MARIANO G VALLEJO SSBN 658

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.

Benjamin Franklin Class Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine Keel Laid 7 July 1964 - Launched 23 October 1965 USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO SSBN-658 Commissioned 16 December 1966 - Decommissioned 9 March 1995 Struck from Naval Register 9 March 1995 Disposed of through NPSSRP 22 December 1995

Naval Covers

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1. USS Mariano G. Vallejo SSBN-658 Covers Page 1     (1964-1995)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "50th Anniversary Sta." Vallejo, CA

2016-12-16

50th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Neal J. Mills. Black Ink.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "50th Anniversary Sta." Vallejo, CA

2016-12-16

50th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Robert Jank. Magenta Ink.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Thamespex Station" Waterford CT

2019-10-20

Cachet by Michael Brock.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "50th Anniversary Sta." Vallejo, CA

2016-12-16

N/A

PROPOSED 50th Anniversary of Commissioning postmark, created by Wolfgang Hechler.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Gen. Mariano G. Vallejo (July 7 1808 - January 12 1890)
Vallejo entered the Monterey Presidential Academy in 1823. Appointed Secretary to the Governor of California in 1825, he later served as Commander of the Presidio at San Francisco, and in 1836 was appointed Commandante General and Director of Colonization of the Northern Frontier, the highest military command in northern California. That appointment terminated during the Bear Flag Revolt, General Vallejo, in spite of substantial losses suffered as a result of that revolution, chose to remain in his home State and support separation from Mexico and annexation by the United States. An influential member of the State’s Constitutional Convention, he was elected a member of the first State Senate (1850). He continued to devote his energies to the development of California for the remainder of his life. General Vallejo died at Sonoma, Calif., January 12 1890.

The ships sponsor was Miss Patricia O. V. McGettigan.

 

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