Blue photo of battleship on cachet #2097 by Alvin Eckert #9964, USCS.

Cover prepared on an Archive Quality Envelope without gum on flap.

Cover franked with a 15 cent Flag plus credo stamp.

Envelope serviced by the late Capt. Robert Rawlins, USN (Ret)

Cover with a DIY matte and 5x7 frame makes a nice gift for former sailors.

USS ARIZONA BB-39 United States Navy Ship memorial cover 

honoring Pearl Harbor 1941 Ships. Cover postmarked from Newport News, VA on Sept 30, 1973. 

This 608' Pennsylvania Class battleship was commissioned in 1916.

On December 7, 1941 she was moored at Ford Island

on "battleship row" and was struck by several enemy bombs one of which

penetrated her ammunition magazine and exploded upward in a small mushroom

cloud that destroyed most of her superstructure and caused her to sink.

She lost 1,100 killed. The majority of casualties at Pearl Harbor that day were

aboard the USS Arizona. Today her memorial is open to the public as a silent

remembrance to the men who were killed in this surprise attack. The photo on

the cover is during her 1916 commissioning celebration on the East River in NYC. 

She is only second to the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) in the public mind

regarding US Navy history. Seller has over 70 different covers for Pearl Harbor

1941 Ships Check out my other items!

These items make fine USN gifts when mounted on a colored matte

and placed in a 5x7 picture frame.  Free US Shipping