CAB-1 1930 S.S. Sacramento
Card reads: PSE DO QSL OB ES PSE
PSE SEAL QSL IN ENVELOPE
(SO OUR CHIEF WONT KNW WE R USING NAVY GEAR TO SK HAMS. TNX A
LOT).
The photo on the back of the Cab
1 card was a joke from the op as to how old the equipment was.
The USS Maine was sunk in Havana harbor and thats what started
the Spanish-Americian War in 1898.
U.S.S. Sacremento (1914-1942):
The Galloping Ghost of the China Coast
Historical Marker http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=16475
Photos http://navalwarfare.blogspot.com/2009/03/figure-1-uss-sacramento-pg-19-on-4-july.html
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sacramento_%28PG-19%29
QSL Patrick Rigg Collection
Info courtesy of W5KNE, Patrick Rigg