OtherUS NOAA Ships: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 02:36, 1 February 2026

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

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			1807-2008
			NOAA Logos

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N/A			1899-01-12 Oval Handstamp "U.S.C. & G.S. Str. Blake"
			Steamer George S. Blake 1874 - 25 January 1905

Namesake - United States Naval Academy Superintendent George S. Blake.

N/A			1906-04-03 Duplex Cancel "CGS SS LUZON"
			SS LUZON

Namesake - Philippine Island of Luzon.

N/A			1906-05-04 Duplex Cancel "SS MINDORO"
			SS MINDORO

Namesake - Philippine Island of Mindoro.

N/A			1961-04-27 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Corvallis OR R/V ACONA
			Maiden Voyage

Oregon State University

N/A		N/A	1977-09-10 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Eureka CA R/V WECOMA
			Seismographs of the ocean bottom.

Oregon State University. From the David Kent collection.
RV Wecoma is a research vessel owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University (OSU) as a member of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet. It is based in Newport in the U.S. state of Oregon near OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center. Launched in 1975, it has a maximum displacement of 1,150 long tons (1,168 t).
The 184.5-foot (56.2 m) ship is equipped with 1,174 square feet (109.1 m2) of laboratory space to support up to 18 scientists at sea. It has a variety of equipment permanently installed, and optional additional equipment available on request, to measure and analyze navigational data; surface atmospheric conditions; sea surface temperature, salinity, fluorescence; bottom depth; dissolved oxygen titration; solar radiation; GPS time; bioacoustics; and geological sampling. The range of depths of submerged equipment varies from 3,000 to 6,000 metres (9,800 to 19,700 ft). The vessel can support diving operations, radioactive isotope materials, and explosive materials.
Wecoma made her last operational cruise November 2011 and was scheduled to be retired with the interim replacement ship being the former Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution operated R/V Oceanus.

N/A		N/A	1985-03-14 USPS Machine Cancel Gulfport MS
			NOAA SHIP CHAPMAN R446

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N/A		N/A	1985-09-26 USPS Machine Cancel Juneau AK
			NOAA SHIP FAIRWEATHER S220

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N/A		N/A	1991-05-24 USPS Pictorial Postmark Seattle WA
			NOAA SHIP McARTHUR S330

Cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. Contributed by Tom Kean.

NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson R-224

		N/A	2007-02-07 USPS 4-bar Kodiak AK NOAAS Oscar Dyson R-224
			200th Anniversary of NOAA

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2007-02-07 USPS 4-bar Kodiak AK NOAAS Oscar Dyson R-224
			200th Anniversary of NOAA

Cachet by Philip R. Edwards

N/A		N/A	2007-02-07 USPS 4-bar Kodiak AK NOAAS Oscar Dyson R-224
			200th Anniversary of NOAA

Cachet by Dan Goodwin

N/A			2022-09-14 USPS Ink-Jet Sprayed Marking NOAAS Oscar Dyson R-224
			Collectors request

Courtesy of the Dennis Gill collection.

NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow R-225

			2007-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Norfolk VA NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
			Commissioning

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	2007-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Norfolk VA NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
			Commissioning

Cachet by Phil Edwards

N/A		N/A	2007-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Norfolk VA NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
			Commissioning

Cachet by Dan Goodwin

N/A		N/A	2007-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Norfolk VA NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
			Commissioning

Cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD

N/A		N/A	2007-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Norfolk VA NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
			Commissioning

Cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD

N/A		N/A	2007-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Norfolk VA NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
			Commissioning

Cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD

N/A		N/A	2007-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Norfolk VA NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
			Commissioning

Cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD

N/A		N/A	2007-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Norfolk VA NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
			Commissioning

Cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD

N/A		N/A	2007-02-07 USPS 4-bar Kodiak AK
			200th Anniversary of NOAA

Cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD

N/A		N/A	2007-02-07 USPS 4-bar Kodiak AK NOAAS Oceanographer R-101
			200th Anniversary of NOAA

Cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD

N/A		N/A	2007-02-07 USPS 4-bar Kodiak AK NOAAS Researcher R-103
			200th Anniversary of NOAA

Cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD

N/A		N/A	2007-02-07 USPS 4-bar Kodiak AK NOAAS John N. Cobb FRV-52
			200th Anniversary of NOAA

Cachet by Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD

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+-09-14<br/>USPS Ink-Jet Sprayed Marking<br/>NOAAS Oscar Dyson R-224
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Collectors request
+</td></tr></table>
+Courtesy of the Dennis Gill collection.
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+<h4>'''NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow R-225'''</h4>
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 </td><td valign="center">
--02-07<br/>USPS 4-bar<br/>Kodiak AK
+-07-16<br/>USPS Pictorial<br/>"Commissioning Station"<br/>Norfolk VA<br/>NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-th Anniversary of NOAA
+Commissioning
 </td></tr></table>
-Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_Chien_L_Tsai_MD_ | Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD]]
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--02-07<br/>USPS 4-bar<br/>Kodiak AK<br/>NOAAS Oceanographer R-101
+-07-16<br/>USPS Pictorial<br/>"Commissioning Station"<br/>Norfolk VA<br/>NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-th Anniversary of NOAA
+Commissioning
 </td></tr></table>
-Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_Chien_L_Tsai_MD_ | Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD]]
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--02-07<br/>USPS 4-bar<br/>Kodiak AK<br/>NOAAS Researcher R-103
+-07-16<br/>USPS Pictorial<br/>"Commissioning Station"<br/>Norfolk VA<br/>NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-th Anniversary of NOAA
+Commissioning
 </td></tr></table>
-Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_Chien_L_Tsai_MD_ | Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD]]
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 </td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
 N/A
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--02-07<br/>USPS 4-bar<br/>Kodiak AK<br/>NOAAS John N. Cobb FRV-52
+-07-16<br/>USPS Pictorial<br/>"Commissioning Station"<br/>Norfolk VA<br/>NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-th Anniversary of NOAA
+Commissioning
 </td></tr></table>
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-Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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--07-16<br/>USPS Pictorial<br/>"Commissioning Station"<br/>Norfolk VA<br/>NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
+-02-07<br/>USPS 4-bar<br/>Kodiak AK
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Commissioning
+th Anniversary of NOAA
 </td></tr></table>
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--07-16<br/>USPS Pictorial<br/>"Commissioning Station"<br/>Norfolk VA<br/>NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
+-02-07<br/>USPS 4-bar<br/>Kodiak AK<br/>NOAAS Oceanographer R-101
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Commissioning
+th Anniversary of NOAA
 </td></tr></table>
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--07-16<br/>USPS Pictorial<br/>"Commissioning Station"<br/>Norfolk VA<br/>NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
+-02-07<br/>USPS 4-bar<br/>Kodiak AK<br/>NOAAS Researcher R-103
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Commissioning
+th Anniversary of NOAA
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--07-16<br/>USPS Pictorial<br/>"Commissioning Station"<br/>Norfolk VA<br/>NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow R-225
+-02-07<br/>USPS 4-bar<br/>Kodiak AK<br/>NOAAS John N. Cobb FRV-52
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Commissioning
+th Anniversary of NOAA
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 Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_Chien_L_Tsai_MD_ | Dr. Chien L. Tsai, MD]]

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