Name/Title
Postcard, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2018.043.020pDescription
A large group of color postcards from the 1940s to 1980s with Naval vessels of all sorts, merchant ships, and Coast Guard ships, a fighter airplane, and one of women learning to perform semaphore. There are also several photos and cards in this series related to Island County and are individually entered in PP5.
Several were built or commissioned in Bremerton, Tacoma, or Seattle. Of note:
2018.043.020aj - U.S.C.G.C. Tampa - built in Tacoma, commissioned 1964
2018.043.020ao - sent to Mr. and Mrs. Orren Ward, Oak Harbor
2018.043.020az- USS Yellowstone - built in Seattle, 1945
2018.043.020bb - USS Puget Sound - built in Bremerton, commissioned 1968
2018.043.020ch - USS Seattle - built in Bremertion, commissioned 1969
2018.043.020ci - USS Detroit - built in Bremerton, commissioned 1970
2018.043.020fk - USS Towers - built in Seattle, commissioned 1961
2018.043.020fl - USS Richard E. Byrd - built in Seattle, commissioned 1964
2018.043.020ft - USS King - built in Bremerton, commissioned 1960
2018.043.020gh - USS Coontz - built in Bremerton, commisioned, 1960
2018.043.020gl - USS Reeves - built in Bremerton, commissioned 1964
2018.043.020hm - USS Schofield - built in Seattle, commissioned 1968
2018.043.020hr - USS Stark - built in Seattle, commissioned 1982
2018.043.020il - USS Juneau - built in Seattle, commissioned 1965
2018.043.020in - USS Shreveport - built in Seattle, commissioned 1970
2018.043.020ip - USS Trenton - built in Bremerton 1971
2018.043.020iw - USS Iwo Jima - built in Bremerton, commissioned 1961