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1947 United States Navy U.S.S. Sicily (CVE-118) First Day Cover Envelope
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1947 United States Navy U.S.S. Sicily (CVE-118) First Day Cover Envelope
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The picture shows a front and back view of this 1947 United States Navy U.S.S. Sicily (CVE-118) First Day Cover Envelope. This cover was postmarked on board the U.S.S. Sicily on 28 February 1947. It features a print of the Caribbean Sea and has a 3 cent Honorable Service Pin (or sometimes called ruptured duck pin) postage stamp. This cover has a Boston, Massachusetts mailing address label. It is marked as follows:

U.S.S. SICILY (CVE 118)
FEB 28 1947
UNITED STATES NAVY
ATLANTIC FLEET
TACTICAL MANEUVERS
2 FEB. 1947 - 19 MAR, 1947
CARIBBEAN AREA

MORRIS W. BECK
R.C.D. NO. 329
MENESHA, WISCONSIN

The cover or envelope measures 6-1/2'' x 3-5/8''. It appears to be in excellent condition as pictured. Below here, for reference, is a short History of the U.S.S. Sicily:

U.S.S. Sicily (CVE - 118)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Career

Name: U.S.S. Sicily
Builder: Todd Pacific Shipyards
Laid down: 23 October 1944
Launched: 14 April 1945
Commissioned: 27 February 1946
Decommissioned: 1954
Struck: 1 July 1960
Fate: Sold for scrap, 31 October 1960

General characteristics
Class and type: Commencement Bay class escort carrier
Displacement: 10,900 long tons (11,100 t)
Length: 557 feet (170 m)
Beam: 75 feet (23 m)
Draft: 31 feet (9.4 m)
Propulsion: 2 shaft Allis-Chambers geared turbines, 16,000 shp
Speed: 19 knots (22 mph; 35 km/h)
Complement: 1,170
Armament: 2 - 5Êinch (130 mm) guns (2x1), 36 - 40 mm anti aircraft guns

Service record
Part of: US Atlantic Fleet (1946 - 1950), US Pacific Fleet (1950 - 1954), Pacific Reserve Fleet (1954 - 1960)
Operations: Korean War (1950 - 1952)
Awards: 5 Battle stars

The U.S.S. Sicily (CVE-118) was a Commencement Bay class escort carrier in the United States Navy. She was named in honor of the island of Sicily, which was the site of a major invasion during World War II. Sicily was laid down on 23 October 1944 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma, Washington, as Sandy Bay; launched on 14 April 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Julius Vanderwiele; renamed Sicily on 5 June 1945; and commissioned on 27 February 1946, Capt. B. W. Wright in command.

Operational History

The U.S.S. Sicily fitted out at Portland, Oregon, loaded supplies at Seattle, and then sailed for San Diego where she held shakedown training during April and May. On 15 May, she was ordered to proceed to New York, via the Panama Canal and Norfolk, Virginia. The carrier entered the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 6 June and remained there until 30 September when she sailed to NS Argentia, Newfoundland, to conduct cold weather training. During the remainder of 1946 and until 3 April 1950, Sicily operated with the U.S. Atlantic Fleet out of her home port of Norfolk. At that time, she was reassigned to the Pacific Fleet with San Diego as her home port, arriving there on 28 April. The carrier was scheduled to conduct antisubmarine warfare exercises during the summer, but the invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans, on 25 June, caused a radical change in her operating plans. Sicily was notified on 2 July that she was needed in the Far East; and she sailed, two days later, for the first of three deployments to Korean waters. Sicily was designated flagship of Carrier Division (CarDiv) 15 and on 3 August launched aircraft of VMF-214 on their first air strike in support of Allied ground forces. During this tour, she supported ground operations at Pohang, the Inchon landing, the advance to Seoul, and the withdrawal of the marines from the Chosin Reservoir to Hungnam before returning to San Diego on 5 February 1951. On her second tour with the 7th Fleet, from 13 May to 12 October 1951, Sicily operated on both the east and west coast of Korea. Her last tour during the Korean War was from 8 May to 4 December 1952, and she served with the United Nations Escort and Blockading Force. Sicily was deployed to the Far East again from 14 July 1953 to 25 February 1954.

Decommissioning
Upon her return to the west coast, Sicily was placed in reserve, out of commission, with the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She was struck from the Navy List on 1 July 1960 and sold to Nicolai Joffe Corporation on 31 October for scrap. Sicily received five battle stars for service in Korea.

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1947 United States Navy U.S.S. Sicily (CVE-118) First Day Cover Envelope


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