USS MERRIMACK AO-179 Naval Cover 1997 IRONCLADS MONITOR vs CSS VIRGINIA Cachet
It was sent 9 Mar 1997. It was franked with stamp "Jefferson Davis".
This cover is in very good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement.
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USS Merrimack (AO-179) was the third ship of the Cimarron-class of fleet oilers of the United States Navy. Merrimack was built at the Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana starting in 1978 and was commissioned in 1981 for service in the Atlantic Fleet. Total cost for the ship was $107.1 million. She was last homeported at Norfolk, Virginia. Between 1989 and 1991 Merrimack was "jumboized", meaning that, after cutting the ship into two sections after about a third from the bow, a 35.7 m long section was added to increase the fuel load. Merrimack was decommissioned on 18 December 1998 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day. Her title was transferred to the Maritime Administration. Currently being scrapped at Amelia, Louisiana.[1]