The listing, Navy Military Sailors, Ships MNH has ended.
Continental Navy
Oct. 13, 1775 formation of a Navy composed of 2 ships w/10 guns each.
US Frigate (ship)
The oldest warship afloat in the world & anchored in Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston. Image depicts a naval architect's drawing of the frigate with two canons on each side of the stamp, 16 stars, representing 16 states in the Union, 1797, (year the ship was launched).
International Naval Review'
June 10, 1957, Norfolk VA. Right US aircraft carrier of the Forrestal class (built for the Navy in 1950s. 1st class of ‘super carriers’.Outline of ships participating in the Review. Jamestown Festival insignia on left, w./map of the Hampton Roads Battle of, Mar. 8-9, 1862 off Sewell’s Point (modern-day Norfolk) near mouth of Hampton Roads, VA. Insignia reads: 1607-1957 Jamestown Festival. (1957 – 350th Anniversary, 8 months long, commemorate founding of the colony).
Armed Forces Reserve
Purple, honoring Armed Forces Reserve, Issued on Armed Forces Day, May 21, 1955 in Washington, DC.
Portrays 5 male enlisted personnel, in the uniform of the branch of service each represents (left to right). Marines, Coast Guard, Army, Navy and Air Force. An eagle & shield form a backdrop.
Navy
October 27, 1945, Annapolis Maryland, site of the Naval Academy..Commemorate the important role of the U.S. Navy during WWII. Pictures 11 smiling sailors in their summer uniforms crowded together & looking up to the photographer. Many sailors believed that they were pictured on the stamp
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