Description: Submarine USS S-1 SS-105 Naval Cover 1937 DECOMMISSIONED USS PHILADELPHIAIt was sent 20 Oct 1937. It was franked with stamp "Navy Heroes".This cover is in good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement. Member USCS & APS (I also earned the stamp collecting merit badge as a boy!). Please contact me if you have specific cover needs. I have thousands for sale, including; navals (USS, USNS, USCGC, Coast Guard, ship, Maritime), military posts, event, APO, hotel, postal history, memorabilia, etc. I also offer approvals service with FREE SHIPPING to repeat USA customers.ok up local operations out of her home port, Charleston, South Carolina. Assigned to Mine Division (MinDiv) 84, she conducted her first eastern Atlantic-Mediterranean deployment in the fall of 1956. The four-month deployment was followed by a return to minesweeping exercises in the Caribbean and off the Carolina and Florida coasts. Assigned various dutiesBiennially deployed to the Mediterranean for duty with the U.S. 6th Fleet from that time until 1967, she was employed on projects for the Naval Mine Warfare School at Charleston, the Mine Defense Laboratory at Panama City, Florida, and the Naval Ordnance Test Facility at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during her U.S. 2d Fleet duty. Occasionally assigned to planeguard duty for helicopters from amphibious assault ships, target towing, and to patrol duties, she was also a unit of the Project Mercury recovery force in January 1962 and participated in the recovery effort of the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash.[1] Her last 6th Fleet tour of dutyIn January 1968, Sagacity steamed east for her last tour with the U.S. 6th Fleet, spending most of her time in the western Mediterranean. She returned to Charleston in June; and, until March 1970, operated off the U.S. East Coast. Grounding in Charleston harborIn March 1970, she grounded at the entrance to Charleston harbor, causing extensive damage to her rudders, shafts, screws, keel, and hull. Inactivation and decommissioningFive months later, as the Navy continued its force level reduction, Sagacity was ordered inactivated. She was decommissioned and struck from the Navy list on 1 October 1970. In 1971, she was sold for scrapping.
Price: 9.99 USD
Location: Weaverville, North Carolina
End Time: 2024-11-24T22:53:22.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.5 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Condition: Used
Postal History: MSO
Place of Origin: United States
Country of Manufacture: United States
Grade: Ungraded
Certification: Uncertified
Vessel: Minesweeper
Denomination: 5 Cent
Year of Issue: 1961-1970
Type: vessel
Era: Vietnam War
Quality: Used
Branch: Navy
State: South Carolina
Naval: USS
Country: United States
Event: Naval
People & Occupations: sailor
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Ships, Boats
Cancellation Type: Ship Cancel
