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University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections USS (United States Ship) Postal Covers Collection USS Postal Covers Collection. Printed material, 1927–1995. 1.33 feet. Subject collection. Postal covers (1927–1995) from United States ships, including cruisers and destroyer escorts. Many of these covers have been cacheted to commemorate historic figures and events, and are postmarked on board the ships. ________________ Box 1 Folder: 1. USS Albany, CA 123 heavy cruiser, 1946-1953. 2. USS Arkansas, CA 34 heavy cruiser, 1937. 3. USS Astoria, CA 34 heavy cruiser, 1934-1941. 4. USS Augusta, CA 31 heavy cruiser, 1932-1995. 5. USS Baltimore, CA 68 heavy cruiser, 1944-1955. 6. USS Boston, CA 69 heavy cruiser, 1943-1955. 7. USS Bremerton, CA 130 heavy cruiser, 1945-1954. 8. USS California, 1939. 9. USS Canberra, CA 70 heavy cruiser, 1943-1946. 10. USS Chester, CA 27 heavy cruiser, 1930-1943. 11. USS Chicago, CA 29 heavy cruiser, 1932-1946. 12. USS Colorado, CA 7 heavy cruiser, 1937. 13. USS Columbus, CA 74 heavy cruiser, 1945-1958. 14. USS Des Moines, C 15 cruiser, 1915-1953. 15. USS Fall River, CA 131 heavy cruiser, 194?. 16. USS Helena, CA 75 heavy cruiser, 1945-1948. 17. USS Houston, 1938. 18. USS Indianapolis, CA 35 heavy cruiser, 1934-1944. 19. USS Los Angeles, CA 135 heavy cruiser, 1945-1962. 20. USS Louisville, CA 28 heavy cruiser, 1934-1945. 21. USS Macon, CA 132 heavy cruiser, 1947-1959. 22. USS Minneapolis, C 13 cruiser, 1918-1945. 23. USS New Orleans, CA 32 heavy cruiser, 1933-1945. 24. USS Newport News, CA 148 heavy cruiser, 1952-1965. 25. USS Northampton, CL 26 light cruiser, 1931-1941. 26. USS Oklahoma, 1927, 1929, 1936, 1937, 1945. 27. USS Oregon City, CA 122 heavy cruiser, 1945-1947. 28. USS Pensacola, CA 24 heavy cruiser, 1933-1942. 29. USS Pittsburgh, CA 72 heavy cruiser, 1946-1952. 30. USS Portland, CA 33 heavy cruiser, 1933-1942. 31. USS Quincy, CA 39 heavy cruiser, 1936-1952. 32. USS Rochester, CA 124 heavy cruiser, 1947-1956. 33. USS Saint Paul, CA 73 heavy cruiser, 1945-1964. 34. USS Salem, Ca 139 heavy cruiser, 1944-1956. 35. USS Salt Lake City, CA 25 heavy cruiser, 1931-1949. 36. USS San Francisco, CA 38 heavy cruiser, 1934-1940. 37. USS Seattle, CA 11 heavy cruiser, 1927-1945. 38. USS Texas, 1933. 39. USS Toledo, CA 133 heavy cruiser, 1949-1955. 40. USS Tulsa, PG 22, 1934. 41. USS Tuscaloosa, CA 37 heavy cruiser, 1935-1944. 42. USS Utah, 1945. 43. USS Vincennes, CA 44 heavy cruiser, 1937-1940. 44. USS Wichita, CA 45 heavy cruiser, 1939-1945. 45. USS Wyoming, undated. 46. Bulletin for Wilson Memorial Methodist Church in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 1942. Box 2 Folder: 1. USS Abercrombie, DE 343 destroyer escort, 1944. 2. USS Acree, DE 167 destroyer escort, 1944. 3. USS Ahrens, DE 575 destroyer escort, 1944. 4. USS Alger, DE 101 destroyer escort, 1944. 5. USS Edward H. Allen, DE 531 destroyer escort, 1944. 6. USS Amesbury, DE 66 destroyer escort, 1944. 7. USS Amick, DE 168 destroyer escort, 1944. 8. USS Andres, DE 45 destroyer escort, 1944. 9. USS Atherton, DE 169 destroyer escort, 1944. 10. USS Austin, DE 15 destroyer escort, 1943. 11. USS Baker, DE 190 destroyer escort, 1944. 12. USS Paul G. Baker, DE 642 destroyer escort, 1945. 13. USS Bangust, DE 739 destroyer escort, 1943. 14. USS Barber, DE 161 destroyer escort, 1944. 15. USS Baron, DE 166 destroyer escort, 1944-1968. 16. USS Barr, DE 576 destroyer escort, 1943. 17. USS Bates, DE 68 destroyer escort, 1944. 18. USS John M. Bermingham, DE 530 destroyer escort, 1944. 19. USS Blair, DE 147 destroyer escort, 1944. 20. USS J.R.Y. Blakely, DE 140 destroyer escort, undated. 21. USS Blessman, DE 69 destroyer escort, 1944. 22. USS Booth, DE 170 destroyer escort, 1944. 23. USS Borum, DE 790 destroyer escort, 1944. 24. USS Bostwick, DE 103 destroyer escort, 1944. 25. USS Bowers, DE 637 destroyer escort, 1944-1945. 26. USS Robert Brazier, DE 345 destroyer escort, 1944. 27. USS Brackett, DE 41 destroyer escort, 1945. 28. USS Breeman, DE 104 destroyer escort, 1944. 29. USS Bright, DE 747 destroyer escort, 1944. 30. USS Brister, DE 327 destroyer escort, 1944. 31. USS Brough, DE 148 destroyer escort, 1944. 32. USS Walter S. Brown, DE 258 destroyer escort, 1944. 33. USS Buckley, DE 51 destroyer escort, 1945. 34. USS Bull, DE 693 destroyer escort, 1943. 35. USS Richard S. Bull, DE 402 destroyer escort, 1945. 36. USS Bunch, DE 694 destroyer escort, 1944. 37. USS Burke, DE 215 destroyer escort, 1944. 38. USS Burrows, DE 105 destroyer escort, 1944. 39. USS John C. Butler, DE 339 destroyer escort, 1944. 40. USS Camp, DE 251 destroyer escort, 1944. 41. USS Joseph E. Campbell, DE 70 destroyer escort, 1944. 42. USS Cannon, DE 99 destroyer escort, 1944. 43. USS Carroll, DE 171 destroyer escort, 1944. 44. USS Carter, DE 112 destroyer escort, 1945. 45. USS Chaffee, DE 230 destroyer escort, 1944. 46. USS Chambers, DE 391 destroyer escort, 1945. 47. USS Chase, DE 158 destroyer escort, 1944. 48. USS Edgar G. Chase, DE 16 destroyer escort, 1944. 49. USS Chatelain, DE 149 destroyer escort, 1944. 50. USS Chistopher, DE 100 destroyer, 1944. 51. USS Howard F. Clark, DE 533 destroyer escort, 1944. 52. USS Cloues, DE 265 destroyer escort, undated. 53. USS Cockrill, DE 398 destroyer escort, 1944. 54. USS Cofer, DE 208 destroyer escort, 1944. 55. USS Coffman, DE 191 destroyer escort, 1944. 56. USS Conklin, DE 439 destroyer escort, 1944. 57. USS Coolbaugh, DE 217 destroyer escort, 1944. 58. USS Cooner, DE 172 destroyer escort, 1944. 59. USS Corbesier, DE 438 destroyer escort, 1944. 60. USS Cronin, DE 704 destroyer escort, 1944. 61. USS Crouter, DE 11 destroyer escort, 1944. 62. USS H.D. Crow, DE 252 destroyer escort, 1944. 63. USS Crowley, DE 303 destroyer escort, 1945. 64. USS Currier, DE 700 destroyer escort, 1944. 65. USS Daniel, DE 335 destroyer escort, 1944. 66. USS Frederick C. Davis, DE 136 destroyer escort, 1944. 67. USS Day, DE 225 destroyer escort, 1944. 68. USS Deede, DE 263 destroyer escort, 1943. 69. USS DE Long, DE 684 destroyer escort, 1944. 70. USS Dempsey, DE 26 destroyer escort, 1944. 71. USS Dennis, DE 405 destroyer escort, 1944. 72. USS Dionne, DE 261 destroyer escort, 1945. 73. USS Dobler, DE 48 destroyer escort, 1944. 74. USS Doherty, DE 14 destroyer escort, 1945. 75. USS Donaldson, DE 44 destroyer escort, undated. 76. USS Doneff, DE 49 destroyer escort, 1945. 77. USS Dufilho, DE 423 destroyer escort, 1945. 78. USS Durik, DE 666 destroyer escort, 1944. 79. USS Ebert, DE 768 destroyer escort, 1945. 80. USS Edmonds, DE 406 destroyer escort, 1944. 81. USS Edsall, DE 129 destroyer escort, 1944. 82. USS Eisele, DE 34 destroyer escort, 1944. 83. USS Eisner, DE 192 destroyer escort, 1944. 84. USS Eldridge, DE 173 destroyer escort, 1944. 85. USS Enright, DE 216 destroyer escort, 1945. 86. USS Eugene E. Elmore, DE 686 destroyer escort, 1944. 87. USS Emery, DE 28 destroyer escort, 1943. 88. USS Engstrom, DE 50 destroyer escort, 1945. 89. USS Evarts, DE 5 destroyer escort, 1944. 90. USS Falgout, De 324 Destroyer escort, 1944. 91. USS Fessenden, DE 142 destroyer escort, 1944. 92. USS Finnegan, DE 307 destroyer escort, 1944. 93. USS Fiske, DE 143 destroyer escort, 1944. 94. USS Flaherty, DE 135 destroyer escort, 1944. 95. USS Fleming, DE 32 destroyer escort, 1944. 96. USS Fogg, DE 57 destroyer escort, 1944. 97. USS Foss, DE 59 destroyer escort, 1944. 98. USS Fowler, DE 222 destroyer escort, 1944. 99. USS Lee Fox, DE 65 destroyer escort, 1944. 100. USS Frament, DE 677 destroyer escort, 1943. 101. USS Frost, DE 144 destroyer escort, 1944. 102. USS Frybarger, DE 705 destroyer escort, 1944. 103. USS Gandy, DE 764 destroyer escort, 1944. 104. USS Gantner, DE 60 destroyer escort, undated. 105. USS Gary, DE 326 destroyer escort, 1944. 106. USS Gillette, DE 681 destroyer escort, undated. 107. USS Greiner, DE 37 destroyer escort, 1945. 108. USS Gilligan, DE 568 destroyer escort, 1944. 109. USS Daniel T. Griffin, DE 54 destroyer escort, 1944. 110. USS Griswold, DE 7 destroyer escort, 1945. 111. USS Gunason, DE 795 destroyer escort, 1944. 112. USS Gustafson, DE 182 destroyer escort, 1944. 113. USS Haines, DE 792 destroyer escort, 1944. 114. USS Halloran, DE 305 destroyer escort, 1945. 115. USS Hammann, DE 131 destroyer escort, 1944. 116. USS Le Hardy, DE 20 destroyer escort, 1945. 117. USS Haverfield, DE 393 destroyer escort, 1944. 118. USS Hayter, DE 212 destroyer escort, 1944. 119. USS Hill, DE 141 destroyer escort, 1944. 120. USS Hissem, DE 400 destroyer escort, 1945. 121. USS Holder, DE 401 destroyer escort, 1944. 122. USS Hollis, DE 794 destroyer escort, undated. 123. USS Holt, DE 706 destroyer escort, 1944. 124. USS Holton, DE 703 destroyer escort, 1944. 125. USS Hopping, DE 155 destroyer escort, 1944. 126. USS Douglas L. Howard, DE 138 destroyer escort, 1944. 127. USS Hubbard, DE 211 destroyer escort, 1944. 128. USS Hurst, DE 250 destroyer escort, 1944. 129. USS Huse, DE 145 destroyer escort, 1944. 130. USS Inch, DE 146 destroyer escort, 1944. Box 3 Folder: 1. USS Reuben James, DE 153 destroyer escort, 1944. 2. USS Janssen, DE 396 destroyer escort, 1944. 3. USS Ira Jeffery, DE 63 destroyer escort, 1944. 4. USS Jenks, DE 665 destroyer escort, 1944. 5. USS Earl V. Johnson, DE 702 destroyer escort, 1944. 6. USS George A. Johnson, DE 583 destroyer escort, 1944. 7. USS Herbert C. Jones, DE 137 destroyer escort, 1944.
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