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Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.


HISTORICAL NOTE
The Naval Ammunition Depot, New Orleans, Louisiana, was commissioned 1 December 1942. Covering 3,351 acres, it cost $2,960,000; 21 officers, 175 enlisted men, 435 Marines, and 169 civilians constituted its manpower complement. The depot was responsible for the storage of and issue of adequate amounts of all types of ammunition required by merchant and Naval vessels and shore activities in the surrounding area. The Depot closed in 1956.



 

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1942-05-12
Locy Type 2
"NEW ORLEANS, LA. / MAR. BRKS. NAV. AMMU. DEPOT BR."

Patriotic cachet by -
M. Fay Muridge

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.


 

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1942-05-12
Locy Type 9
"NEW ORLEANS, LA. / MAR. BRKS. NAV. AMMU. DEPOT BR."

Patriotic cachet by -
M. Fay Muridge

From the Greg Ciesielski collection.

 


 

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