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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

 

			1935-12-31 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-92 "TWIN LAUNCHING / P.S.N.Y., BREMERTON, WASH."
			Launching of USS Perkins DD-377 and USS Cushing DD-376

Cachet by Barney Ingram, sponsored by the Bremerton Stamp Society
Front of the cover has a postmark from USS Arizona BB-39. Back of the cover has a postmark from Bremerton Navy Yard.

 

			1935-12-31 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			Ship Christening of USS Cushing DD-376 and USS Perkins DD-377

Cachet by Ronald E. Greenwood and R. B. Hare. The hull numbers listed in the cachet are incorrect.

 

		N/A	1935-12-31 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "CUSHING 376 / PERKINS 377" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Ship Launching of USS Cushing DD-376 and USS Perkins DD-377

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N/A		N/A	1936-08-28 Locy Type FDC 3(AC-BTT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Donald A. Yontz and sponsored by the M. T. Woolsey Chapter No. 40, USCS. (15 Jul 1936 blocked out). Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1936-08-28 Locy Type FDC 3(AC-BTT) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by -

 

N/A			1937-01-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "BREMERTON / SHAKEDOWN"
			Cachet Category

Back black rubberstamp WM Judisch U.S.C.S. return...PLAINFIELD NJ REC'D 1937-01-16

 

			1937-01-28 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "HONOLULU / HAWAII"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by the John Rodgers Chapter 26, USCS

 

			1937-02-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "HILO / HAWAII"
			Shakedown Cruise

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N/A		N/A	1937-05-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "LAUNCHED / AT PSNY"
			Twin Launching of - USS Patterson DD-392 USS Jarvis DD-393

Cachet by M. B. Owens, sponsored by Deane C. Bartley. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

No Image			1937-08-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Cachet Category

Back is clean

 

			1939-08-28 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Ship's Third Birthday

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N/A		N/A	1939-11-25 Locy Type 3(AC-BTT) "HONOLULU / T. H."
			Sailor mail

Note: Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1942-09-02 Locy Type 3z United States Fleet Registered 1942-09-05 San Francisco CA Reg. Sec. 1942-09-08 San Francisco CA (STA. A) Registered
			Category

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

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