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Postcards, Five 1930-45 WWII US Navy, USS Raven,
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Category:Collectibles
Start Price:10.00 USD
Estimated At:10.00 - 50.00 USD
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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2005 Jul 17 @ 14:00UTC-5 : EST/CDT
Postcards, Five Linen Era, 1930 -1945 WWII US Navy, ~ The USS RAVEN was built at Norfolk Navy Yard and commissioned 1940. On 31 May 1946 Raven was decommissioned and placed in reserve at San Diego. Reclassified MSF-55, 7 February 1955, she remained berthed at San Diego until struck from the Navy list 1 May 1967. Later that year she was sunk as a target in deep water off the coast of southern California, Pub. By Paul E Trouche, Charleston, S.C. # 14691. ~ The USS INDIANAPOLIS, a 9,800-ton Portland class heavy cruiser, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Commissioned in November 1932, she operated in the Atlantic and Pacific during the peacetime years. Shortly after midnight on 30 July 1945 she was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-58 and sank quickly. Due to communications and other errors, her loss went unnoticed until survivors were seen from a passing aircraft on 2 August. Rescue efforts over several days saved only about a quarter of her nearly 1200-man crew Pub. By Paul E Trouche, Charleston, S.C. # 14688. ~ The USS RAMSAY DD124 , was Laid down, 21 December 1917 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., Newport News, VA; Launched, 8 June 1918; Commissioned USS Ramsay, Destroyer No. 124, 15 February 1919; Designated DD-124, 17 July 1920; Sold for scrapping, 21 November 1946 Pub. By Paul E Trouche, Charleston, S.C. # 14690 ~ The USS ANDERSON, a 1570-ton Sims class destroyer built at Kearny, New Jersey, was commissioned in May 1939. In early 1946, Anderson voyaged back to Pearl Harbor, where she stayed until May, then proceeded on to the Marshall Islands for use as a target ship in the upcoming "Operation Crossroads" nuclear weapons tests. USS Anderson on 1 July 1946 in the "Able" atomic bomb explosion at Bikini Atoll., Pub. By Paul E Trouche, Charleston, S.C. # 14712 ~ The USS NEW MEXICO, lead ship of a class of three 32,000-ton battleships, was built at the New York Navy Yard. Commissioned in May 1918. New Mexico arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, in mid-October 1945 and was decommissioned there in July 1946. She was sold for scrapping in October 1947 Pub. By Paul E Trouche, Charleston, S.C. #14686 ~ Condition: Unused, some foxing on back.
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