press play for national anthem
Hartford circa 1899
I have tended to not to collect U.S. naval postcards because I am more interested in the rarer, smaller world navies. Although I am interested in U.S. destroyers in World War I, subchasers, colliers, and pre cold war aircraft carriers.
U.S. Warships:
Aircraft Carriers:
Abraham Lincoln, 02/13/1988
America,02/09/1964
Antietem, 08/20/1944
Anzio, 05/01/1943
Bairoko, 01/25/1945
Bennington, 02/26/1944
Bon Homme Richard, 04/29/1944
Bunker Hill, 12/07/1942
Cape Esperance, 03/03/1944
Carl Vinson, 03/28/2975
Constellation, 10/08/1960
Coral Sea, 04/02/1946
Cowpens, 01/17/1943
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 10/11/1975
Enterprise, 10/03/1936
Forrestal, 12/11/1954
Franklin, 10/14/1943
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 04/29/1945
Hornet, 12/14/1940
Hornet, 11/29/1943
Independence, 08/22/1942
Independence, 06/06/1958
Intrepid, 04/26/1942
John F. Kennedy, 05/27/1967
Kearsarge, 05/05/1945
Kitty Hawk, 05/21/1960
Kula Gulf, 08/15/1944
Langley, 08/24/1912
Lexington, 10/03/1925
Lexington, 09/23/1942
Leyte, 08/23/1945
Long Island, 01/11/1940
Midway, 03/20/1945
Mindoro, 06/27/1945
Oriskany, 10/13/1945
Philippine Sea, 09/05/1945
Princeton, 07/08/1945
Ranger, 02/25/1933
Ranger, 09/29/1956
Rendova, 12/28/1944
Roosevelt, 10/27/1984
Saratoga, 04/07/1925
Saratoga, 10/08/1955
Shangri-la, 02/24/1944
Shipley Bay, 02/12/1944
Siboney, 11/09/1944
Sicily, 04/14/1945
Ticonderoga, 10/10/1944
Valley Forge, 11/18/1945
Wasp, 04/04/1940 (1939)
Windham Bay, 03/29/1944
Wolverine (training A/C), 1942?
Yorktown, 04/04/1936
Yorktown, 01/21/1943
Amphibious Assault Ships:
Belleau Wood, 04/11/1977
Bonhomme Richard, comm. 08/15/1998
Boxer, 08/13/1993
Guadalcanal, 03/16/1963
Guam, 08/22/1964
Inchon, 05/24/1969
Iwo Jima, 09/17/1960
Nassau, 01/21/1978
New Orleans, 02/03/1968
Okinawa, 08/19/1961
Peleliu, 11/11/1978
Saipan, 07/18/1974
Tarawa, 12/01/1973
Tripoli, 07/31/1965
Wasp, 07/29/1989
Battleships:
Alabama, 05/18/1898
Arizona, 06/19/1915
Arkansas, 01/14/1911
Califonia, 11/20/1919
Connecticut, 09/29/1904
Florida, 05/12/1910
Georgia, 09/24/1906
Idaho, 06/30/1917
Indiana, 02/28/1893
Iowa, 08/27/1942
Kansas, 08/1905
Kentucky, 03/24/1898
Louisiana, 08/27, 1904
Maine, 11/18/1889
Massachusetts, 09/23/1941
Memphis (ex Tennessee), 12/03/1904
Minnesota, 04/08/1905
Mississippi, 09/30/1905
Missouri, 12/28/1901
Missouri, 01/29/1944
New Hampshire, 06/30/1906
New Jersey, 11/10/1904
New Jersey, 12/07/1942
New Mexico (ex California), 04/23/1917
New York, 10/30/1912
North Dakota,
Oklahoma, 03/23/1914
Oregon, 10/26/1893
Pennsylvania, 03/16/1915
Rhode Island, 05/17/1904
Tennessee (see Memphis)
Texas, 06/28/1892
Texas, 05/18/1912
Vermont, 08/31/1905
Washington, 06/01/1940
Cruisers:
Baltimore, 07/1942
Boise, 12/03/1936
Brooklyn, 10/02/1895
Charlestown, 01/23/1904
Cincinnati, 11/10/1892
Columbia, 07/26/1892
Detroit, 10/28/1890 (1891)?
Houston, 09/07/1929
Memphis, 04/17/1924
Omaha, 12/24/1923
Portland, 05/21/1932
Milwaukee, 09/10/1904
Minneapolis, 09/06/1933
Salem, 07/27/1907
San Francisco, 1889
Trenton, 04/16/1923
West Virginia, 04/18/190
Destroyers:
Albert W. Grant, 05/29/1943
Alfred A. Cunningham, 08/03/1944
Anderson, 02/04/1939
Arleigh Burke (Guided Missle Destroyer), 01/01/1988
Beale, 04/30/1912
Babbitt, 09/30/1918
Balch, 12/21/1912
Barry, 10/1/1955
Benham, 03/22/1913
Benham, 08/30/1943
Boggs, 04/25/1918
Borie, 10/04/1919
Brooks, 04/24/1919
Bryant, 05/29/1943
Buck, 05/22/1939
Cassin, 05/20/1913
Cassin Young, 09/12/1943
Chauncey, 09/19/1919
Claxton, 01/14/1919
Cushing, Jan 1912
Dent, 03/23/1918
Drayton, 08/22/1910
Drayton, 03/26/1936
DuPont, 03/30/1897
Dyer, 04/13/1918
Ericsson, 08/22/1914
Everett F. Larson, 01/28/1945
Fanning, 01/11/1912
Farragut, 03/15/1934
Flusser, 11/07/1919
Foote, 12/14/1918
Hamilton, 01/15/1919
Hopkins, 04/24/1902
Hull, 06/21/1902
Jacob Jones, 1915
Jarvis, 04/04/1912 (04/03/1912)?
John D. Edwards, 10/18/1919
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., 07/26/1945
Jouett
Kilty, 04/25/1918
Lamson, 03/18/1908
Lamson, 06/17/1936
Manley, 08/23/1917
Mayrant, 1910
McCall, 11/20/1937
McDougall, Apr 1914
Monaghan, 02/18/1911
Moody, 06/20/1919 (06/28/1919)?
Mugford, 04/14/1918
Murray, 06/08/1918
Parker, 02/08/1913
Paul Jones, 06/14/1902
Perkins, 04/09/1910
Perry, 10/27/1900
Picking, 06/01/1943
Porter, 1915
Preble, 03/02/1901
Radford, 08/05/1918 (04/05/1918)?
Rathburne, 12/27/1917
Sampson, 03/04/1916
Shaw, 12/09/1916
Sigourney, 12/16/1917
Simpson, 04/28/1920
Sinclair, 06/02/1919
Sterett, 05/12/1910
Stewart, 05/10/1902
Stewart, 03/04/1920
Talbot, 02/20/1918
Truxton, 08/15/1899
Tucker, 05/04/1915
Turner Joy, 05/05/1958
Twiggs, 09/28/1918
Walke, 11/03/1910
Ward (ex Cowell), 06/01/1918
Warrington, 06/18/1910
Wickes, 09/13/1942
Wilkes, 05/18/1916
William Jones, 04/09/1919
Woodbury, 02/06/1919 (02/08/1919)?
Woolsey, 09/17/1918
Worden, 08/15/1901
Colliers:
Cyclops, 05/07/1910
Jason, 1912
Neptune, 01/21/1911
Nereus, 04/26/1913
Nero, 1895
Orion, 03/23/1912
Proteus, 09/14/1912
Submarines:
Bowfin, 12/07/1942
H-3, 07/03/1913
Lionfish, 11/07/1943
Subchasers, commissioned:
SC 39, ?
SC 62, 05/11/1918?
SC 64, 05/16/1918
SC 80, ?
SC 91, 12/05/1917
SC 94, ?
SC 124, ?
SC 134, 03/13/1918
SC 136, 03/19/1918
SC 151, ?
SC 190, 03/13/1918
SC 191, 03/21/1918
SC 220, 03/13/1918
SC 221, 03/30/1918
SC 222, 03/13/1918
SC 223, 12/05/1917
SC 225, ?
SC 227, ?
SC 251, ?
SC 256, ?
SC 323, 12/05/1917
SC 325, 12/13/1917
SC 330, 1917-1919
SC 332, 03/13/1918
SC 342, ?
SC 349, ?
SC 352, ?
SC 354, ?
SC 412, 05/01/1919
SC 432, 04/01/1918
SC 454, 1915
SC 457, ?
SC 474, ?
Hospital Ships:
Acadia, 1932
Dogwood, comm. May 1943
Haven, comm. 05/05/1945
Hope, 08/30/1943
Jarrett M. Huddleston, 1942
Louis A. Milne, 1919
Mercy, March 1907
Relief, comm. 12/28/1920
Repose, 08/08/1944
Sanctuary, 08/15/1944
Shamrock, 1906
Solace, 1896
Thistle (ex Munargo), 1921
Landing Craft:
#1661, 1960
LCI(L) 196
LCI 328
LCI 330
LCI 335
LSM 201
LST 77
LST 332
LST 357, 12/14/1942
LST 1126
LST 1146
Oilers:
Andrew J. Higgins (Transport Oiler), 01/17/1987
Caliente (fleet oiler), 08/25/1943
Canisteo (Oiler), 07/06/1945
John Ericsson (Transport Oiler), 04/21/1990
Guadalupe (Oiler), 01/26/1940
Hassayampa (Oiler), 09/12/1955
Kalamazoo (fleet oiler), comm. 08/11/1973
Kansas City (Oiler), 06/28/1969
Kawishiwi (Transport Oiler), 12/11/1954
Marius (Fleet Oiler), 12/21/1943
Merrimack (Oiler), 05/17/1980
Milwaukee (Oil Replenishment Ship)
Mispillion (Oiler), 08/10/1945
Mississinewa (Fleet Oiler), 06/12/1954
Monongahela (Oiler), 08/04/1979
Nantahala (Oiler), 04/29/1944
Neosho (Transport Oiler), 11/10/1953
Pawcatuck (Fleet Oiler), 05/10/1946
Platte (Oiler), 01/30/1982
Ponchatoula (Oiler), 07/09/1956
Roanoke (Oil Replenishment Ship), 12/07/1974
Savannah (Oiler), 04/23/1970
Tolovana (Oiler), 01/24/1945
Truckee (Oiler), 03/10/1955
Wabash (Oil Replenishment Ship), 02/10/1971
Waccamaw (Fleet Oiler), 03/30/1946
Wichita (Oil Replenishment Ship), 03/16/1969
Walter S. Diehl (Transport Oiler), 10/02/1987
Willamette (Oiler), 07/18/1981
Troop Ships / Transports:
Brodholme (transport), 12/16/1898
Campden (Fast Combat Support Ship), 05/29/1965
Detroit (Fast Combat Support Ship), 06/21/1969
General O.H. Ernst (transport), 04/14/1943
Finland (transport), 06/21/1902
James Longstreet (transport), 11/1942
Leviathan (transport), 04/03/1913
Leo (cargo ship), 07/29/1944
Metalpan (cargo-passenger ship), 1909
New York (passenger ship), 1888
Niagra Falls (Combat Stores Ship), 03/26/1966
Northern Pacific (troop transport), 1915
Ohioan (troop transport), 1914
Pollux (supply ship), 02/05/1942
Randall (attack transport), 1944-45
Seattle (Fast Combat Support Ship), 03/01/1969
Susquehanna (troop ship), 1899
Zeelandia (troop transport), 1910
Coast Guard:
82329 (coast guard cutter), 1938-42
Abescon, 03/08/1942
Confidence, 05/08/1965
Dione (coast guard cutter), 1931-34
Eagle (coast guard training barque), 06/13/1936
Electra (coast guard cutter), 1931-34
Harriet Lane, 01/10/1982
Jarvis, 04/24/1971
John C. Spencer (coast guard cutter), 01/06/1937
Mackinaw (coast guard cutter, icebreaker), 03/06/1944
Mellon, 02/11/1967
Midgett, 09/04/1971
Morgenthau, 02/10/1968
Munro/Munroe, 12/05/1970
Pandora (coast guard cutter), 1931-34
Resolute, 04/30/1966
Rush, 11/16/1968
Sherman, 09/23/1967
Staten Island (icebreaker), 12/28/1942
Tampa, 03/19/1981
Taney, 06/03/1936
Vigilant, 12/24/1963
Winona, comm. 04/19/1946
Woodrush, 1944
Other:
Atlantis (Concrete ship), 12/05/1918
Bennington (gunboat), 06/03/1890
Blue Ridge (Amphibious Command Ship), 01/04/1969
Constitution (training ship), 10/21/1797
Covington (ex Cincinnati) (merchant), 1908
Currituck (Seaplane Tender), 09/11/1943
Don Juan de Austria (gunboat/cruiser), 01/23/1887
Eagle #60 (Eagle boat), 08/13/1919
Elder (boom defence vessel), 06/19/1941
Fulton (ex Niagara) (subtender), 06/06/1914
Grackle (minesweeper), 11/09/1943
Grand Canyon (destroyer tender), 04/27/1945
Hartford (steam frigate), 11/22/1858
Hazard (minesweeper), 05/21/1944
Hiddensee (fast attack craft), ?
Intrepid (training ship), 10/08/1904
Iris (Distilling ship/collier/torpedo boat tender), 1885
Klondike (repair ship), 08/12/1944
Koningin Der Nederladen (troop transport), 1911
Lancaster (steam warship), 10/20/1858
Lapwing (minesweeper), 03/14/1918
Manatee (motorboat), 1915
Medea (yacht), 1904
Medusa (Repair ship), 04/19/1923
Mercury (ex Barbarossa) (troop transport), 1896
Monadnock (monitor), 09/19/1896
Mount Whitney (Command Ship), 01/08/1970
Nansemond (ex Pennsylvania), 09/10/1896
Nanshan (target repair ship)
Newport (wooden gun vessel), 1867
PC 474 (Patrol Vessel), 1940?
PC 537 (Patrol Vessel), 03/21/1942
Prairie (destroyer tender), 1890
Puritan (monitor), 12/06/1882
Raven (minesweeper), 08/24/1940
Relief (Hospital Ship), 12/23/1919
Sacramento (Replentishment Ship), 09/14/1963
Sylvania (Combat Stores Ship), 07/11/1964
Tallahassee (ex Florida) (subtender), 11/30/1901
Topeka (ex Diogenes) (patrol gunboat), 1881
Vermont (receiving ship), 1848
Vesuvius (dynamite-gun cruiser), 04/28/1888
