Ship covers and cancellations offer a fascinating insight into Naval History of the United States. Events like Keel Layings, Christenings, Commssionings, De-commsisionings, Re-commissionings, sinkings, and a...
USS Semmes (DD-189/AG-24/CG-20) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first Navy ship named for Commander Raphael Semmes (1809–1877). Semmes was laid down...
U.S. Navy Ship Postmarks About 1930 USN medical doctor Francis Locy (LO-see) invented the postmark classification system that bears his name. He transferred his copyright to the USCS Universal Ship...
USS NORTH CAROLINA if you ever get a chance, you must visit to the USS NORTH CAROLINA she is moored in the cape fear river , just across from the city of Wilmington North Carolina . She was...
What is a Naval Cover? What is a cover?-- "Cover" usually means a stamp collector's envelope. The official definition, from the days of Queen Anne and Louis XIV, includes any kind of postal wrapper. What is...