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NavSource Online Naval History

U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
POSTAL COVERS

Contributed by Jack Treutle
unless otherwise noted

Available covers, listed alphabetically by ship's name

Aircraft Carriers
Abraham Lincoln — Boxer — Carl Vinson — Constellation — Dwight D. Eisenhower — Forrestal — Independence (ii) — Lexington (i) — Midway — Nimitz — Oriskany — Philippine Sea — Ranger (ii) — Ronald Reagan — Saratoga (ii) — Wasp (ii) — Yorktown (i)

Escort Carriers
Mindoro — Rendova

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
USS LEXINGTON (CV-2)
NS-pc020201	80K	U.S.S. LEXINGTON C. A. BLAKELY, CAPT. U.S.N., COM*D'G A. D. HERNHARD, COMDR., U.S.N., EXEC. OFF. EAST COAST CRUISE 1934 ENROUTE MIAMI MACON ATTACKS LEXINGTON Dated May 8, 1934.	CV-2 page
USS YORKTOWN (CV-5)
NS-pc020501	109K	U.S.S. YORKTOWN Launching NEWPORT NEWS, VA." Dated April 4, 1936 (USS San Francisco (CA-38)).	CV-5 page
USS WASP (CV-18 / CVA-18 / CVS-18)
NS-pc021801	18K	USS WASP CVS-18 Gemini - 9 27-52.00 N 75-02.8 W 1600.23Q 6 June 1966 Astronauts TOM STAFFORD EUGENE CERNAN RECOVERY SHIP Dated 6 June 1966.	CV-18 page
USS BOXER (CV-21 / CVA-21 / CVS-21 / LPH-4)
NS-pc022101	19K	Dated October 1956.	CV-21 page
USS ORISKANY (CV-34 / CVA-34 / CV-34)
NS-pc023401	27K	IN TRIBUTE TO the men who died in the fire aboard the . . . USS ORISKANY CVA 34 October 26, 1966 Dated October 26, 1967. With CO autograph	CV-34 page
USS MIDWAY (CVB-41 / CVA-41 / CV-41)
NS-pc024102	38K	USS Midway (CVA-41) returned from the Western Pacific on Saturday, 20 October 1962. Submitted by Chet Morris.	CV-41 page
NS-pc024101	36K	The San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum Dated January 10, 2004.	CV-41 page
USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47 / CVA-47 / CVS-47 / AVT-11)
NS-pc024701	17K	We Must Do All We Can! Dated July 8, 1947.	CV-47 page
USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59 / CV-59 / AVT-59)
NS-pc025901	22K	U.S. NAVAL JET FLIGHT FLOWN ON BOARD "SKY-HAWK" A4D In the Eastern Mediterranean From the deck of the carrier U. S. S. FORRESTAL (CVA-59) Dated January 1, 1959.	CV-59 page
USS SARATOGA (CVA-60 / CV-60)
NS-pc026001	300K	OPERATION DESERT STORM February 27, 1991 LIBERATION OF KUWAIT USS SARATOGA (CV 60) Dated March 7, 1991.	CV-60 page
USS RANGER (CVA-61 / CV-61)
NS-pc026101	100K	KEEL LAYING SUPER CARRIER U.S.S. RANGER Dated August 2, 1954 (USS Rushmore (LSD-14)). Submitted by Ken Shafer.	CV-61 page
NS-pc026102	123K	USS RANGER CVA 61 DATE OF COMMISSIONING Past / Present Dated August 10, 1957. Submitted by Ken Shafer.	CV-61 page
USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62 / CV-62)
NS-pc026201	42K	U.S.S. INDEPENDENCE - CVA-62 FIRST DAY IN COMMISSION Dated January 10, 1959.	CV-62 page
USS CONSTELLATION (CVA-64 / CV-64)
NS-pc026401	23K	LAST DAY OF COMMISSION USS CONSTELLATION CV-64 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Dated August 7, 2003.	CV-64 page
USS NIMITZ (CVAN-68 / CVN-68)
NS-pc026801	56K	Dated January 19, 1989.	CVN-68 page
USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69)
NS-pc026901	78K	Dispatched from hostile fire combat zone Dated February 5, 1992. Submitted by Mark Treutle	CVN-69 page
USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70)
NS-pc027001	33K	Dated October 7, 2004. USS Constellation 37-cent Commemorative Stamp [150th anniversary of her launch]. USS Constellation (CV-64) Comm 10-27-61 ** Decom 8-7-03 Undocking dry-dock #6	CVN-70 page
USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)
NS-pc027202	26K	PRESIDENTIAL VISIT Dated May 1, 2003. Visit by President George W. Bush.	CVN-72 page
NS-pc027203	191K	Tsunami Relief Sumatera, Indonesia Dated January 26, 2005.	CVN-72 page
NS-pc027201	42K	Dated February 27, 2005.	CVN-72 page
USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN-76)
NS-pc027601	203K	This is a documented collector's envelope dispatched from USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) to commemorate the historic occasion: Initial Flight Certification made by VX-23 out of Patuxent River Naval Air Station; LCDR J. Hansen piloted the initial flight This is one of six collector's envelopes mailed to record the event for naval postal aviation history. Dated July 24, 2003.	CVN-76 page
ESCORT CARRIERS
USS RENDOVA (CVE-114)
NS-pc0311401	22K	U. S. N FIRST DAY CANCELS RE - ESTABLISHED *** * * *** Dated February 1, 1951.	CVE-114 page
USS MINDORO (CVE-120)
NS-pc0312001	40K	June 15, 1952 Father's Day Keep Me Smiling Dated June 15, 1952.	CVE-120 page
For more Postal Covers, see: The Ships of Pearl Harbor, contributed by Jon Burdett USN Postal Covers from the Past, contributed by Paul Petosky and Darryl Baker