MERCURY RECOVERY SHIP COVER & POSTMARK VARIETIES

Mercury-Atlas 2 - 21 February 1961 - Unmanned

Recovery Force Ships

 

Ship

Type

Designation Covers
Atlantic
USS Donner PRS - Dock Landing Ship LSD-20 N
USS Borie SRS - Destroyer DD-704 N
USS Bordelon SRS - Radar Picket Destroyer DDR-881 N
USS Greene SRS - Radar Picket Destroyer DDR-711 N
USS Joseph P Kennedy SRS - Destroyer DD-850 N
USS Opportune SRS - Salvage & Rescue Ship ARS-41 N
Not Involved
USCGC Eastwind Icebreaker WAGB-279 Y
USS Nicholas Destroyer DD-449 Y
USS Renshaw1 Destroyer DDE-499 Y
USS Staten Island1 Icebreaker AGB-5 Y

Notes General:


Notes Other:
1) Sold on eBay 2014

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