Recovery Force Ships
| Ship |
Type |
Designation | Covers |
|
Atlantic (Task Force Alfa) |
|||
|
PRS (actual) - Destroyer |
DD-780 |
Y2 |
|
|
USS Lake Champlain |
PRS (designated) - Carrier |
CVS-39 |
N |
|
USS Bigelow |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-942 |
N |
|
USS Blandy |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-943 |
N |
|
SRS - Oiler |
AO-54 |
Y |
|
|
USS Compton |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-705 |
N |
|
USS Cone |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-866 |
N |
|
USS Davis |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-937 |
N |
|
USS Fidelity |
SRS - Ocean Minesweeper |
MSO-443 |
N |
|
USS Fiske |
SRS - Radar Picket Destroyer |
DDR-842 |
N |
|
USS Hawkins |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-873 |
N |
|
USS Hoist |
SRS - Salvage & Rescue Ship |
ARS-50 |
N |
|
USS Laffey |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-724 |
N |
|
USS Lowry |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-770 |
N |
|
USS Fort Mandan |
SRS - Dock Landing Ship |
LSD-21 |
N |
|
USS Perry |
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-844 |
N |
|
SRS - Destroyer |
DD-862 |
Y |
|
|
USS John Willis |
SRS - Destroyer |
DE-1027 |
N |
|
USS Witek |
SRS - Destroyer |
DDE-848 |
N |
|
Tracking Ships |
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|
USAF Coastal Sentry |
TS - Indian Ocean Tracking Ship |
T AGM-15 |
N |
|
USAF Rose Knot |
TS - Atlantic Tracking Ship |
T AGM-14 |
N |
Notes:
1) From Steve Durst's CD book
2) Until recently (March 2011) it was thought that the only known covers with the correct date were Riser
fakes1. These suspect covers are found on U. S. postal stationery. Covers exist for the Return
to Port of the USS Stormes on 9 December 19614. However one cover has now been discovered.
3) Scan from Tom Steiner
4) US Space Cover Collecting Handbook, Ray E. Cartier, 2011
5) From the collection of Walter M. Hopferwieser.
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