USS Sennet (SS-408)
Central Group
Cmdr. Joseph B. Icenhower, USN
| 10
DEC 46 |
Departed
Submarine Base Balboa, Canal Zone. |
| 28
DEC 46 |
Crossed
the Antarctic Circle. |
| 30
DEC 46 |
Rendezvoused
with the Central Group of ships in the vicinity of Scott Island. |
| 31
DEC 46 |
Dr.
Waldo K. Lyon, physicist, reported aboard for duty. Entered pack
ice in column with Central Group. |
| 3
JAN 47 |
Due
to severe ice conditions was taken in tow by Northwind
and proceeded northward toward Scott Island. |
| 5
JAN 47 |
In
vicinity of Scott Island commenced inspection of vessel and served
as weather and radio relay station. |
| 25
JAN 47 |
Rendezvoused
with Philippine Sea and Cacapon;
refueled. |
| 29
JAN 47 |
Served
as stand-by rescue vessel for the R4D flights from Philippine Sea
to Little America through the 30th. |
| 4
FEB 47 |
Set
course for Wellington, New Zealand. |
| 11
FEB 47 |
Entered
Port Nicholson, Wellington, N.Z. |
| 16
FEB 47 |
Departed
Wellington for Papeete, Tahiti. |
| 24
FEB 47 |
Arrived
Papeete, Tahiti. |
| 26
FEB 47 |
Departed
Papeete, Tahiti. |
| 13
MAR 47 |
Moored
at Submarine Base Balboa, C.Z. |
U.S.S. Sennet had
no official post office on board, thus no postmark incorporating the
ship's name. Some mail was canceled with a World War II vintage "U.S.
NAVY" hand cancel which rendered extremely poor impressions (figure
1). These can be found with either a 2 APR or 7 APR 1947 date, long
after the ship returned to home port. The single-line ship's name handstamp
(figure 2) appears on many Sennet philatelic covers and, indeed, identifies
them as being from this vessel. Occasionally it was used as a canceling
device.
Much
of the mail from Sennet was transferred to another ship of the Task
Force for postmarking and onward transmission (figures 3, 4, 5).
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Figure
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Figure
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Figure
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