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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		N/A	1941-02-03 Locy Type 3r (AC-BTT) USS Lang DD-399
			Keel Laying

The actual Keel Laying date is 1 February 1941. Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick

 

			1942-07-14 Locy Type 3z (BTB)
			Sailor Mail

Censored Wartime (WWII) use

 

			1945-05-16 Locy Type 7z
			Category

Censored Wartime (WWII) use
Postmark from The Pearl Harbor Submarine Base
Back blue printed "AIR MAIL / C.W. RITTER CO.; L.A."

 

			1945-05-19 Locy Type 9vz
			Registered, Official Business

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N/A			1945-05-29 Locy Type 9vz
			Registered, Official Business

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			1945-06-16 Locy Type 7z
			Censored Wartime (WWII) use

Postmark from The Pearl Harbor Submarine Base
Back pencil address

 

			1945-07-14 Locy Type 2z
			Censored Wartime (WWII) use

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			1946-01-07 Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-57c
			United States Navy / Auxiliary Vessel

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No Image			1947-02-26 Locy Type 2(n)
			Battleship

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			1947-10-28 Locy Type 2(n) Locy Type 9efu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-57
			Category

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			1949-11-30 Locy Type 2(n)
			Official Business USS BARBERO SSA-317

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N/A		N/A	1952-03-12 Locy Type 2
			Collector's Request

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No Image			1960-06-04 Locy Type 2r
			Category

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington for USS CAIMAN SS-323

 

N/A		N/A	1962-08-22 Locy Type 2r
			50th Anniversary of the Dental Corps

Cachet by -

 

			1964-02-17 Locy Type 2r
			USS PERMIT SSN-594

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			1965-12-23 Locy Type 2(n+)
			USS SNOOK SSN-592

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N/A		N/A	1966-05-22 Locy Type 2(n+)
			Collectors Request

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N/A		N/A	1967-05-08 Locy Type 7t(n+u)(USS)
			Collectors Request

Rubber Stamp Cachet

 

No Image			1968-11-16 Locy Type 7t(n+u) (USS)
			Category

Cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington for USS BASHAW AGSS-241

 

N/A		N/A	1973-10-13 Locy Type 2(n+)
			Navy Day

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1977-06-20 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS)
			Collectors Request

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N/A		N/A	1978-04-14 Locy Type 2-1n+(USS)
			70th Anniversary of the Return of the Great White Fleet

A Gordon cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1979-04-13 Locy Type 2-1n+(USS)
			DSRV-1 Support

Rubber stamp cachet

 

No Image			1979-07-03 Locy Type 2-1n+ (USS)
			USS SAN ONOFRE ARD-30 Crest

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			1980-10-14 Locy Type 2-1n+ (USS)
			Ship's Crest

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N/A		N/A	1980-12-25 Locy Type 2-1n+(USS)
			Merry Christmas

Rubber stamp cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1982-05-01 Locy Type 2-1n+(USS)
			Collectors Request

Rubber stamp cachet. From a former crewmember - "On 1 MAY 82 Postal Service operations transferred to the USS McKee on the adjacent pier. Sperry covers were still in use; however mail service was limited to a drop box on the quarterdeck. Our PC would hold a Departmental Mail Call daily on the Quarter Deck to distribute incoming mail delivered to him aboard McKee. Department mail POs would then deliver to respective divisions."

 

N/A		N/A	1982-05-01 Locy Type 2-1n+(USS)
			Collectors Request

Rubber stamp cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1982-07-30 Locy Type LDPS 2-1n+(USS) (AM)
			Last Day of Postal Service

Cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1982-07-30 Locy Type LDPS 2-1n+(USS) (PM)
			Last Day of Postal Service

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1982-09-30 Locy Type 2-1(n) USS McKee AS-41
			Decommissioning

Rubber Stamp Cachet. Gold seal applied. Signed by Capt. J.F. (Jeremiah Francis) Sullivan, CO and Capt. W.A. (William A.) Gaines, XO

 

N/A		N/A	1982-09-30 USPS 3-bar San Diego, CA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

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