NEW HAMPSHIRE SSN 778

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Virginia Class Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine Keel Laid 30 April 2007 - Launched 21 February 2008 Christened 21 June 2008 USS NEW HAMPSHIRE SSN-778 Commissioned 25 October 2008

Naval Covers

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1. USS New Hampshire SSN-778 Covers Page 1     (2007-2019)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC F FPO AE 09579-2302

2008-10-25

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Christening Sta." Groton CT

2008-06-21

Christening, cachet by William E. Lowe

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Celebration Station" Portsmouth NH

2008-10-25

Commissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "10th Anniversary Sta." Portsmouth NH

2018-10-25

Commissioning, postmark designed by Wolfgang Hechler, cachet by Mike Kleintank

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named after the Granite State - New Hampshire.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name NEW HAMPSHIRE - USS New Hampshire (1864), Renamed USS Granite State in 1904, USS New Hampshire BB-25,
USS New Hampshire (BB-70) Authorized 1940 Cancelled 1943, (before her keel was laid) and USS New Hampshire SSN-778.

The ship's sponsor is Cheryl McGuinness of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the widow of Thomas McGuinness, co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks when the jet was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

 

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