Yorktown CV 5 Covers Page 1: Difference between revisions

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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

N/A			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) "CHAMPAGNE & / SALT WATER" USS San Francisco CA-38
			Ship Launching

Cachet by Leonard Rogers

		No Image	1936-04-04 Locy Type 7dr USS Arkansas BB-33
			Ship Launching

Note: Launch cachet for USS Yorktown CV-5.

		No Image	1936-04-04
			Ship Launching

Note:

			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) YORKTOWN / LAUNCHED USS Babbitt AG-102
			Ship Launching

Cachet Maker: Naval Cachet and Cancel Club

			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3s (A) LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA USS Lexington CV-2
			Ship Launching

Note:

N/A		N/A	1936-04-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "USS / YORKTOWN" USS Saratoga CV-3
			Ship Launching

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

N/A		N/A	1936-04-04 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

Cachet by -

N/A		N/A	1936-04-04 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

Cachet by -

		No Image	1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell

			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Walter Czubay

			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Maker: Leo A. Schupp

			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Roland E. Hopkins. Cachet is thermographed.

N/A		N/A	1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace. From the Tom Kean collection.

N/A			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Norfolk Cover Service). From the Ronald Finger collection.

N/A			1937-09-30 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson (Naval Cachet and Cancel Club). From the Ronald Finger collection.

No Image		No Image	1937-10-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Category

Note: Add-on cachet by Kelly Armstrong

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY / DAY"
			Navy Day 1937

Cachet by PeeJay Ickeringill & Frederick Horton

		No Image	1938-01-08 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "DEPARTED / NORFOLK VA"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Note:

			1938-01-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "CULEBRA / PUERTO RICO"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell

		No Image	1938-01-14 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "CHARLOTTE / AMALIE V I"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: Robert S. Thompson and Arthur S. Williams

			1938-01-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "GONAIVES / HAITI"
			Ship Shakedown Cruise

Cachet Makers: Tazewell G. Nicholson and C. Wright Richell.
Contributed by Louis Kurzmiller.

			1938-02-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "CRISTOBAL / CANAL ZONE"
			Shakedown Cruise

Note:

		No Image	1938-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA"
			Ship Launching - USS St. Louis CL-49

Note:

			1938-04-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NAVY YARD / NORFOLK VA"
			Ship Launching - USS St. Louis CL-49

Cachet Maker: Dr. S. E. Hutnick

			1939-04-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
			Official Business

Note:

No Image		No Image	1939-08-18
			Category

Note: This is an invitation to the ship's Second Anniversary Ball held at the Mission Beach Ballroom (San Diego).

			1939-10-27 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "NAVY / DAY"
			Navy Day 1939

Note:

			1940-04-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "LAHAINA RDS / MAUI, T.H." Locy Type 6ep(2) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9efw Locy Type 9x
			Category

Note:

			1941-04-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PEARL / HARBOR, T.H."
			Category

Cachet Maker: Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop

No Image			1941-04-15 Locy Type 7r
			Category

Note:

			1941-04-18 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "PEARL / HARBOR, T.H."
			Ship Birthday

Cachet Maker: Walter G. Crosby.
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet is on a piece of paper that is pasted to the cover.

No Image			1941-08-27 Locy Type 3z (BTB)
			Category

Postcard use

			1942-04-10 Locy Type 9efw
			Battleship

Note:

No Image			1992-06-06
			Category

Cachet Maker: Nichols
Cachet is thermographed. Cachet commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. Cover includes an insert describing the battle.

If you have images to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add them. See Editing Ship Cover Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 <br/>&nbsp;<br/>
-Return to [[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS Yorktown CV-5 Main Page]]
+Return to [[YORKTOWN_CV_5 | USS YORKTOWN CV-5 Main Page]]
 <br/>&nbsp;<br/>
 <hr/>
@@ Line 104: / Line 104: @@
 [[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching|Ship Launching]]<br/>
 </td></tr></table>
-Notes: Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Naval_Cachet_And_Cancel_Club | Naval Cachet and Cancel Club]]
+Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Naval_Cachet_And_Cancel_Club | Naval Cachet and Cancel Club]]
 <!-- === End of Cachet Maker Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 124: / Line 124: @@
 [[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching|Ship Launching]]<br/>
 </td></tr></table>
-Notes:
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1936-04-04  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett_saratoga_cv3_19360404.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-04<br/>Locy Type 3 (B-BBT)<br/>"USS / YORKTOWN"<br/>[[SARATOGA_CV_3 | USS Saratoga CV-3]]
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching|Ship Launching]]
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1936-04-04  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Saratoga_CV5_19360404_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-04<br/>USPO Machine Cancel<br/>Newport News VA
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Launching
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by -
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1936-04-04  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Saratoga_CV5_19360404_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-04<br/>USPO Machine Cancel<br/>Newport News VA
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Launching
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by -
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 137: / Line 188: @@
 No Image
 </td><td valign="center">
--09-30<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
+-09-30<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 [[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Cachet Makers: [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson| Tazewell G. Nicholson]] and
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson| Tazewell G. Nicholson]] and
 [[Cachet_Maker_C_Wright_Richell| C. Wright Richell]]
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
@@ Line 156: / Line 207: @@
 </td><td valign="center">
 -09-30<br/>
-Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
+Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 [[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_Czubay| Walter Czubay]]
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_Czubay| Walter Czubay]]
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 173: / Line 224: @@
 [[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19370930_3_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--09-30<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
+-09-30<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 [[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]
@@ Line 190: / Line 241: @@
 [[Image:Bunter_Yorktown_CV_5_19370930_4_back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td><td valign="center">
--09-30<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
+-09-30<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
 [[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning|Ship Commissioning]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Roland_E_Hopkins| Roland E. Hopkins]]. Cachet is thermographed.
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Roland_E_Hopkins| Roland E. Hopkins]]. Cachet is thermographed.
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1937-09-30  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Yorktown_CV5_19370930_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center">
+-09-30<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning| Commissioning]]
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Lloyd_A_Nace | Lloyd A. Nace]]. From the Tom Kean collection.
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1937-09-30  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Yorktown_CV5_19370930_3_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Yorktown_CV5_19370930_3_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-09-30<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning| Commissioning]]
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson (Norfolk Cover Service)]]. From the Ronald Finger collection.
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1937-09-30  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+N/A
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Yorktown_CV5_19370930_4_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_Yorktown_CV5_19370930_4_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-09-30<br/>Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Commissioning| Commissioning]]
+</td></tr></table>
+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Tazewell_G_Nicholson_ | Tazewell G. Nicholson (Naval Cachet and Cancel Club)]]. From the Ronald Finger collection.
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1937-10-19 -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+No Image
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:KArmstrong_Yorktown_CV_5_19371019_1_Front.jpg.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+No Image
+</td><td valign="center">
+-10-19<br/>
+Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) <br/>
+"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA" <br/>
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Category</td></tr></table>
+Note: Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Kelly_Armstrong | Kelly Armstrong]]
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 228: / Line 348: @@
 [[Cachet_Category_Ship_Shakedown_Cruise|Ship Shakedown Cruise]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Notes:
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 299: / Line 419: @@
 Shakedown Cruise
 </td></tr></table>
-Notes:
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 316: / Line 436: @@
 [[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching|Ship Launching]] - [[SAINT_LOUIS_CL_49 | USS St. Louis CL-49]]
 </td></tr></table>
-Notes:
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 348: / Line 468: @@
 -04-19<br/>Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT)<br/>"NORFOLK / VIRGINIA"
 </td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
-Category
+Official Business
 </td></tr></table>
-Official Business
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->
@@ Line 368: / Line 488: @@
 Note: This is an invitation to the ship's Second Anniversary Ball held at the Mission Beach Ballroom (San Diego).
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1939-10-27  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19391027 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19391027.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19391027 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-10-27<br/>Locy Type 3r (A-BBT)<br/>"NAVY / DAY"
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Navy Day 1939
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
 <!-- ============ -->
 <!--  1940-04-10  -->
@@ Line 401: / Line 539: @@
 Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Sibley's_Department_Store_Hobby_Shop | Sibley's Department Store Hobby Shop]]
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1941-04-15  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+No Image
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19410415.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19410415 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-15<br/>Locy Type 7r
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Category
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
 <!-- ============ -->
 <!--  1941-04-18  -->
@@ Line 418: / Line 574: @@
 Cachet Maker: [[Cachet_Maker_Walter_G_Crosby| Walter G. Crosby]].<br/>
 Cachet is thermographed. Cachet is on a piece of paper that is pasted to the cover.
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1941-08-27  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+No Image
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19410827.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19410827 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-08-27<br/>
+Locy Type 3z (BTB)
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Category
+</td></tr></table>
+Postcard use
+<!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<!--  1942-04-10  -->
+<!-- ============ -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19420410 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="350" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19420410.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td valign="center" align="center" width="120" rowspan="2">
+[[Image:JonBurdett yorktown cv5 19420410 pm.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td><td valign="center">
+-04-10<br/>
+Locy Type 9efw
+</td></tr><tr><td valign="center">
+Battleship
+</td></tr></table>
+Note:
 <!-- === End of Ship Cover Entry === -->
 <!-- ============ -->

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