Cachet Category Ship Commissioning Page 5

Page 1 (1930 - 1936)
Page 2 (1937)
Page 3 (1938)
Page 4 (1939 - 1940)
Page 5 (1941 - 1959)
Page 6 (1960 - 1994)
Page 7 (1995 - present)

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Or Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

			1941-03-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) FIRST DAY / COMMISSION USS Castor AKS-1
			Ted Harrington

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			1941-04-09 Type 3 (A) "First Day Cover" USS North Carolina BB-55
			National Cachet Society

Note:

			1941-04-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) Locy Type F (USCS Illustration N-19) FIRST DAY / COVER USS North Carolina BB-55
			Eugene L Mueller

Notes:

			1941-04-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) Locy Type F (USCS Illustration N-19) FIRST DAY / COVER USS North Carolina BB-55
			Al Cohen

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			1941-04-09 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) USS North Carolina BB-55
			Cachet Maker

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			1941-04-18 Locy Type FDC SLPb (29x5) USS Sanderling AMc-11
			Louis C & Mae Weigand

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			1941-05-29 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BTT) Locy Type FDC 9v Locy Type FDC 9x USS Swanson DD-443
			Louis C & Mae Weigand

Notes:

			1941-05-31 Locy Type 9fw USS Washington BB-56
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Actual commission date was 1941-05-15.

			1941-05-31 Locy Type 9fw USS Washington BB-56
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Note that the ship was actually commissioned on May 15, 1941.

			1941-06-20 Locy Type SL2bn (33x3) USS Grouse AMc-12
			Mae Weigand

Notes: Postmark date is assumed.

			1941-06-30 Locy Type FDC Fz [CD-Z5] USS Grayback SS-208
			M Fay Muridge Robert V Walton ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts Alex R Hesse

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Commissioning and Ship First Day Of Postal Service.

			1941-07-23 Locy Type 3 (A-TTT) USS Argus PY-14
			Louis C & Mae Weigand Louis C Weigand Mae Weigand

Notes: July 23 is actually this ship's first day of postal service. Its first day of commission was Feb 13, 1941.

			1941-08-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) USS Tangier AV-8
			Louis C & Mae Weigand

Notes:

		No Image	1941-09-12
			Martin R Aden

Notes: Commissioning of the USS Fulton AS-11.

			1941-10-14 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / COVER USS Solace AH-5
			Louis C & Mae Weigand

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			1941-10-14 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / COVER USS Solace AH-5
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship First Day Of Postal Service and Ship Commissioning

			1941-10-22 Locy Type FDC F (USCS Illustration B-57) FIRST DAY / COMMISSION USS Bristol DD-453
			Archie Lance

Notes: Additional cachet category: Ship First Day Of Postal Service.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1941-11-01 Locy Type FDC F (USCS Illustration B-57) Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) FIRST DAY / COMMISSION USS Bristol DD-453
			George V Sadworth

Notes:

			1941-11-01 Locy Type 3 (A-OTO) USS Bristol DD-453
			National Cachet Society

Notes: Additional cachet category: Ship First Day Of Postal Service

			1941-11-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BTB) USS Thornton AVD-11
			Louis C & Mae Weigand

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Recommissioning and Ship Commissioning
The Thornton was actually recommissioned on March 5, 1941, NOT November 11, 1941.

No Image			1942-01-10 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) USS San Diego CL-53
			n/a

Note:

No Image			1942-01-10 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BBT) USS San Diego CL-53
			n/a

Bruce D. Liddell collection

			1942-01-10 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) USS San Diego CL-53
			Frederick Horton Loring W. Stannard

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			1942-04-02 Locy Type FDC 3z (BBT) USS Farenholt DD-491
			George Neumann

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

No Image		No Image	1942-05-15 Locy Type 3z USS Wahoo SS 238
			Gow Ng

Notes: Contributed by Mike Kaup.

No Image		No Image	1942-12-02 Locy Type 3z USS Harder SS 257
			Gow Ng

Notes: Contributed by Mike Kaup.

			1943-02-12 Locy Type FDC P [(3z) Feb 12, 1943 MINGO/COMM'D] MINGO / COMM'D USS Mingo SS-261
			ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts C De Montigny

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

			1944-01-07
			Fred Hebditch Edgar P Simmons

Notes: Commissioning of the USS Perch IXSS-313.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1945-09-10 Locy Type 2# USS Walsh APD-111
			Tazewell G Nicholson

Notes: Commissioning of the USS Midway CV-41.

		No Image	1946-03-28 Locy Type FDC F [CD-4] USS Robert L Wilson DD-847
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

		No Image	1946-07-22
			William F Spader M J Herald ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts

Notes: Commissioning of the USS Halfbeak SS-352.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1946-11-03 Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USCS Illustration V-3e) Locy Type FDC F (USCS Illustration V-3a) USS Valley Forge LPH-8
			Al Cohen

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Commissioning and Ship First Day Of Postal Service.

			1947-10-01 Locy Type 2tnu Locy Type 9efnu (USCS Illustration C-131d) USS Coral Sea CV-43
			Diana

Notes:

No Image			1956-04-14 USS Saratoga CV-60
			USCS Chapter 3 Admiral Farragut

Notes: The cachet is used as the postmark.

			1956-04-14 Locy Type FDC 2(n) USS Saratoga CV-60
			USCS Chapter 3 Admiral Farragut Walter Czubay

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