISSISSIPPI B B - 4 1 , 1 2 - 2 5 - 3 8 , Xmas/Greetings, N
Mary 8c N. Rogers, F. Kuss drawing
7. NEW YORK B B - 3 4 , 9 - 1 7 - 3 7 , Constitution Day,
Enrbute/New York, "Peejay"
8. NEVADA B B - 3 6 , 5 - 1 5 - 3 5 , Welcome to the Pacific,
Pearl/Harbor, Chp 2 6 , uses
9. NEVADA B B - 3 6 , 8 - 1 - 3 5 , Fleet-Week/Seattle, WA.
C.W. Richell
10. NORTH CAROLINA B B - 5 5 , 4 - 9 - 4 1 , FDC, First Day/
Cover, Minkus multi color
11. PENNSYLVANIA B B - 3 8 , Thanksgiving/1621-1933,
B. Powell
12. PENNSYLVANIA B B - 3 8 , Easter/Greetings, 4 - 2 1 - 3 5 ,
Chp 2 4 , USCS, R. Graham painted
13. TEXAS B B - 3 6 , 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 3 Navy Day/San Pedro, E.
Tauer
14. TEXAS B B - 3 6 , 1 1 - 1 1 - 3 3 , Armistice Day, San Francisco/California, ship's seal, Birdsall
15. TEXAS B B - 3 6 , 1 2 - 2 9 - 3 3 , Texas Admit/ted to
Union, Green cht, E. Tauer
16. TEXAS B B - 3 6 , 7 - 4 - 3 4 , Boston/Mass, red sailor on
bronco, E. Tauer signed
17. WISCONSIN B B - 6 4 , 1 2 - 7 - 4 3 , LAU, cane Phil Navy
Yd Sta, Devel Assn cht
CRUISERS
18. ASTORIA CA-34, 2 - 1 4 - 3 5 , Valentine's/Day, J Jones
Chpt, D. Bart ley painted
19. ASTORIA CA-34, 4 - 2 8 - 3 8 , 4th Anniv, Long Beach/
CA, Horton, Sunk 8 / 4 2
20. BOISE C L - 4 7 , 1 0 - 3 1 - 3 8 Shkdwn, Monrovia/Liberia
E. Hacker
2 1 . BROOKLYN C L - 4 0 , 2 - 1 4 - 3 8 Shkdwn Galveston/TX
2 2 . BROOKLYN C L - 4 0 , 7 - 4 - 3 9 Golden Gate Expo, San
Fran/cisco Cal, Buchwald termo
23. CHICAGO CA-29, 7 - 1 1 - 3 7 , Summer cruise, Seward/
Alaska, thermo, map, Sunk 1/43
24. CINCINNATI C L - 6 , 8 - 1 - 3 3 Fit Wk, Tacoma/WA,
Tacoma Cover Club, J.P.Jones Chp
25. DETROIT C L - 8 , 6 - 1 1 - 3 2 , Dr. H. loor flag day cht
26. HELENA C L - 5 0 , 9 - 1 8 - 3 9 , FDPS Brklyn/NY, Hutnick
27. HELENA C L - 5 0 , 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 9 , Navy Day, Brklyn.NY,
28. HELENA C L - 5 0 , 2 - 1 4 - 4 0 Val Day, Gitmo/Bay Cuba
29. HONOLULU C L - 4 8 , 9 - 2 1 - 3 8 Shkdwn Portsmouth/
England, Horton (Above was Linto pink cover)
30. HOUSTON CA-30, 1 2 - 2 5 - 3 6 Merry/Christmas, red
Crosby photo cachet, Sunk 2 / 4 2
3 1 . LOUISVILLE CA-28, 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 8 Navy Day Bremerton/
WA, Pilgrim cachet
32. LOUISVILLE CA-28, 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 0 Navy Day, Montevideo
/Uruguay, Czubay
33. NEW ORLEANS CA-32, 3-30-36,Welcome, New
March. 1988
Orleans/LA, E. Thurman
34. NORTHAMPTON CA-26, 2 - 2 2 - 3 3 , Washington B i r t hday, Julian Feb/Calendar 12, Richell
35. OMAHA C L - 4 , 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 7 J.P.Jones Founder, Navy
Day/1937, Bartley
36. OMAHA C L - 4 , 1 1 - 9 - 3 8 , Odd port series, Naples/
Italy, Tuchinsky
37. RALEIGH C L - 7 , 2 - 6 - 3 8 , 14TH Anniv, Napoli/ltaly
38. RALEIGH C L - 7 , T - F , Navy/Day, T - 3 on rev, At/Sea,
A>A. Christenson (Above was Horton cht)
39. ST. LOUIS C L - 4 9 , 5 - 1 9 - 3 9 , FDC, Horton
40. SAN FRANCISCO CA-38, 5 - 2 3 - 3 4 , Shkdwn/Hilo TH
American Legion POst * 3 , Capt's auto
4 1 . TALLAHASSEE C L - 6 1 , 6 - 2 - 4 1 , KL , reclass to CV23 PRINCETON, Hutnick, Sunk 1 0 / 4 4
42. TRENTON C L - 1 1 , 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 0 Navy Day Portsmouth/
VA, AACohen
43. TUSCALOOSA C A - 3 7 , 5 - 2 6 - 3 9 , Goodwill Cruise,
Callao/Peru, Horton
44. WILKES-BARRE C L - 9 0 , 9 - 6 - 4 1 , KL cane. Rec Ship
Phila, Renamed ASTORIA, Hutnick gold thermo
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
45. ENTERPRISE CV-6, 9 - 3 - 3 8 Shkdwn Rio de/Janeiro
Brazil, Horton
46. ENTERPRISE AIR GROUP BR, 5 - 1 3 - 4 1 , FDPS/First
Dat, Hutnick
4 7 . LEXINGTON C V - 2 , 5 - 3 1 - 3 4 NY Welcomes the Fleet,
Farragut * 3
48. LEXINGTON CV-2, 7 - 4 - 3 9 , Golden Gate Expo, San
Francisco/CA, Buchwald
4 9 LEXINGTON CV-2, 9 - 1 4 - 3 9 , 125th Birth Star Spangled Banner, slightly off at top, Buckler
50. LEXINGTON AIR GROUP, 8 - 1 1 - 4 1 , FDPS, Cohen
5 1 . RANGER CV-4, 2 - 2 5 - 3 3 , LAU cane Newport News
5 2 . WASP CV-7, 4 - 4 - 3 9 , LAU, cane Quincy, MA S 9 / 4 2
53. WASP CV-7, 4 - 2 5 - 4 0 , FDPS First Day in/Comm
54. YORKTOWN CV-5, 4 - 4 - 3 6 , LAU can HENDERSON
A P - 1 , Welcome/Yorktown, Nace thermo
55. YORKTOWN CV-5, 4 - 2 2 - 3 8 Span Amer War Anniv
Navy Yard/Norfolk, Rautertoerg
DESTROYER TYPES
56. AARON WARD DD-132,10-27-35,Navy Day San
Diego/Navy Day, on 2 Sc «751a, Richell, Fam 5 0
57. BROOKS DD-232,10-27-34,Navy Day, T - F , Ships
seal, Olasky auto, unident cachet
58. BUCK DD-420, 5 - 1 5 - 4 0 FDPS, First Day/Phila, PA
Czubay ncs, SUNK 1 0 / 4 3
59. DAHLGREN D D - 1 8 7 , 9 - 1 7 - 3 7 150TH Anniv of Const
60. DECATUR DD-341,6-14-37,Flag Day,NOB/Norfolk VA
on SC * 7 7 5 plate single, Horton
6 1 . DEWEY DD-349, 4 - 1 4 - 3 5 , Shkdwn San Diego/Cal
on Sc »735a, Manley
62. DEWEY DD-349, 10-27-38,Navy Day, Mare Isl/CA
Linto painted
63. FANNING D D - 3 8 5 , 1 0 - 8 - 3 7 , COMM FDPS .Brooklyn/
NY, Annis bi-colored thermo
64. GILLIS AVD-12, 5 - 5 - 4 1 , T-9x, DD-260 RECOMM
65. GILLIS AVD-12, 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 1 , Navy Day 1940 cachet
Horton ex DD-260
66. GILMER D D - 2 3 3 , 6 - 2 7 - 3 8 , DE Tercentary, Navy Yd/
Phila PA, Sc « 8 3 6 , FD Cover
67. GRIDLEY D D - 3 8 0 , 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 7 , Navy Day. Navy Day/
March, 1988
USCS LOG
Rev Dusold cachet
105. MACKEREL S S - 2 0 4 , 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 0 , cane THRESHER
S S - 2 0 0 , Navy Day, Hutnick
106. PILOTFISH S S - 3 8 6 , 1 2 - 1 6 - 4 3 , FDC, cane Portsmouth, NH, Contraros cht
107. POLLACK S S - 1 8 0 , 9 - 1 5 - 3 6 , LAU, same as above
cane, Hutnick cachet
108. POMPANO S S - 1 8 1 , 8 - 2 - 3 7 FD CANC, Mare Isl/CA
109. PUFFER S S - 2 6 8 , LAU, cane Manitowoc, Wi Dusold
110. QUEENFISH S S - 3 9 3 , 3 - 1 1 - 4 4 , FDC,.Contraros
1 1 1 . S - 1 2 , 9 - 3 0 - 3 6 , LDC, cane JACOB JONES DD-130
Navy Yd/Phila, Hutnick
112. S - 4 8 , 9 - 1 6 - 3 5 , LDC, cane AYLWIN DD-355,
0913/Offi. Rite, Hutnick cht
113. SAURY S S - 1 8 9 , KL, enc Groton, CT, Nace/Richell
114. SQUALUS S S - 1 9 2 , 5 - 3 0 - 3 9 In Memoriam, enc
BROOKLYN C L - 4 0 , Memorial Day/Standing By, Hut
115. TAMBOR S S - 1 9 8 , 1 - 1 6 - 3 9 , KL enc Groto. DeWolf
116. WALRUS S S - 4 3 7 , 6 - 2 1 - 4 5 , KL enc Groton.Spader
CONSTITUTION
117. 5 - 1 6 - 3 3 , Grays Hbr, WA on Sc#U 526
118. 5 - 2 8 - 3 3 , Port Angeles/WA, bi-color red & blue
119. 1 0 - 3 - 3 3 , Santa Barabara/Harbor, purple
120. 1 0 - 4 - 3 3 , Ventura/Harbor, addrd to Jensen
121. 2 - 2 2 - 3 4 , Wash Birthdy, San Diego./CA bi-colored
122. 4 - 2 3 - 3 4 , Farewell Old Ironsides, St Peters/burg FL
123. 4 - 2 7 - 3 4 , 2nd visit Charleston/SC, Stmp Clb. blue
MISCELLANY
124. AUK A M - 5 7 , 8 - 2 6 - 4 1 , LAU, enc CHAUMONT AP-5
125. BEAVER AS-5, 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 5 , Navy /Day, Honolulu,
P. Akeo cachet bi-color orange & blue
126. BLACK HAWK AD-9, 5 - 1 - 3 4 , Dewey Day/Kobe
Japan, Chpt B USCS, Owens cht
127. CHAUMONT AP-5, 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 7 ND, Yokohama/Japan
128. CHAUMONT AP-5, 1 0 - 1 0 - 3 8 , Domain of the Golden Dragon, Crossing/'180' Median, Crosby photo
129. CHEROKEE AT-66, 6 - 1 - 4 0 , FDC, Capt's auto, Cohn
130. CHEWINK ASR-3, 1 1 - 1 2 - 4 0 , Recomm, enc DICKERSON DD-157, T - 9 v , Nicholson
131. DENEBOLA AD-12, 5 - 7 - 4 0 , Recomm, First Day/
PosAService, Capts auto, Tuchinsky
132. DIXIE AD-14, 6 - 2 4 - 4 0 , Shkdwn, San Juan/PR,
L.Weigan photo cht, See 1 / 8 8 USCS LOG
133. DIXIE AD-14, 7 - 8 - 4 0 , Shkdwn, Cristobal/Canal
Zone, as above
134. DOBBIN AD-3, 7 - 2 3 - 3 7 , 13th Birthdy, Vallejo/CA
135. FULTON A S - 1 1 , 7 - 1 9 - 3 9 , KL enc WASMUTH
DD-338, Vallejo/CA, WASMUTH sunk 1 2 / 4 2
136. FULTON A S - 1 1 , 1 2 - 2 7 - 4 0 , LAU, enc Vallejo, CA
137. FULTON A S - 1 1 , 9 - 1 2 - 4 1 , FDC, slight stutter, Hort
138. GOLD STAR AG-12, 2 - 1 8 - 3 8 Asiatic Fit/Manila PI
gold Crosby photo
139. GREBE A M - 4 3 , 2 - 7 - 3 6 , Cnage of/Command,
Dumonte thermo, dst by tytphoon 1/43
140. GREBE A M - 4 3 , 5 - 1 - 3 8 , 19TH Brthdy, San Pedro/
CA, Horton
141. HENDERSON A P - 1 , 2 - 3 - 4 0 , Asiatic/Waters, Bartly
142. HERON AVP-2, 8 - 2 4 - 3 9 / M a n i l a Bay, as above
143. KINGFISHER A M - 2 5 , 5 - 3 0 - 3 6 , Mem Day, Schltr
MINIMUM BID IS $ 2 . 0 0 . CLOSING DATE: 4 - 2 3 - 8 8
Postage & Insurance extra. Normal Auction rules. Bids to:
K.W.Kraft, 1045 Brock Drive, Corpus Christie, TX 7 8 4 1 2
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Boston, MA, Tuchinsky
68. HALE DD-133, 1 1 - 2 0 - 3 9 RC cachet, Recom/Sep
30'39 Hitnick F - 5 0 , Caldwell
69. HARADEN D D - 1 8 3 , 2 - 2 9 - 4 0 , RC cachet, Enroute/
Norfolk, VA, Horton, F - 5 0 , Columbia
70. HEBERT D D - 1 6 0 , 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 8 , Navy Day Wilmington/
DE, Scatchard
7 1 . HUGHES DD-410 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 9 , Navy Day Norfolk/VA
Czubay NCS, Bikini Test 7 / 4 6
72. HUMPHREYS DD-236, 5 - 3 1 - 3 4 , Fit Rev by FDR
Fleet Reveiw/NY NY, Jagyi
73. LAMSON DD-367 1 1 - 2 3 - 3 9 , Thksgvg Honolulu/TH
Linto, BNikini Test 7 / 4 6
74. MAURY D D - 4 0 1 , 2 - 1 4 - 3 8 , lau cane ARIZONA BB3 9 , San Pedro/CA, JP Clark thermo
75. MOFFETT D D - 3 6 2 , 1 2 - 2 5 - 3 6 "our First/Merry
Xmas" ships eal Crosby photo
76. MORRIS DD-417 3 - 4 - 4 0 FDPS, FDC, Hutnick
77. O'BRIEN D D - 4 1 5 , 6 - 1 0 - 4 0 Shkdwn Bahia/Brazil
78. O'BRIEN DD-415, 6 - 2 6 - 4 0 , same,Riograndeio/
Sun Brazil, Horton sunk 1 0 / 4 2
79. O'BRIEN DD-415, 7 - 1 6 - 4 0 , SAME LA GUAIRA/
VENEZ, HORTON SUNK 1 0 / 4 2
8 0 . PALMER DMS-5, 5 - 3 0 - 4 1 T-F, Memorial Day,
ex D D - 1 6 1 , Moffett Chp sunk 1/45
8 1 . PAUL JONES D D - 2 3 0 , 5 - 1 8 - 4 0 , Asiatic Fit
Chefoo/China, Bartley
82. PREBLE D M - 2 0 , 2 - 1 2 - 3 9 , Line Brthdy Pearl Br/
Hawaii, Linto
83. PRUITT D M - 2 2 , 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 7 , ND, Brem/WA, Czubay
84. REID D D - 3 6 9 , 1 1 0 - 2 - 3 6 , FDC FD/COMM, Cortelyou gree thermo, sunk 1 2 / 4 4
85. RODGERS D D - 2 5 4 , 2 - 1 3 - 4 0 , RECOMM, FDPS,
Key West/FL Czubay, Sherwood, F - 5 0
86. ROPER DD-147, 6 - 1 4 - 3 7 , Flag Day/Anniv, Horton
87. ROWAN DD-405, 1 2 - 3 0 - 3 9 Shkdwn Miami/FL
88. SATTERLEE D D - 1 9 0 , Recomm, San Juan PR/ 1st
cancel, Tuchinsky, F - 5 0 , Belmont
89. SHUBRICK D D - 2 6 8 , 2 - 1 4 - 4 0 , Recomm FDPS,
First Day/Cancel, Horton F - 5 0 , Ripley
90. STRINGHAM APD-6, 4 - 1 0 - 4 1 , Recomm FDPS, Czby
9 1 . TAYLOR DD-94, 1 1 - 2 4 - 3 6 , Z. Taylor Birthday, NOB/
Norfolk, VA, unident cachet
92. TAYLOR DD-94, 9 - 2 3 - 3 8 , LDPS, Last Day in/Comm
93. TRIPPE DD-403, 1 - 8 - 4 0 , FDPS, Hutnick Bik Tst
94: WAINWRIGHT DD-419, 4 - 1 5 - 4 0 FDC Capts auto
95. WAINWRIGHT DD-419, SAME, HUTNICK It brwn cvr
96. WELBORN C. WOOD DD-195, Recomm, First Day/
Cancellation, Horton, F-50
97. WINSLOW D D - 3 5 9 , 1 1 - 1 1 - 3 9 , Armistice Dy, San
Diego/CA, Linto
98. WOOLSEY DD-437 5 - 7 - 4 1 , COMM FDPS, Czuby
99. ZANE DD-337, 2 - 1 5 - 3 8 17th Ann San Diego./CA
SUBMARINES
100. ARGONAUT S M - 1 , 4 - 2 - 3 8 , 10th Annv Submarine
Squadron 4/Hawaii, seal, Chun thermo
101. CACHALOT S S - 1 7 0 , 1 2 - 1 - 3 3 , FDC .Portsmouth
/NH, addrd to GOW NG, unident cachet
102. CUTTLESFISH S S - 1 7 1 , 6 - 8 - 3 4 , FDC, rbr stmp cht
103. DRUM S S - 2 2 8 , 5 - 1 2 - 4 1 , LAU cane GRAYLING
S S - 2 0 9 , GOW NG painted, lost 9 / 4 3
104. ICEFISH S S - 3 6 7 , 2 - 2 0 - 4 4 lau, cane Manitowoc,
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TOMS SEA CHEST
800
801
802
803
Civ War, Sldrs Itr, w / 3 ct w/Cario IL 3 - 1 - 6 2 ,
2 Union Mint cvrs bi-color, VF $ 1 0 - 1 2
4 same, humor and attrct, VF $ 1 6 - 1 8
Spnsh-Amer War cvr w / 2 ct (torn) Cleveland, 6 / 2 3
colorful FLAG 2 1/2 inch, $ 2 5 +
804 U228 (2 ct amber), cane Wash, DC to Lt Hanford on
USS PENSACOLA @ Panama, US of Col. c/o US Con
VF $ 2 0 - 2 8
8 0 5 T. ROOSEVELT pcd, beauty cc 1904 VF
8 0 6 Pcd DIXIE A D - 1 , T - 1 , 9 - 6 - 1 1 , (ie on stmp) F
8 0 7 Pcd KANSAS B B - 2 1 , T - 1 , 8 - 1 5 - 1 4 , (as on stmp)
8 0 8 Envel, LOUISIANA B B - 1 9 , T - 3 , 3 - 2 7 - 1 7 , (double
cancels) G.
8 0 9 Pcd MAINE B B - 1 0 , T - 2 , 8 - ? - 1 3 , F
8 1 0 Pcd PRAIRIE AD-5, T - 1 , 1 0 - 1 7 - 1 2 , F-VF
8 1 1 Pcd KANSAS B B - 2 1 , used, SF, CA, 5 - 1 7 - 0 8 , VF
8 1 2 Pcd MAINE B B - 1 0 , used, same, 5 - 2 1 - 0 8 , VF
8 1 3 Pcd OREGON B B - 3 , mint, Ed Mitchell, VF
814 Pcd US sailors "cockfighting" used, 4 - 1 1 - 0 7 , VF
8 1 5 Pcd Guns on a BB, Photo is real, grt shot, VF
8 1 6 Pcd Wireless telegrph st on US Flagship CHICAGO,VF
8 1 7 Pcd Army PO, 9 - 2 5 - 1 6 w / H M HOSPITAL SHIP
HEREFORD,VF
8 1 8 US AEF, 10 cvrs AP0762,763,795,813,814,815,
840,??6,838 & 8 3 7 , VF+
8 1 9 WWI, reg APO 9 2 7 , 3rd Army HQ.Coblenz, 1 2 - 2 2 1919, 10 ct stmp VF
8 2 0 WWI, reg AP0972, Paris 5 - 1 9 - 1 9 , ensrd 10 ct stp
8 2 1 WWI, 2 USMC AP0710 & 7 9 0 , 1 9 1 8 - 1 9 , F-VF
8 2 2 USN, passed by cnsr USS INDIANA (tear on left) F-VF
8 2 3 Pcd Xmas Grtgs, embroidery colorfull VF
824 Mag Natl Geo 8 / 1 9 2 0 , "The Channel Islands" Grt VF
8 2 5 2.Russian stmpd envl 1934 w/cncls 8c addrsd VF
8 2 6 Cameroun 2 - 1 8 - 3 9 , The Drum Call cancel, Ebolova
8 2 7 NZ, ensrd to India on rev, Base PO « 1 , VF
8 2 8 Grt Brtn 3d impmtd stmp w?Xmas Grtg Airgraph Svc
to Utica, NY but "No Service Postage Repaid" VF $ 1 2
8 2 9 US SZYK CARICATURES Cd # 3 , Goering;Duce;Tojo VF
8 3 0 US 19 cvrs misc fits, WWII, Byrds, est $ 7 - 1 1 VF
8 3 1 Israel 12, 4 0 a - 6 0 a cvrs w/twns or signs ' 5 2 - 4
OLD IRONSIDES-CONSTITUTION-CACHETS
8 3 2 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 2 , Wsh.DC 3 ct Line pi no sngl O V F
8 3 3 5 - 1 2 - 3 3 , Astoria, OR (no cachet) VF
834 5 - 2 8 - 3 3 , Pt Angeles, WA C38, bi-clr, grn & red VF
8 3 5 7 - 4 - 3 3 , Ind Day, Old Irnsds Chp » 1 , VF
8 3 6 3 - 2 2 - 3 4 , enroute Balboa.CZ P95 prntd AM rd/gm
8 3 7 4 - 2 1 - 3 4 , St Pete, FL S6 Blue VF
8 3 8 6 0 8 0 3 4 , Boston P145 Prntd blue, LD pmk, VF
8 3 9 4 CONSTITUTION 1981 (diff cancels/50 annv) Vf
CHINA STATION - TOKYO BAY - W W I I
8 4 0 ASHEVILLE P G - 2 1 , T - 3 , 4 - 5 - 4 0 , Amoy, Sunk no cht
8 4 1 ASIATIC FLEET, T - 3 , 5 - 2 4 - 3 9 , Shnghi, no cht
8 4 2 BLACK HAWK AD-9, T - F , (B-37b), Asiatic St Chfoo
8 4 3 J.D.EDWARDS DD-216, T - 3 9 - 1 9 - 3 9 , Err John D
844 MINDANAO P R - 8 , T - 3 , 5 - 3 1 - 3 7 , Canton, China,
penalty cvr, Sunk, attchmt is a stmnt from RAdm who
sent ltr when he was a LT, signed
8 4 5 MONOCAY P R - 2 , T - 3 - , 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 4 , Nanking, N/D
846 CECIL APA-96, T - F , ( C - 2 4 ) , TOKYO BAY, prntd
cachet by Columbus Dis, 9 - 2 - 4 5 VF $ 2 7
March, 1988
847 COTTEN DD-669, 9 - 2 - 4 5 , USN Occ Force, TOKYO
BAY, O V F , ColD. $ 2 8
8 4 8 TICONDEROGA CV-14, NAVY # 1 5 3 5 2 , 9 - 1 6 - 4 5 ,
TOKYO BAY, C.PD. COLUM DIS, VF, $ 2 0 - 2 5
8 4 9 WILKES-BARRE C L - 1 0 3 , T-P ( W - 2 7 b ) , 9 - 2 - 4 5 ,
TOKYO BAY, Pntd Adm King VF $ 2 8 +
FAMOUS 5 0 - TRANSFERRED TO ENGLAND
850 BRANCH D D - 1 9 1 , 2 - 2 - 4 0 , Ky West, Renmd HMS
BEVERLY, sunk, VF
8 5 1 BUCHANAN D D - 1 3 1 , 7 - 4 - 3 4 (*735A) HMS CAMPELTON, sunk, no cht, VF
8 5 2 FAIRFAX DD-93, T - 3 - , 1 0 - 2 7 - 3 4 , Albany Navy
Day cachet, HMS RICHMOND, VF+
8 5 3 HARADEN D D - 1 8 3 , T - 3 , 2 - 2 9 - 4 0 , enroute,
HMS COLUMBIA, no C.Pcd, F
854 MASON D D - 1 9 1 , T - 3 , 1 - 2 2 - 4 0 FDPS, Ky West,
, CRCD70, HMS BROADWATER, VF
855 MC COOK D D - 2 5 2 , FDPS, T - 3 , 1 - 1 9 - 4 0 , HMS ST
CROIX, sunk, VF
8 5 6 MC LANAHAN D D - 2 6 4 , FDPS T - 3 , 2 - 1 9 - 4 0 , Mare
Isl, HMS BRADFORD, VF
857 TILLMAN D D - 1 3 5 , T - 3 , 1 - 1 - 3 5 , No Ca, "135" in
cane, HMS WELLS
8 5 8 WILLIAMS D D - 1 0 8 , FDPS T - 3 , 1 2 - 1 8 - 3 9 , no cht,
HMS ST CLAIR
859 YARNALL DD-143, LDPS T - 3 s , 1 2 - 3 0 - 3 6 , Navy
Yd, Phila, HMS LINCOLN, VF
APO CVRS-SHIPS-STAMPS-COINS-BB CDS-PCDS
8 6 0 AP0627,Kunming,China 6 ct a i r m a i l , 5 - 1 7 - 4 4 , cnsr
8 6 1 AP0839,Guatemala Cty,Guateml 4 - 1 2 - 4 3 cnsr VF
8 6 2 6 WWII cvrs "free"ea w/airfield, inf div form, etc VF
863 BK, WWII,Storm Over the Gilberts,Marcine.illus, $10
864 BK, WWII,Guadacanal,304 pp.lllus, $10
865 BK.WWII, USMC, "Semper Fi.Mac", lllus, $ 1 6
866 MAG, "Sea Power" 1 1 / 4 2 , Big photos, many ads VF
8 6 7 ALBANY CA-123,T-2r, Crosby photo VF+
8 6 8 Bible Sch Pk for Victory, 8 - 2 8 - 4 2 , N.Y. Ca. VF
8 6 9 BLACK HAWK A D - 9 , T - 3 , 3 - 1 7 - 3 7 , St Pats Dy, P.I.
8 7 0 ARKANSAS B B - 3 3 , 7 - 1 4 - ? ? , Naples, Italy, np cht
8 7 1 BOISE C L - 4 7 , T - 3 r , 1 0 - 3 0 - 3 8 , Shkdwn,Monro via
8 7 2 BROOKS A G - 9 6 . T - 3 , 3 - 3 1 - 3 4 , LDC, purple cane
873 CHESTER C A - 2 7 J - 3 . 5 - 1 4 - 3 4 , Gonaives/Haiti
874 USCGC COURIER WAGR-410, " V 0 A " , 3 - 1 0 - 5 3 C.VF
8 7 5 DESDIV 27,7-25-28,Newpt.RI, addrd to LOCY VF
876 DEWEY D D - 3 4 9 , T - 3 , 5 - 1 - 3 8 , Hand drwn cachet VF
8 7 7 DRUM S S - 2 2 8 , FDPS, Shaw Ca. Led. Rice, VF
878 EL PASO LKA-117, FDC 1 - 1 7 - 7 0 , cachet VF
879 GENESEE A T - 5 5 , T - 3 , 10-21-37,Olongapo,PI Sunk
8 8 0 GOLD STAR AG-12,T-3,6-20-39,Guam/M.I., VF
881 HERON AVP-2,T-3,1-16-36,Manila Bay/PI Dumonte
882H0N0LULU CL-48,T-3,9-21-38,Prtsmth/Eng, PJ
8 8 3 JACOB JONES DD-130,T-3,4-3-39,Alger/AlgeriaVF
884 KENT A P - 2 8 , FDPS 1 1 - 3 - 4 1 , RCD 70 CACHET, vf
8 8 5 KING DD-242,fdps, T-5hks, 6 - 1 3 - 3 2 , Blue no cht
8 8 6 KITTERY AK-2,T-3,LDPS, 3 - 2 8 - 3 3 , cachet VF
8 8 7 LIBRA A K A - 1 2 J - 3 , 5 - 8 - 4 5 USN gave al cachet VF
8 8 8 MARYLAND B B - 4 6 , T - 7 , 6 - 3 - 3 1 , no cachet, VF
8 8 9 MISSOURI B B - 6 3 . T - 2 , 1 1 - 1 3 - 4 5 , no cachet VF
8 9 0 MC CALL D D - 4 0 0 J - 3 , 1 1 - 2 4 - 3 8 , Thnkgvg Hnd Dr
8 9 1 MISSISSIPPI! B B - 4 1 , T - 3 , 3 - 2 8 - 3 7 , Easter, green
8 9 2 NASHVILLE CL-43.T-F ( N - 1 ) , FDC, GOW NG cachet
8 9 3 NEW ORLEANS C A - 3 2 , 4 - 1 2 - 3 3 , LAU, cachet VF
March, 1988
894 OKLAHOMA BB-37(FOXING),6-19-36,England,Ports
Map cachet, Sunk, F
895 OPPORTUNE A R S - 4 1 , T - 2 z , 1 2 - 1 4 - 4 6 , Minkus, VF
8 9 6 0SPREY AM-56,T-3,3-17-41,FDPS,RCD 70,Sunk
8 9 7 P C - 4 5 1 , T - 3 , 1 0 - 1 6 - 4 0 , Norfolk, FDPS, RCD70.VF
8 9 8 PERCH S S - 1 7 6 J - 3 , 1 2 - 2 5 - 3 6 , Xmas on ThamesVF
900 RICHMOND CL-9,"The Rambler" T - F , 8 - 1 1 - 3 6 , VF
9 0 1 SAN FRANCISCO C A - 3 8 , T - 3 , 4 - 1 0 - 3 9 , L a Guaira/Vn
9 0 2 SARATOGA CV-3,T-3,7-4-38,Lng Bch/CA, Richell
903SARG0 SSN-583,17022 Br. 5-12-64,cachet VF
904 SPEARFISH S S - 1 9 0 , 7 - 1 7 - 3 9 , FDC, CJWolfe VF
9 0 5 STEWART D D - 2 2 4 , T - 3 , 6 - 2 2 - 4 0 , Olongapo/PI Snk
9 0 6 TEXAS B B - 3 5 , T - 3 , 1 1 - 1 1 - 3 3 , Arms Dy.C.VF
9 0 7 TRENTON C L - 1 1 J - 3 , 3 - 2 2 - 3 8 , Guam/Ml no c. VF
9 0 8 TRITON S S - 2 0 1 , T - 3 , 8 - 1 5 - 4 0 , F D C GOW NG cht
909WALKE DD-416, PCD, FDC, T - 3 r 4 - 2 7 - 4 0 , no C
9 1 0 WICHITA CA-45, FDC,2-16-39,Cty of Wich cac VF
9 1 1 WILSON DD-408,FDC,7-5-39, MURIDGE cachet VF
9 1 2 WINSTON AKA-94,T-2n,10-27-47 Navy Day ca VF
913W00DW0RTH D D - 4 6 0 J - 2 . 1 0 - 2 7 - 4 5 , Navy Day VF
914 WYANDOT KA-92,T-2n,2-9-48,Victor etc., cachet
915 WYOMING A G - 1 7 J - 3 , 1 1 - 1 1 - 3 3 , Cuban, no each
916 BK,"Fight for the Falklands" 215 pp.illus, $ 6 , VF
917 COINS, Morgan 1894 silver dollar, F $ 8 - 1 1
918COINS,Eisenhower 1971 Prf silver dollar w/bx $13
9 1 9 STAMPS, Mint blk of 4 , Use Correct Zip, Face $9.80
920STAMPS, Mint Pit Blks of 4, etc., $10.36 Face VF
9 2 1 119 Baseball cds,Topps,1978, diff, VF
9 2 2 150 Baseball eds, Fleer, nice, VF
923 133 diff Postal eds, states, VF
924 2 Vietnam USN ships, both cacheted ' 6 9 - 7 0 , VF
9 2 5 SS MANHATTAN & SS WASHINGTON, Maiden Voy, VF
9 2 6 First Jet Air Mail Svc, NY-LA, L A - N Y . 1 - 2 5 - 7 9 , VF
927 CANADA, 7 larger tahn life, "Emergency Mail Delivery
DND Ottawa" 8 - 1 - 6 8 , 8 - 3 - 6 8 , no canes, but 1st
class DepeNat,Dedqr, VF
928 UN, 9 * 10 cvrs, 166(2) 2 0 8 , 2 4 6 , Off Geneva 15,
16, four cacheted, VF $ 6 - 8
9 2 9 US, $3.45 face val Pstl Stat, etc, VF
9 3 0 11 cvrs Papal Visit 9 / 8 7 cacheted, VF
POLAR & FIRST DAY COVERS
9 3 1 Pcd, Scott's SP Exp Bowers Grt Rig but Federal, VF
9 3 2 Davis, Aust, 4 stmps (Aust Ant Terr L1,L2,L3,L5)
reg on FDC, Anare, Wilkes 1 - 3 0 - 6 0 , cachet $17 VF
9 3 3 SS MANHATTAN, Maiden,NW Pass Vy,CCGS Mac.C.VF
934 CANADA 1st Flt,McPherson-Ft McMurray, 1 2 - 2 0 - 2 9
9 3 5 CANADA,CVhurchill,No.Man,Via RMS NASC0PIE,8/36
9 3 6 CANADA,Alert, NWT.Nortrn Outpst, 1 - 2 1 - 6 0 , C , VF
937 CANADA, Cont Shlf Proj, Isachen 7 - 1 2 - 6 1 , VF
9 3 8 SWEDEN, Polcirken-Arctic Circle 3 - 2 1 - 5 3 , Ca VF
9 3 9 Brit Polar Ex, 4 stmps 2 - 1 6 - 7 2 cacheted VF
9 4 0 NORWAY, pcd, Nordkap Kong Harald 7 - 5 - 0 5 , Face
Midnatol-Hammerf, VF
9 4 1 Proj Chariot Site, ala, 5 - 2 5 - 6 1 Kotzebue, Wthr Bur
9 4 2 BURTON ISLAND AGB-1, 2 - 1 1 - 6 4 , Dp Frz, C. VF
943USNS MAUMEE, Arctic Sply 1 2 - 2 7 - 7 1 , C. VF
944 # 7 4 7 8 ct Zion Nat Pk 9 - 1 8 - 3 4 C frm Pk VF
9 4 5 * 1 0 4 0 7 ct W.Wilson 1 - 1 0 - 5 6 Staunton,VA,hndmde
9 4 6 * 1 0 7 0 3 ct B.Franklin 1 - 1 7 - 5 6 , Phlia, handmade
9 4 7 * 1 0 4 7 2 0 ct Monticello 4 - 1 3 - 5 6 , Arte, $ 4 , VF
9 4 B * C 6 3 15 ct airmail 1 - 1 3 - 6 1 Buffalo Artcrft, $ 2 VF
9 4 9 * 1 2 1 3 a Complete pane of 5, NY.NY, Artcraft 1 1 / 6 2
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9 5 0 * 6 4 b booklet pane of 5, 8 ct Wash.DC 1 2 - 5 - 6 2 VF
9 5 1 * 1 2 2 9 a 5 ct coil Lum Dayton.OH 1 - 2 8 - 6 3 $ 8 C. VF
AUCTION CLOSES APRIL 3 0 , 1 9 8 8 ! No minimum
bids. Postage 8c Packing is extra. Sends bids to:
Thomas F. Mc Grath
804 Park Avenue
Albany, NY 12208
THE LOOK OF THE LOG
By Jim Winger (4979), Editor
I suppose most members weren't aware that not only
do I edit the LOG, but also the pasteup of the galleys (long
strips of text, which when pasted to artboards, form the
LOG columns). At Anaheim, I told the Officers and Board
that I would like to become permanent Editor and that by
springtime, I would become publisher as well through the
use of computerized "desktop publishing."
Why should I do the dirty work? Even if desktop
publishing is the best thing since papyrus, why bother
with do-it-myself drudgery when I can get our printer to
get ink on his fingers?
Several reasons include
economics, time, control and fun. Desktop publishing
costs are sharply decreased; I have the total control of
the finished product; and while we can pay our printer to
do the typesetting, part of the kick of desktop publishing
is that I created something from scratch with my own
hands on my computer. There's something intensely
satisfying about that, whether you're six or sixty.
My "toolbox" for this issue, (what was used to create
it), was an Apple llgs computer with 1.25 megabytes.
The software (program) is entitled "Publish It' by
Timeworks, Inc., and it enables me to change font size,
and styleface (from bold to italics, etc.), with the flick of
a key. It also throws me some surprises like when I
just tried to change the tabs for this column, forgetting
that it's linked to the previous column as well. But this
program is by no means the the total answer, as next
month I will using different software.
While the advent of desktop publishing has been
compared to the invention of the printing press and a
development in the history of communications/it will take
a few hundred years to know if it deserves such acclaim.
But in the meantime, we can sure put together some
sharp lookings pages! We you ask? Yes WE! I've got a
backlog of material for this and the next issue but after
that I need your input. You don't have a typewriter, don't
despair, since I do the typesetting now, you don't need
one. But please, keep it in English. We have over 1500
members and everyone of us must have a favorite cover,
cachet or cancel; why hot tell us about it, don't be
bashful.
Seriously, I've changed our look and changed the style.
Let me know what you think. Hopefully, "The Look of the
LOG" will be more attractive to you, have more artful
design and in the near future will use color. One final
note concerns LOG mailing. This issue is late to you
because of final preparations for desktop publishing and
extensive business traveling earlier in the month; I have
to give some time to my fulltime job. But in the future,
the LOG will be printed during the last week of the
month for mailing during the first week of the next month
to assure your timely receipt.
Page 194
USCS LOG
March, 1988
Sponsor: USS OREGON CHAPTER
Agent: Emil Cobos, 7 5 3 0 SE Insley Street, Portland, OR 9 7 2 0 6
Events: BADGER, Labor Day, 9 / 7 / 8 7
COMTE de GRASSE, Xmas Day, 1 2 / 2 5 / 8 7
PAUL F. FOSTER, Xmas Day, 1 2 / 2 5 / 8 7
JOHN RODGERS, New YearsDay, 1 / 1 / 8 8
Prices: 7 5 cents each, plus an SASE
USS SARGO (SSM-583)
As a tribute to Pes Jaovi (H-810). Sponsor: USS SAGINAW Chapter #59
Agent: Cachet Director, 421 Tamalpais Drive
who inspired many collectors, including
Corte Madera, CA 9 4 9 2 5
this Editor. I present here his
Event: SARGO, LDC, 2 / 2 6 / 8 8
masthead, which appeared for many
Price: $1.00 each, plus an SASE
years in "Our Navy."
Last Day
In
Commission
Sponsor: Pearl Harbor Study Group
Agent: Larry Wendell, Jr., Box 396
Ottumwa, IA 5 2 5 0 1 - 0 3 9 6
Event: Pearl Harbor Day 1987
Price: 75 cents each, plus an SASE
Sponsor: NATHAN HALE Chapter #68
Agent: John Milewski, 128 E. Main St.
East Hartford, CT 0 6 1 1 8
Event: TOPEKA SSN-754, LAU
Price: 5 0 cents each, plus SASE
OETBOIT tttVH MAILSOAT
I 9 8 7
-.-.«**: £ tJf A i^jg,
Sponsor: Motor City Stamp/Cover Club
Agent: USS MICHIGAN Chapter #80
15824 Meyers, Allen Park, Ml 4 8 1 0
Events: 1987 Closing Detroit River Station
(Mailboat), one with a pictorial cancel
and one with a Detroit River Station
cancel.
Prices: $2.00/set of two. This is the 26th year of honoring the mailboat service, "Mail in the Pail Delivery," with the
cachet designed by Bob Quintero (3893).
Sponsor: Akron/Macon Study Group
Agent: Bemhard M. Vesper
40 Rowe Avenue
Lynbrook, NY 11563
Event: German Zeppelin HINDENBURG
Crash at Lakehurst NAS, 50th
Anniv, Set of two (2) covers
1-size 6 3 / 4 and 1-#10 size
large cover. Only sold as a set
of two covers.
Price: $6.00 per set, postpaid
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£si»a HO *i/« lu'*i*f* £•>••«
Sponsor: Ron's Cachets
COMMISSIONINa
P.O. Box 5 7
Mount Ephraim, NJ 0 8 0 5 9 - 0 0 5 7
Events: -COMMISSIONINGSPreserver (ARS-8), Conserver (ARS-39)
Leyete Gulf (CG-55, San Jacinto (CG-56)
PEARL HAR90R. HAWAII W
-LAUNCHING-KEEL LAYINGCowpens (CG-63)
Comstock (LSD-45)
-DECOMMISSIONINGSargo (SSN-583)
Prices: All covers, except subs, ar $1.00 each. Subs
are $1.25 each. Prices are increased on page
of my price list, # 1 0 SASE for every four covers.
OSUTSCHLAUOHftr
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COMMISSIONING
J
NA.B.NORFOLK.VA R-151
DECOMMISSIONING
PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD
HONOLULU. HAWAII
R-159
March, 1988
USCS LOG
Page 195
CANCEL DATA
Text by Jim Russel! and illustrations
submitted by Jim Russell, Rich Hoffher,
Charles Bogart and Capt. R Murch. USNR
A 2n cancel from USS ALBERT DAVID (DE-1050) has turned up postmarked October 19, 1968. I believe this is
backdated. A cancel from USS ST. LOUIS (CA-18), ex C-20 has beereported cancelled December 18, 1908, which has
never before been reported. If a member is the owner of this cancel, please send a xerox copy of it to me. The POE date on
this ship should be changed from July 29, 1909 to July 28, 1908 . Another member writes that he has cancels over a
period of time from USS ALGOL and that the cancel does have LKA the dial, but he first "L" is faint and oten doesn't show
well. He further reports he has the LKA cancel used in November 1968, thus, I take it the cancel is defective. Thanks to the
three members who have taken the time to report this to me. To date, from the few members who hav reported dates to me;
the earliest USNS MERCY cancel is March 29, 1987 and the latest is July 20, 1987. To date, no haeported a type 9.
The date of September 10, 1987 used by the CGC EAGLE (WIX-327) is the date she departed New Londo, CT, but there
isn't any indication that that is the FDPS date. An illustration of a cancel used by LST-991 follows. The tank deck of this
ship was converted to serve as the Mobile FPO of the South China area. This is a FDPS and also commemoated Navy Day. I
've seen a poor xerox copy of the cancel used for the FDC of the USS ANTIETAM, which has been overcancelled by
Baltimore and I believe the cancel was used by the City of Baltimore, by the USPS. If anyone can loan me cancel or send a
clera xerox copy, I will have it illustrated in the LOG. Also illustrated is a cancel from USS JOHN A. MOORE, which is hard
to read because of the small letters in the cancel. The cancel reads (at the top of the dial) USS JOHN A. (FFG-19), while at
the bottom is their zip.
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USCS LOG
Secretary's Report
Lorraine Kozicki,35 Montague Circle,E.Hartford, CT 0 6 1 1 8
WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS
9 9 6 2 Terry John Washko, 100004 S. Bloomington,
Streator, IL 6 1 6 3 4 , By H. St. John # 8 0 0 0 ( I ,
Battleships, Ammunitions ships and Oilers)
9 9 6 3 Roger A. Wentworth, 154 Braelinn Courts, Peach.
tree City, GA 3 0 2 6 9 , By C. Dietz # 8 0 4 6 , (X,
Canal Zone covers only)
9964 Alvin L. Eckert, 5 1 McConnell Lane, Walnut Creek,
CA 9 4 5 9 6 , By Decatur Chapter, (I)
9 9 6 5 Otto M. Van Duyn, Ph.D., 8 0 8 Driftwood, League
City, TX 7 7 5 7 3 , By J . Treutle » 3 2 0 1
9 9 6 6 Ernest S. Peyton, P.O. Box 2 4 8 1 6 , Tempe, AZ
8 5 2 8 2 , By W. MacMilian # 3 8 2 5
9 9 6 7 William H. Lyons, 2 1 7 0 2 Dumetz Road, Woodland
Hills, CA 9 1 3 6 4 , By J . Bosley, # 7 4 8 8 , (X,Deutsch
Seapost, Marine Schiffpost and all pre-WWI)
9 9 6 8 Charles Thornton, 4 7 8 S. Harrison, Spencer, IN
4 7 4 6 0 , By J. Milewski # 4 6 0 4 , (VI, VII, of WWII)
F9969Licia Brown,7 Pinecrest Dr. ,Springfield,MA 0 1 1 1 8
F9970 Grace Reale, 31 Concord Circle, Weatherfield, CT
06109
F9971 Christine Williams, P.O. Box 4 2 5 , Spring Valley,
CA 9 2 0 7 7
9 9 7 2 Thierry Delespesse, Survey Section SHAPE, APO,
NY 0 9 0 5 5 - 5 0 0 0
REINSTATEMENTS
3 9 1 7 Thomas G, Hirschinger, 141 Gordon Ave.,
Wadsworth, OH 4 4 2 8 1
6 1 3 0 Edward G. Smith, Jr., 16 Montrose Ave., Delaware
OH 43015
CHANGES OF ADDRESS & CORRECTIONS
9644 Gene Barnes, HM2, USN, (Ret.), 1350 Norway St.,
N.E., Salem, OR 9 7 3 0 3
9 9 2 1 Hugo Van den Boogaert, Waterbaan 136, 2 1 0 0
Deurne, Belgium
9 7 0 1 Francis T. Brophy, 28 Ryan St., Apt # 3 7 , Port
Jervis, NY 12771
4 3 4 5 Joseph Butkus, 3 7 3 Ferry St., Maiden, MA 0 2 1 4 8
7 8 9 3 Richard Brown ,7 Pincrest Dr.,Springfield,MA 0 1 1 1 8
9 5 3 6 Rudolf G. Cantu, 1320 Owyhee Dr., Mountain Home,
ID 8 3 6 4 7
5 0 3 2 Norman J. Freguson, P.O. Box 4 4 4 4 , Lawton, Ml
49064-0444
9 8 1 1 Robert J. Hausin,643 5th Ave.,S..Naples,FL 3 3 9 4 0
8 6 4 3 Steven C. Logue,475 N.Midway,Escondido,CA92097
9 7 7 9 John H. Minsker,104 Maple Rd,E. Aurora.NY 14052
8 4 7 6 Andrew Mitchell, P.O.Box 5 , Tariffville, CT 0 6 0 8 1
7 9 2 1 Dean C. Smith, 1601 Rt 2 3 , Butler, NJ 0 7 4 0 5
* 4 1 6 3 H. Malcolm Richert, 4555 N. 127th St., Butler,
Wl 5 3 0 0 7
9 6 4 2 Kenneth R. Simon, 5 1 3 6th Ave., S., Lake Worth,
FL 3 3 4 6 0 - 4 5 0 7
9 9 4 7 James A. Williamson, 15 Lincoln St., Unionville, CT
06085
RESIGNATIONS
9 5 0 7 King Parker, 1403 Via Loma.Walnut Creek.CA 9 4 5 9
9 3 8 0 Hugo Lundquist,99 Marwood Rd., Rochester,NY
* 7 4 5 2 John T. McLane, Jr., 10 Lakeside Dr., Matawan,
NJ 0 7 7 4 7
9 2 4 3 Urs Rindlisbacher, P.O. Box 8 0 , Ch8483, Kollbrunn,
March, 1998
Switzerland
DECEASED
8 2 4 7 Louis I. Goldfarb
MEMBERSHIP RECAP
Membership on 1 2 - 1 8 - 8 7
1542
New members
11
Reinstatements
2
Resignations
4
Deceased
1
Membership on 1 - 1 8 - 8 8
„...:
1550
1 9 8 7 MEMBERSHIP DRIVE CONTEST
By Lorraine k'ozicki
The final figures are in for the 1987 membership drive
and 3 8 members sponsored one or more new members.
Seven members sponsored more than five members
including David Kent (H5148) and our President, Richard
F. Hoffner, Sr., (4456) sponsored six new members.
The following members have earned their dues paid for *
the 1988 fiscal year:
Ted Bahry
# 7 5 3 5 - 1 1 new members
John J. Milewski., Sr., #4604 - 8 new members
James A. Klinger
# 4 9 7 9 - 5 new members
John J. Milewski, Jr., # 6 4 7 1 - 5 new members
Decatur Chapter #4 was the leading chapter to recruit
four new members.
The Officers and Board extend a
special "THANK YOU" to the above for their efforts.
We also extend our appreciation to the the following
memebers for their recruiting efforts: Helen St. John
# 8 0 0 0 , ( 4 ) ; Chuck Sass # 3 7 7 0 ; Luc DeMay # 8 4 8 5 ;
George Barber # 7 4 0 3 ; Paul Huber # 8 0 0 4 ; Gunter Segers
# 8 6 4 1 ; and Lorraine Kozicki # 7 6 7 6 (3) new members
each. Frank Hoak # H 6 1 9 4 ; H. Tiffner # 9 8 9 5 and Taz
Nicholson #H839 (2) new members each. The following
members recruited one member each: R. George # 9 7 5 6 ;
Jim Myerson # H 6 3 9 4 ; H. Babb # 9 6 4 3 ; Nathan Hale
Chapter # 6 8 ; A. Rawson # 9 8 3 1 ; Tom McGrath # 3 8 6 5 ;
Larry Wendell # 9 3 7 9 ; R. Porter # 9 4 3 2 , F. Petrillo
# 8 5 7 8 ; J. Ullmann, Inc., # 9 7 2 4 ; Bill Lawton # H 2 5 0 0 ;
Matt Infeld # 7 7 9 8 ; J. De Bruyne # 9 6 0 8 ; Ray Costa
# H 3 0 7 2 ; and H. Wolski # 9 3 8 4 .
Reinstatements and
family memberships are not included.
We cannot prosper or carry on succesfully without fresh
blood pumping into our Society; new members are the
lifeline. „ I urge every member to recruit at least one new
members in the coming year.
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has an incorrect address; costs the USCS 3 0 cents. If
you are moving permanently, please let the MAILING
LIST MANAGER know a month before changing your
address. If the address on this copy of the LOG isn't
correct, please clip i t ; then mail it along with the
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Manager,
P.O.
Box
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Britain,
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