HYMAN G RICKOVER SSN 709

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine
Keel Laid 24 July 1981 - Launched 27 August 1983


1. USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER SSN-709
   Commissioned 21 July 1984 - Deactivated 14 December 2006
   Decommissioned 17 December 2007

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1983-2006)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Close Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11

1983-08-27

Launching, cachet by the Alton (Budd) M. Arrington, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11

1984-05-17

N/A

Sea Trials, cachet by Alton (Budd) M. Arrington, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Machine cancel Groton, CT

1984-07-21

N/A

Commissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11

1988-01-23

N/A

Change of Command, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial "Deactivation Station" Norfolk, VA

2006-12-14

Deactivation, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS CDS Kittery ME

2007-06-15

N/A

Change of Command, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS CDS Kittery ME

2007-12-17

N/A

Decommissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Admiral Hyman George Rickover, USN (January 27 1900 or August 24 1898 – July 8 1986).

Two ships of the United States Navy have borne the name HYMAN G. RICKOVER - USS Hyman G. Rickover SSN-709 and USS Hyman G. Rickover SSN-795.

 

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