Submarines continued page 4
Collecting Submarine Covers – Page 4 of 4
by Ned Harris (USCS # 3608)
On March 17, 1959 the U.S.S. Skate (SSN-578), under the command of Commander James F. Calvert, became the first submarine to break through the ice and surface at the North Pole. It’s commemorative mail received a special one day cancel and cachet, creating one of the most elusive covers of submarine North Pole postal history (no collector mail is believed to have been carried on this classified trip).
Cover carried aboard U.S.S. Skate when she was the first to surface at the North Pole
Cover carried aboard U.S.S. Triton on the first submerged circumnavigation.
The history of the U.S. Navy’s submarine fleet is most interesting and collecting submarine covers is a great way to document their accomplishments.
View an exhibit of naval covers:
A History of the Submarines Built at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard
By Steve Shay (Member #10,821) of the Universal Ship Cancellation Society
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To view a list of United States submarines lost during World War 2:
PAGE 1 and 2 OF ETERNAL PATROL GROUP OF 52 LOST SUBS, DATA SHEET #2
This list is page 1 and 2 of Data Sheet #2 published by the Universal Ship Cancellation Society. This data sheet also includes a list of U.S. submarine disasters during peacetime, a list of ships supporting Operation Crossroads as well as the target list, Operation Highjump information, Operation Inland Seas information and a list of battleships of the US Navy. This Data Sheet is available for sale from the Universal Cancellation Society.
