Morris W. Beck Naval Covers
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Updates: B995 Name of Ship added, B1000 Trivia added, 998, July 13-21 covers

Number Ship/Location Hull Number Cachet/ Event Cancel Date Comments

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952 USS Elliot DD-967 Launching Not serviced Scan not available.
No examples observed.
953 USS Spruance DD-963 Commission SEP/20/1975/AM
US Navy added at top of cancel.
954 USS Dubuque LPD-8 Columbus Day OCT/14/1974/A.M.
Most cancels observed are poor quality.
955 USS Kalamazoo AOR-6 Columbus Day OCT/14/1974/A.M.
 
956 USS Prairie AD-15 Columbus Day SEP 16/PM/1974
Scheduled for USS Prairie, no mention of ship on cover
957 USS Donald B Beary DE-1085 Columbus Day OCT/14/1974/AM
 
958 USS Horne DLG-30 Columbus Day OCT/14/AM/1974
 
959 USS John F Kennedy CVA-67 US Navy 199th Anniv OCT/13/AM/1974
 
960 USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16 US Navy 199th Anniv OCT/13/1974/AM
 
961 USS Dyess DD-880 US Navy 199th Anniv PM / /11 OCT/1974
Ship added 3 line Red RS cachet
962 USS Stein DE-1065 US Navy 199th Anniv OCT/13/1974/AM
 
962 USS Stein DE-1065 US Navy 199th Anniv OCT/13/1974/AM
CREW-Beck cover without number
963 USS Fort Fisher LSD-40 US Navy 199th Anniv OCT/13/1974/AM
 
964 USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69 Christening OCT 11/AM/1975
Slogan Christening of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower
965 USS Long Beach CGN-9 UN Day OCT/24/1974/AM
 
966 USS Lynde McCormick DDG-8 UN Day OCT/24/1974/A.M.
 
967 USS Agerholm DD-826 UN Day NOV/12/1974/AM
 
968 USS Bronstein DE-1037 UN Day Not serviced Scan not available.
No examples observed.
969 USS Okinawa LPH-3 UN Day OCT/24/1974/A.M.
 
970 USS Franklin D Roosevelt CVA-42 Navy Day OCT/27/AM/1974
 
971 USS Damato DD-871 Navy Day OCT/27/1974
 
972 USS Navasota AO-106 Navy Day OCT/27/AM/1974
 
973 USS Myles C Fox DDR-829 Navy Day OCT/27/1974/AM
Above: Normal Beck cover.

Above: Cachet printing error.  Blue missing.  Only green and Red printed.  See HERE
974 USS Reasoner DE-1063 Navy Day NOV/11/1974/AM
 
975 USS Oriskany CVA-34 Veterans Day NOV/11/AM/1974
Ship added black RS cachet on front
976 USS Badger DE-1071 Veterans Day NOV/11/1974/AM
 
977 USS Nitro AE-23 Veterans Day NOV/11/1974/A.M.
 
978 USS Bristol County LST-1198 Veterans Day NOV/11/AM/1974
 
979 USS Connole DE-1056 Veterans Day NOV/11/1974/AM
 
980 USS Samuel Gompers AD-37 Merry Christmas DEC/25/AM/1974
 
981 USS Concord AFS-5 Merry Christmas DEC/25/A.M./1974
 
982 USS Juneau LPD-10 Merry Christmas DEC/25/1974/AM
 
983 USS Waddell DDG-24 Merry Christmas DEC/25/A.M./1974
 
984 USS Patterson DE-1061 Merry Christmas DEC/25/1974/  /
 
985 USS Paul F Foster DD-964 Merry Christmas Not serviced Scan not available.
No examples observed.
986 USS Holder DD-819 Thanksgiving Day NOV/28/A.M./1974
This set-fewest covers of all 300-1000 series
987 USS Fiske DD-842 Thanksgiving Day NOV/28/1974
This set-fewest covers of all 300-1000 series
988 USS Steinaker DD-863 Thanksgiving Day Not serviced Scan not available.
No examples observed.
989 USS Newman K Perry DD-883 Thanksgiving Day Not serviced Scan not available.
No examples observed.
990 USS Meredith DD-890 Thanksgiving Day AM/NOV/28/1974
This set-fewest covers of all 300-1000 series.  See Variety.
990 USS Meredith DD-890 Thanksgiving Day AM/NOV/28/1974
This set-fewest covers of all 300-1000 series.  Some covers observed also have USPS,SC cancel DEC 7 1974.
991 USS Roanoke