Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 29

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.

Chapter Covers

The Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4 is very prolific and has created many covers since their organization on September 9, 1933. Cachets for this chapter have been created by various artists and efforts are made to identify them. To speed up the time for a page to fully load, they have been separated into smaller year increments starting with the year 1980. This Chapter is based out of Philadelphia, PA and they create covers for US Navy vessels, US Coast Guard vessels and other maritime entities. Please enjoy these covers that show our maritime history.

Cachet Artist and Director is Rich Hoffner unless otherwise stated.

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-01 USPS Pictorial "Christening Station" Groton, CT USS Connecticut SSN-22
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-02 Locy Type F USCG Ferry USCG Ferry Pvt. Nicholas Minue
			Final Official Run

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-02 Locy Type F USCG Ferry USCG Ferry Pvt. Nicholas Minue
			Final Official Run

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-06 Locy Type F USS Hopper DDG-70
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-06 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" King's Bay, GA USS Louisiana SSBN-743
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-06 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" King's Bay, GA USS Louisiana SSBN-743
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-18 Locy Type F USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
			Former Crewmembers Reunion in San Diego CA

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-20 Locy Type 2 & 9 USS Bataan LHD-5
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-20 Locy Type F USS Bataan LHD-5
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-09-26 USPS Type 9 Bremerton, WA USS Pintado SSN-672
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-04 USPS 4-bar "City of Ships Branch" Bath, ME USS Higgins DDG-76
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-09 USPS 4-bar "City of Ships Branch" Bath, ME USS Oscar Austin DDG-79
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-13 Locy Type F USS Ramage DDG-61
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-13 Locy Type F USS Ramage DDG-61
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-13 Locy Type F USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-18 Locy Type F USS Cardinal MHC-60
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-18 Locy Type 2 USS Arkansas CGN-41
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-18 Locy Type F "PUGET SOUND / NAVAL / SHIPYARD" USS Arkansas CGN-41
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-21 USPS Pictorial "Old Ironsides Station" Boston, MA USF Constitution
			200th Anniversary of Launching

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-21 USPS Pictorial "Old Ironsides Station" Boston, MA USF Constitution
			200th Anniversary of Launching

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-28 USPS 4-bar Lockport, LA USCGC Barracuda WPB-87301
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1997-10-31 Locy Type F USS New Orleans LPH-11
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-11-01 USPS CDS Bayonne, NJ USCGC Katherine Walker WLM-552
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-11-07 USPS 4-bar "Naval Base Branch" Portsmouth, NH USS Groton SSN-694
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-11-15 USPS Type 9 New Orleans, LA USCGC Healy WAGB-20
			Launching and Christening

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N/A		N/A	1997-11-15 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula,MS USS Porter DDG-78
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	1997-11-26 USPS Type 11 Marinette WI 54143
			Special Commissioning of the USCGC Marcus Hanna WLM-554

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N/A		N/A	1997-12-12 Locy Type 2 USS Aubrey Fitch FFG-34
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1997-12-12 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USS Iwo Jima LHD-7
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1997-12-12 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USS Iwo Jima LHD-7
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1997-12-23 Locy Type 2 USS Crommelin FFG-37
			Decommissioning USS Birmingham SSN-695

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N/A		N/A	1997-12-25 Locy Type F "PUGET SOUND / NAVAL / SHIPYARD" USS Arkansas CGN-41
			Merry Christmas

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N/A		N/A	1997-12-25 Locy Type 11 USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Merry Christmas

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N/A		N/A	1997-12-25 USPS 4-bar South Portland, ME USCGC Jefferson Island WPB-1340
			Merry Christmas

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