OtherUS Odds and Ends
Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
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c 1918 |
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Real Photo Post Card - |
Published by A.R.A. - American Recreation Association. In memory of Bruce Ford Reed (1895-1988) from BJ Zamora.
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c 1918 |
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Real Photo Post Card - |
Published by A.R.A. - American Recreation Association. In memory of Bruce Ford Reed (1895-1988) from BJ Zamora.
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c 1918 |
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Real Photo Post Card - WWI Convoy- |
Published by A.R.A. - American Recreation Association. In memory of Bruce Ford Reed (1895-1988) from BJ Zamora.
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c 1918 |
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Real Photo Post Card - |
Published by A.R.A. - American Recreation Association. In memory of Bruce Ford Reed (1895-1988) from BJ Zamora.
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c 1918 |
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Real Photo Post Card - |
Published by The Brown Brothers, Newport News VA. Message says "This is the way they take water over the bow in a storm. I have seen them do this for days."
In memory of Bruce Ford Reed (1895-1988) from BJ Zamora.
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1905-12-17 |
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"CORSICAN in Lachine Rapids" (Saint Lawrence River)
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1908-10-08 |
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"Boston Floating Hospital, Boston Harbor, Mass."
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1910-07-30 |
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Catalina Islands |
"Glass bottom power boat "EMPRESS" landing on the beach at Catalina Island"
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1913-06-16 |
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SS GRAND REPUBLIC |
Picture postcard
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1918-02-27 |
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Notes: Flag cancel from the U.S. Army Postal Service
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1928-02-13 |
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SS HARTFORD |
Picture postcard
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1931-09-03 |
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Maiden Voyage to Honolulu |
Cachet by Hawaiian Philatelic Society
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1931-11-12 |
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First Port Call to Honolulu |
Cachet by Royal C Hendricks
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1932-05-10 |
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Dollar Steamship Line |
Cacheted
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1935-08-08 |
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Last Trip for 1935 |
Cacheted
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1935-03-14 |
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Ship Mail |
Cacheted
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1938-05-08 |
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Maiden Voyage |
Cachet by Holland America Line
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1939-09-16 |
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Marine Department return
S. S. ROBIN ADAIR
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1940-04-20 |
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Bahamas-Williamson Undersea Expedition SL |
"Treasury/Bahamas" marking, also "Paid At Bahamas" marking.
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1940-05-06 |
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Bahamas-Williamson Undersea Expedition SL |
"Posted in Williamson Photosphere / at Bottom of Sea, Near Nassau, / in the Bahamas."
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1940-12-25 |
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Christmas Day |
Built: Oct 1931, Launched: February 1931, Converted to Troop Carrier: 1941, Sank: Oct 1942
Upon her approach to Espiritu Santo on October 26, 1942, the SS Coolidge, fearing Japanese submarines and unaware of the mine fields, attempted to enter the harbor through the largest and most obvious channel. A friendly mine struck the ship at the engine room and moments later, a second mine hit her near the stern.
Captain Henry Nelson, knowing that he was going to lose the ship, ran her aground and ordered troops to abandon ship. Not believing the ship would sink, troops were told to leave all of their belongings behind under the impression that they would conduct salvage operations over the next few days.
Over the course of the next 90 minutes, 5,340 men got safely off of the wreck and to shore. There was no panic as the troops disembarked - many even walked to shore. However, the captain's attempts to beach the ship were unsuccessful due to the coral reef. The SS Coolidge listed heavily on her side, sank, and slid down the slope into the channel. She now rests on her port side with her bow at a depth of 70 ft and her stern at 240 ft.
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1940-12-31 |
Notes: Cachet Makers: Floyd C Hayes and
J Lothian.
Hayes is ANCS 977 and the back of the cover has his address stamp while he was stationed at Fort Shafter. It has his middle initial as "G" instead of "C". See also: Pearl Harbor Attack
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1941-08-07 |
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Note: Cachet director is P. Gross. There is an artist signature in the cachet but it is too small to make out.
See also: Pearl Harbor Attack
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1942-03-30 |
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Liberty Ship |
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1944 |
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Censored wartime (WWII) use
S. S. GULF CARRIBBEAN
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1944-06-08 |
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U.S. FLEET POST OFFICE WASHINGTON D.C.
From back of USS MENGES DE-320 cover
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1945-03-02 |
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S. S. JOSEPH GOLDBERGER
Censored wartime (WWII) use
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1945-03-31 |
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S. S. KATHIO
Armed Guard Unit
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1945-06-11 |
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U.S.C.G. Army Y-21
Back is clean
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1945-07-04 |
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S.S. JOHN MASON
Back is clean
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1945-10-11 |
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Merchant Marine Tanker S.S. ARICKAREE
Back is clean
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1946-01-04 |
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Return to USS ATA-173
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1946-05-02 |
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Liberty Ship |
KL 11/20/44 - LAU 01/11/45 - DEL 02/10/45. Cover courtesy of Tom Kean, cachet by Boyer
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c1947 |
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Operated with the USAT from 1944-1946 as a Troop Carrier (USAT Saturnia 1944), then Hospital Ship (USAHS Francis Y. Slanger Jan 1945-Dec 1945) and back to a Troop Carrier (USAT Saturnia 1946) before repatriated back to the Italian government in 1947.
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1947-07-16 |
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Collectors request |
Delivered in 1945, Scrapped in 1976. Cachet by Harry Ioor. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.
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1950-02-23 |
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1959-07-21 |
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First Atomic Liner |
Note: Signed by Sponsor - First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower
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1964-09-28 |
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Commissioning of - |
Cachet by the Corvallis Philatelic Stamp Club. From the Rich Hoffner collection.
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1970-06-20 |
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1977-09-12 |
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Note:
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1979-02-12 |
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Sailor Mail |
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74 was established on April 28 1943.
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2004-05-08 |
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Launching & Christening |
Cover by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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2004-05-08 |
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Launching & Christening |
Cover by Gregory Mews, autographed by John J. Marchi
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2005-10-25 |
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100th Anniversary of the Staten Island Ferry System |
Cover by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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2019-05-18 |
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2019 Maritime Expo / Open House |
SS JOHN W. BROWN was a WWII Liberty Ship named after John W. Brown, a labor leader from Maine who had died in 1941. She was launched on September 7, 1942 from the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland. The JOHN W. BROWN made 13 voyages during World War II. In 1946 the government loaned the JOHN W. BROWN to the City of New York, where she became a floating maritime high school, the only one in the United States. The ship served in that capacity from 1946 to 1982. Acquired by Project Liberty Ship, Inc., the JOHN W. BROWN arrived in Baltimore to serve as a museum ship and memorial in 1988. Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner
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