HARTFORD SSN 768

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.

Los Angeles Class (Improved) Attack Submarine Keel Laid 22 February 1992 - Launched 4 December 1993 USS HARTFORD SSN-768 Commissioned 10 December 1994

Naval Covers

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1. USS Hartford SSN-768 Covers Page 1    (1993-2019)

 

Postmarks

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

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS HARTFORD Station" Groton, CT

1993-12-04

Launching, cachet by USS North Carolina Chapter No. 99, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Sta." Groton, CT

1994-12-10

Commissioning, cachet by USS North Carolina Chapter No. 99, USCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "10th Anniversary Station" Groton, CT

2004-12-10

10th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "15th Anniversary Station" Groton, CT

2009-12-10

15th Anniversary, cachet by Dieter Lange

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "20th Anniversary Station" Groton, CT

2014-12-10

20th Anniversary, postmark designed by Wolfgang Hechler, cachet by Robert Jank

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS Hartford / SSN-768 Sta." Groton, CT

2019-12-10

25th Anniversary, postmark designed by Greg Ciesielski, cachet by Dennis W. Gill

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for Hartford Connecticut.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named HARTFORD - USS Hartford (Sloop of War 1859) and USS Hartford SSN-768.

The ships sponsor is Laura O'Keefe, wife of former Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe,

 

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