Name/Title
Postal cachet, 3: N.S. Savannah. Hoboken port of call commemoratives, 1965-1966.Entry/Object ID
2015.001.0008Scope and Content
Postal cachet, 3: N.S. (Nuclear Ship) Savannah. Hoboken port of call commemoratives, 1965-1966.
Three in a series of commemoratives (issuing person or agency not indicated) for this unique vessel.
All have inkstamped named depiction of the N.S. Savannah with text: World's First Nuclear Powered Merchant Ship. Text below image varies with description of visit.
All envelopes are white paper, 3-5/8" high x 6-1/2" wide, unsealed, no content present. Inkstamp colors vary plus items from 1966 have an added inkstamp of an atom.
1: Returns to the United States, New York Harbor, 3rd Visit - Hoboken, N.J.
Postmarked Hoboken, Feb. 18, 1965.
New Jersey Tercententary 1664-1964 five-cent postage stamp.
2: 11th Cargo Call At Port. Dockside Pier - 'A' Hoboken, N.J. After Gulf of Mexico Sea Trials.
Postmarked Hoboken, July 6, 1966.
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge five-cent stamp
3: 12th Cargo Call At Port. Dockside Pier - 'A' Hoboken, N.J.
Postmarked Hoboken, July 19, 1966.
Five cent flag with White House stamp.
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Accession
2015.001Source or Donor
PurchaseAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Museum Collections.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1965 - 1966Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1965, 1966
Date(s): 1965-1966General Notes
Note
Notes: This ship still exists, but is no longer in service. It operated in demonstration service from 1962 to 1965 and with a commercial license, from 1965 to 1971. As of 2015, it remains under license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (a U.S. Government agency) until the decommissioning process of the removal and proper disposal of its nuclear power plant is complete.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2015-02-06
