Recovery Force Ships

Ship	Type	Designation	SRS or CRS
Atlantic
USS Lake Champlain	PRS - Carrier	CVS-39	PRS
USS Avenge1	SRS - Ocean Minesweeper	MSO-423	SRS
USS DuPoint	SRS - Destroyer	DD-941	SRS
USS Exultant1	SRS - Ocean Minesweeper	MSO-441	SRS
USS Manley	SRS - Destroyer	DD-940	SRS?
USS Neosho	http://navy.memorieshop.com/Neosho/index.html	AO-143	SRS
USS New	SRS - Destroyer	DD-818	?
USS James C Owens	SRS - Destroyer	DD-776	CRS
USS Preserver	SRS - Salvage Ship	ARS-8	SRS
USS Waldron	SRS - Destroyer	DD-699	SRS
USS John W Weeks	SRS - Destroyer	DD-701	Maybe SRS
Pacific
USS Chipola	SRS - Oiler	AO-63	no info
USS Goldsborough	SRS - Guided Missile Destroyer	DDG-20	possible
USS George MacKenzie	SRS - Destroyer	DD-836	no info
USS Leonard F Mason	SRS - Destroyer	DD-852	no info
USS Taylor	SRS - Destroyer	DD-468	possible

Cachets

Cachet	Description of Cachet	Colours	Type
Navy Recovery Force Cachet	Designed by Morris Beck it shows aa anchor & crest	Maroon,Black	Rubber Stamp
Beck Cachet	Same as Navy Cachet	Blue-Orange	Printed
GT-5 Cachet	A small circular text cachet usually appears as an extra cachet. Produced by Morris Beck or Harry Gordon	Black, Red	Rubber Stamp

Postmark Variations

Ship	Description of Postmark	Scarity
USS Lake Champlain	Machine Cancel	Common
USS Lake Champlain	Hand cancel - Type I - 32-33mm	Less Common
USS Lake Champlain	Hand Cancel -Type II - 35-36mm	Less Common

Navy Recovery Force Cachet Colours & Beck Cachet Numbers

Ship	Known Cachet Colours	Beck Numbers
USS Lake Champlain	Black, Maroon	561
USS DuPoint	Black	563, 569
USS Manley	Black	562
USS Neosho	Black	565, 567
USS New	Black	568
USS James C Owens	Black	566
USS John W Weeks	Black	564
USS Chipola	Maroon	560
USS Goldsborough	Maroon	555
USS George MacKenzie	Maroon	558
USS Leonard F Mason	Maroon	556, 559
USS Taylor	Maroon	557