Recovery Force Ships
| Ship | Type | Designation | Covers |
|
Atlantic |
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PRS - Carrier |
CVS-18 |
Y (Rare)6 |
|
|
SRS - Oiler |
AO-56 |
Y |
|
|
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-824 |
Y |
|
|
USS Fearless |
SRS - Ocean Minesweeper |
MSO-442 |
N |
|
SRS - Ocean Minesweeper |
MSO-443 |
Y (Rare) |
|
|
USS Jonus Ingram |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-938 |
N |
|
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-778 |
Y |
|
|
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-841 |
Y |
|
|
USS Paiute |
SRS - Fleet Ocean Tug |
AFT-159 |
N |
|
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-888 |
Y |
|
|
Pacific |
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USS Cochrane |
SRS - Guided Missile Destroyer |
DDG-21 |
N |
|
USS George K MacKenzie |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-836 |
N |
|
USS Renshaw |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-499 |
N |
|
USS Rupertus |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-851 |
N |
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Contigency Recovery Ship (on station in port) - Altantic |
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CRS - Destroyer |
DD-849 |
Y |
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Tracking & Communications Ships |
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USNS Rose Knot |
TS - Altantic |
T-AGM 14 |
Y (Scarce) |
|
USNS Coastal Sentry |
TS - Pacific |
T-AGM 15 |
Y (Scarce) |
|
TS - Position Unknown |
T-AGM 1 |
Y (Scarce) |
|
|
Communications Relay Ship - Position Unknown |
T-AG 164 |
Y (Scarce) |
|
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Not Involved |
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|
Destroyer |
DD-704 |
Y |
|
|
Ship |
Description of Postmark |
Scarcity |
|---|---|---|
| USS Wasp | Hand Cancel PM | Rare |
| USS Wasp4 | Machine Cancel AM | Only 1 known |
|
Cachet |
Description of Cachet |
Colours | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navy Recovery Force Cachet Atlantic |
Designed by Morris Beck it shows a capsule & agena |
Black | Rubber Stamp |
| Beck Cachet - Atlantic | Same as Navy Cachet | Pink-Silver-Black | Printed |
| GTA-6 Cachet | A small circular text cachet usually appears as an extra cachet. Produced by Morris Beck or Harry Gordon | Black, Red | Rubber Stamp |
| CANCELLED Cachet | A cancel that has been applied on top of the Beck/Navy cachet | Black, Red | Rubber Stamp |
| George Goldey Cachet | John F Kennedy bust | Apple Green | Rubber Stamp |
|
Ship |
Known Cachet Colours |
Beck Numbers |
| USS Aucilla | Black | 588 |
| USS Basilone | Black | 587 |
| USS Borie (DNP) | Black | 586 |
| USS Richard E Kraus | Black | 591 |
| USS Massy | Black | 592 |
| USS Noa | Black | 589 |
| USS Stickell | Black | 590 |
|
Postmark |
Comments |
|---|---|
| Hand Cancel | |
| Hand Cancel | |
| Hand Cancel | USS Wasp4 |
| Hand Cancel | USS Wasp7 |
| Machine Cancel | USS Wasp4 |
Note:
1) Scan from Steve Durst
3) Some covers are overprinted with a CANCELLED stamp
4) From the collection of Steve Durst
5) From the collection of Tom Steiner
6) 8-12 covers have now been seen. Still an extremely rare cover
7) From the collection of David Ball
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