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1. Covers Page 1    (Keel Laying 1937 - Launching 1940)
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4. Covers Page 4    (1941-1944)
5. Covers Page 5    (1945-1947)
6. Covers Page 6    (Memorial 1961-2007)
7. Covers Page 7    (Postcards Page 1)
8. Covers Page 8    (Postcards Page 2)
9. Covers Page 9    (Postcards & Stamps)

 

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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

 

N/A		N/A	1941-04-25 Locy Type 9v
			N/A

Note:

 

			1941-04-28 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			National Defense

Cachet by Winfred M. Grandy

 

N/A		N/A	1941-05-08 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			N/A

Signed by the 1st Commanding Officer - Captain Olaf M. Hustvedt, USN. Cachet by Artcraft.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-05-21 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			N/A

Cachet by Ludwig W. Staehle

 

			1941-05-30 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Memoral Day 1942 USS Akron ZRS 4 and USS Macon ZRS 5

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1941-06-04 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			USMC - War Bonds

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

N/A		N/A	1941-07-14 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			N/A

Generic cachet

 

N/A		N/A	1941-07-16 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			"Stars and Stripes Forever" National Defense

Cachet by William M. Grandy

 

N/A			1941-07-24 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Informative cachet

Cachet by Royal C. Hendricks. Contributed by William Lowe.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-09-04 Locy Type 7qt (1)
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by M. Faye Muridge

 

N/A		N/A	1941-09-04 Locy Type 7qt (1)
			Shakedown Cruise

Hand-drawn Cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-09-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			N/A

Army and Navy Register business envelope.

 

N/A		N/A	1941-09-19 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			N/A

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

			1941-10-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			Category

Cachet by Gordon A. Shaw

 

N/A		N/A	1941-10-30 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			N/A

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

 

			1941-12-10 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Official Business

Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

N/A		N/A	1941-12-25 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			N/A

Censored sailors mail.

 

N/A		N/A	1942-09-24 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			Marine’s Mail

Note: Posted nine days after the battle of Guadalcanal where the ship was struck by a torpedo from IJN Submarine I-19. At this time, she was underway to Pearl Harbor for repairs.

 

N/A		N/A	1943-02-15 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			Marine’s Mail

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1943-04-14 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			Marine’s Mail

Censored

 

N/A		N/A	1943-07-08 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			N/A

Censored Officer's mail

 

			1944-04-08 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			N/A

Censored Sailor's mail

 

N/A		N/A	1944-05-06 Locy Type 7qtz(2)
			N/A

Censored Sailor's mail

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1. Covers Page 1    (Keel Laying 1937 - Launching 1940)
2. Covers Page 2    (Commissioning 1941 Page 1)
3. Covers Page 3    (Commissioning 1941 Page 2)
4. Covers Page 4    (1941-1944)
5. Covers Page 5    (1945-1947)
6. Covers Page 6    (Memorial 1961-2007)
7. Covers Page 7    (Postcards Page 1)
8. Covers Page 8    (Postcards Page 2)
9. Covers Page 9    (Postcards & Stamps)

 

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