OtherUS Submarine Base Kings Bay Georgia

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

 

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N/A		N/A	1979-07-06 Kings Bay, GA
			Base Crest

Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is a base of the United States Navy located adjacent to the city of St. Marys in Camden County, Georgia, on the North River in southeastern Georgia, and 38 miles from Jacksonville, Florida. The Submarine Base is the US Atlantic Fleet's home port for U.S. Navy Fleet ballistic missile nuclear submarines capable of being armed with Trident missile nuclear weapons. This submarine base covers about 16,000 acres of land, of which 4,000 acres are protected wetlands.

N/A			1990-10-20 USPS Pictorial Postmark "FIRST DAY / OF / COMMISSION" ST MARY'S, GA
			USPS Pictorial Postmark (1990)

Commissioning of USS West Virginia SSBN-736. Cover by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			1994-08-18 USPS 4-bar Cancel Kings Bay GA
			USPS 4-bar Cancel (1992-1994)

Change of Command of USS Nebraska SSBN-739. Cover by Donald R. Wilson

N/A			1995-07-13 USPS Type 9 Cancel SAINT MARYS GA
			USPS Type 9 Cancel (1995)

4th Anniversary of USS Kentucky SSBN-737. Cover by Gary R. Rogak

N/A			1997-09-06 USPS Type 9 Cancel SAINT MARYS GA KINGS BAY CONTRACT BR / USPS
			USPS Type 9 Cancel (1997)

Commissioning of USS Louisiana SSBN-743. Cover by Leonhard Venne

N/A			1997-09-06 USPS Pictorial Postmark "COMMISSIONING / STATION" Kings Bay, GA
			USPS Pictorial Postmark (1997)

Commissioning of USS Louisiana SSBN-743. Cover by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A			1999-04-15 PB Meter 7084556 Kings Bay, GA
			Dept. of the Navy PAO Office

Kings Bay GA Meter. Cover from Tom Armstrong

N/A			2016-01-25 USPS Type 12c Cancel "KINGS BAY CONT BR 31547" USPS ST. MARYS, GA
			Type 12c Cancel (2016)

30th Anniversary of USS Alaska SSBN-732. Cover by Neal J. Mills

N/A			2019-05-31 USPS 4-bar Cancel "KINGS BAY CONT BR / 31547" USPS / ST.MARY'S, GA
			4-Bar Cancel (2019)

Change of Command of USS Alaska SSBN-732 (Gold). Cover by Neal J. Mills

N/A			2020-05-14 USPS 4-bar Cancel "KINGS BAY CONTRACT BRANCH / 31547" USPS SAINT MARYS, GA
			4-Bar Cancel (2020)

Change of Command of USS Georgia SSGN-729 (Blue). Cover by Neal J. Mills

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			1999-03-26 PB Meter 7084556 Kings Bay, GA
			Dept. of the Navy PAO Office

Stickers on the cover represent the Units and Submarines homeported at Kings Bay.
USS Nebraska SSBN-739, USS Louisiana SSBN-743,
US Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet, Submarine Squadron Twenty, Submarine Group Ten
Cover from Tom Armstrong

			1999-04-15 PB Meter 7084556 Kings Bay, GA
			Dept. of the Navy PAO Office

Stickers on the cover represent the Units and Submarines homeported at Kings Bay.
USS Rhode Island SSBN-740, USS Kentucky SSBN-737, USS Wyoming SSBN-742, USS Tennessee SSBN-734,
US Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet, Trident Training Facility
Cover from Tom Armstrong

 

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