Cachet Category Alaskan Ports

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

Alaskan Submarine Force Alaskan Ports

---

This is a study of various Alaskan ports seen on Naval covers. The postmarks will be the featured item, not the covers.

---

 

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Front Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

 

N/A			1935-07-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "BENSHOFF I. / ALASKA" USS Brooks DD-232
			Cachet by John Coulthard

1935 Maneuvers in Alaskan Waters. This island is FICTITIOUS and was created by the NMC for Mrs. W. A. Benshoff, a well-known collector.

 

			1934-05-28 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ADAK ISLAND / ALEUTIANS" USS Kingfisher AM-25
			Cacheted

Aleutian Islands Duty 1934

 

N/A			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ADAK / ALEUTIAN IS" USS Tanager AM-5
			No Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-07-05 Locy Type 5ahks "ADAK / ISLAND" USS Gannet AM-41
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1935-05-11 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "ADAK ISL. / ALASKA" USS Kingfisher AM-25
			Cachet by Richard Dumonte

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

N/A			1935-05-11 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "ADAK ISL. / ALASKA" USS Kingfisher AM-25
			Cacheted

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

			1934-04-07 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "ALEUTIANS / ALASKA" USS Swallow AM-4
			R/S cachet

Note:

 

N/A			1935-05-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "ALEUTIAN, IS / ALASKA" USS Minneapolis CA-36
			Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill Sponsored by Sarah Litton ANCS No. 26

Alaskan Cruise of the US Fleet.

 

			1934-07-31 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "CAPE KIGON / ALASKA" USS Quail AM-15
			R/S cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-08-10 Locy Type 5hks "DUTCHHARBOR / ALASKA" USS Bass SS-164
			Cachet by George V. Sadworth

Alaska Cruise 1934

 

N/A			1934-08-10 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "DUTCHHARBOR / ALASKA" USS Holland AS-3
			Typed Cachet

Submarine Tender for the Alaska Cruise 1934

 

N/A			1934-08-23 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "GREAT SITKIN / ALEUTIAN IS." USS Tanager AM-5
			No Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

N/A			1934-08-23 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "GREAT SITKIN / ALEUTIAN IS." USS Tanager AM-5
			Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

N/A			1934-06-10 Locy Type 5hks "HOLTZ BAY. / ATTU ISLAND" USS Quail AM-15
			Rubber stamp cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey Expedition 1934

 

N/A			1934-07-26 Locy Type 5hks "JUNEAU / ALASKA" USS Barracuda SS-163
			N/A

Alaska Cruise 1934

 

			1934-07-27 Locy Type 5hks "JUNEAU / ALASKA" USS Bass SS-164
			Cachet artist is Whipple Y. Chester Sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

Alaska Cruise 1934

 

N/A			1939-07-07 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KANAGA ISL. / ALASKA" USS Chester CA-27
			No Cachet

US Navy in Alaskan Waters

 

N/A			1939-06-21 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "KANAGA / ALASKA" USS Sandpiper AM-51
			Cachet by John Coulthard

Third Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

			1934-05-11 Locy Type 5ahks "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Gannet AM-41
			R/S Cachet

Note:

 

			1934-05-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Kingfisher AM-25
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-05-15 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Oglala CM-4
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-03-28 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Swallow AM-4
			R/S cachet

Note:

 

			1935-08-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Decatur DD-341
			Cachet by John Coulthard

Fleet Week 1935

 

N/A			1935-08-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Decatur DD-341
			Cachet by John Coulthard Cachet sponsored by John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

Fleet Week 1935

 

			1938-07-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "KETCHICAN / ALASKA" USS Farragut DD-348
			Cachet by M. Fay Muridge Cachet sponsored by John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

US Navy in Alaskan Waters, cover is backstamped from Ketchikan Alaska

 

N/A			1935-06-18 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "KHWOSTOF / ISL. ALASKA" USS Tanager AM-5
			Cachet by John Coulthard

Third Aleutian Islands Survey 1935. Notice - The port in the cancel is misspelled, it should be "Khvostof Island"

 

			1935-05-08 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "KINGS BAY / ALASKA" USS Quail AM-15
			Cachet by Milton Wigod

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935 - USS Quail AM-15, USS Oglala CM-4, USS Tanager AM-5 and USS Kingfisher AM-25 participating.

 

N/A			1935-06-15 Locy Type 3(B-BTT) "KISKA, ALASKA" USS Tanager AM-5
			Cachet by unknown

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

			1934-08-07 Locy Type 5hks "AT / KODIAK" USS Nautilus SS-168
			Cachet by George V. Sadworth

Alaska Cruise 1934

 

N/A			1941-05-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KODIAK / ALASKA" USS Charleston PG-51
			Cachet by M. Fay Muridge Sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

US Navy in Alaskan Waters.

 

			1934-07-14 Locy Type 5hks "KULUK BAY / ALASKA" USS Ramapo AO-12
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

N/A			1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KULUK BAY / ALASKA" USS Ellis DD-154
			N/A

Alaska Duty 1935

 

N/A			1935-05-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KULUK BAY / ADAK IS" USS Raleigh CL-7
			N/A

Alaska Duty 1935

 

No Image			1933-07-31 Locy Type 5hks "PRIBILOF IS. / ALASKA" USS Vega AK-17
			Cachet by Seattle Junior Philatelic Society

Aleutian Island Survey 1933

 

N/A			1940-08-15 Locy Type 3 (B) "ST PAUL / UNALASKA" USS Vega AK-17
			Cachet by M. Fay Muridge Sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

US Navy in Alaskan Waters

 

N/A			1935-07-25 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Portland CA-33
			Cachet by O. A. Farabee

Alaskan Cruise 1935

 

N/A			1936-01-22 Locy Type 3bs (XOX) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Lea DD-118
			No Cachet

Alaska Duty 1936

 

N/A			1936-01-22 Locy Type 3bs (XOX) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Lea DD-118
			Popeye Cachet

Alaska Duty 1936

 

N/A			1936-01-22 Locy Type 3bs (XOX) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Lea DD-118
			Cachet by John Coulthard

Alaska Duty 1936

 

No Image			1937-07-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SEWARD / ALASKA"
			Category

Notes:

 

			1937-07-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SEWARD / ALASKA"
			Pacific Northwest Cruise

Crosby Cachet

 

N/A			1941-02-12 Locy Type 3b (A-XBT) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Charleston PG-51
			Lincoln Cachet Cachetmakers - Robert B. Kirchgraber RCD 186 & Myron F. McCamley RCD 51

Alaska Duty 1941

 

			1938-07-13 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SITKA / ALASKA" USS Monaghan DD-354
			Cachet by Edward Hacker

US Navy in Alaskan Waters

 

N/A			1938-07-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SITKA / ALASKA" USS Langley AV-3
			Cachet by M. Fay Muridge Sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

US Navy in Alaskan Waters.

 

N/A			1939-09-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "SITKA / ALASKA" USS Sandpiper CA-27
			Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

US Navy in Alaskan Waters

 

N/A			1940-06-25 Locy Type 3 (B) "SITKA / ALASKA" USS Vega AK-17
			Cacheted

Alaska Cruise

 

N/A			1934-08-16 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "UMAK BIGHT / ALASKA" USS Quail AM-15
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

N/A			1934-06-16 Locy Type 5hks "UMALASKA / ALASKA" USS Ramapo AO-12
			Cachet by Richard Dumonte

Notice - The port is misspelled in the cancel, it should be "UNALASKA / ALASKA"

 

			1935-05-21 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "UNALASKA / ALASKA" USS Quail AM-15
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

			1938-04-07 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "CANNERY BAY / UNALASKA" USS Pollack SS-180
			Cachet by Richard Buchwald Sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

Alaska Maneuvers, Problem XIX 1938. USS Perch SS-313, USS Permit SS-178, USS Pickerel SS-177,
USS Plunger SS-179, USS Pollack SS-180, USS Porpoise SS-172 and USS Tarpon SS-175 participating.

 

N/A			1934-08-02 Locy Type 5hks "VALDEZ / ALASKA" USS Bass SS-164
			Cachet artist is Whipple Y. Chester Cachet sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

From the Neal J. Mills collection.

 

N/A			1935-07-22 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "VALDEZ / ALASKA" USS Portland CA-33
			Cachet by O. A. Farabee

Alaskan Cruise 1935

 

			1934-07-23 Locy Type 5hks "WRANGELL / ALASKA" USS Narwhal SS-167
			Cachet artist is Whipple Y. Chester Cachet sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

Alaska Cruise 1934

N/A			1936-07-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "YAKUTAT / ALASKA" USS Hull DD-350
			No Cachet

Alaska Duty 1936

 

---

 

If you have images to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add them. See Editing Cachet Category Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum