Recovery Force Ships

Ship	Type	Designation	Covers
Atlantic (Task Force Alfa)
USS Randolph1	PRS - Carrier	CVS-15	Y
USS Alacrity	SRS - Oceanic Minesweeper	MSO-520	N
USS Conway4	SRS - Destroyer	DD-507	Y (E. Rare)
USS Cony	SRS - Destroyer	DDE-508	N
USS Exploit	SRS - Oceanic Minesweeper	MSO-440	N
USS Lowry1	SRS - Destroyer	DD-770	Y (E. Rare)
USS Recovery	SRS - Salvage & Rescue Ship	ARS-43	N
USS Stormes	SRS - Destroyer	DD-780	N
Tracking Ships
USAFCoastal Sentry	TS - Indian Ocean Tracking Ship	T AGM-15	N
USAF Rose Knot	TS - Atlantic Tracking Ship	T AGM-14	N
Not Involved
USS Lake Champlain	Carrier (Note:25 July postmark)	CVS-39	Y
USS Waller4	Destroyer	DDE-466	Y

Postmark Variations

Ship	Description of Postmark	Scarcity
USS Randolph1	USS Randolph at top of postmark	Rare
USS Randolph1	USS Randolph at bottom of postmark	Even Rarer
USS Randolph1	Red double ring New York USS Randolph registered mail cancellation - applied as a second cancellation	Rarer Still

Signed PRS Covers including Helicopter Recovery Covers - these covers were actually aboard the PRS during recovery

Postmark	Description of Cover	Postmark Date
USS Randolph	Extremely rare cover signed by the Ship's Captain Harry Edward Cook, Jr	21 Jul 1961
USS Randolph	Another Extremely rare cover signed by the Ship's Executive Officer and Gus Grissom3	21 Jul 1961