Rendezvoused
with the Central Group of ships at Scott Island and refueled from
USS Canisteo.
31
DEC 46
Began
transit through the pack ice with the Central Group.
14
JAN 47
Broke
into the open waters of the Ross Sea.
15
JAN 47
Arrived
at the Bay of Whales.
18
JAN 47
Moored
at Bay of Whales and commenced off-loading of supplies for Little
America.
6
FEB 47
Departed
Bay of Whales with Central Group.
13
FEB 47
Departed
Scott Island for New Zealand.
22
FEB 47
Arrived
at Port Chalmers, N.Z.
5
MAR 47
Departed
Port Chalmers for Pago Pago, Samoa.
11
MAR 47
Arrived
Pago Pago, Samoa.
27
MAR 47
Departed
Pago Pago, Samoa with YTL-153 in tow.
14
APR 47
Arrived
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
2
MAY 47
Arrived
at Port Hueneme, California.
Covers
from Yancey are usually identified by a return address of a crewmember
(figure 1), or rubber stamp (figure 1a) or the ship's straight line
handstamp (figure 2) because of her post office having been closed as
of September 1946.
Most of the one-line cachets will be found in the
vicinity of the postage stamp. During her stay at the Bay of Whales,
mail was canceled aboard the other ships of the Central Group (figures
3, 4).
Enroute
north, some mail bearing the Highjump cachet was deposited at Dunedin,
New Zealand (figure 5), Pago Pago, Samoa (figures 6, 7) and at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii (figures 8, 9).
