USS Scamp SS-277 offered is a memorial Gato Class diesel transport submarine cover postmarked at Portsmouth, NH on Dec 5, 1979. Blue actual photo of this submarine printed on cachet #2833 by Alvin Eckert, USCS #9964. Cover franked with a 150 cent flag stamp.

Cover with DIY matte and 5x7 frame, makes a fine gift!

USS Scamp: this fine 311 foot vessel was commissioned 18 Sept 1942 and ordered to the the Pacific Theater. Enemy ships and aircraft sank her south of Tokyo Bay on Nov 11, 1944 on her 8th War Patrol. Lost were all crewmen, and they joined many other "Greatest Generation" submariners on Eternal Patrol. She earned 7 WW II Battle Stars.

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Cover with a DIY matte and 5x7 frame, makes a fine gift! Free US Shipping!