USS AUGUSTA CA-31 Naval first day cover postmarked on April 10, 2023 at 

Freedom, ME. Blue photo of actual ship on cachet #3100 by Alvin Eckert USCS

#9964. Cover franked with a 63 cent flag stamp # 5788 (FDOI), and a 3 cent USN stamp #935.

This brave vessel, commissioned in 1932, is seen at Shanghi, China in 1937.

She was the Asiatic Fleet flagship and served in Asia from 1933 until 1941.

The ship transported President Roosevelt to the Atlantic Charter meeting with Churchill and

shelled the enemy held shoreline at Normandy in 1944. See her web sites for the details of her

design, construction and service history. She was present for the 1944 Normandy landings.

The cover was prepared on a un-gummed, archive quality envelope.

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These items make fine gifts when mounted on a colored matte

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