USS CACHALOT SS 170 Covers Page 1: Difference between revisions

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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

			1933-10-19 USPO Type 6 "Navy Yard Sta" Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association

N/A		N/A	1933-10-19 USPO Type 6 "Navy Yard Sta" Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association

N/A		N/A	1933-10-19 USPO Type 6 "Navy Yard Sta" Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association
Autographed by the sponsor, Katherine Duer Kempff, and the PCO, Lt. Commander Merrill Comstock.

N/A		N/A	1933-10-19 USPO Type 6 "Navy Yard Sta" Portsmouth NH
			Launching

Cachet by Charles W. Clark and sponsored by the Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association. From the Nancy DeLux collection.

			1933-12-01 Locy Type FDC 5hks "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."
			Commissioning Cachet

Cachet by Unknown Commissioning Cachet. Back is clean.

			1933-12-01 Locy Type FDC 5hks PORTSMOUTH / N.H.
			Ship Commissioning

Notes:

			1933-12-01 Locy Type FDC 5hks FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

			1934-11-29 Locy Type 5hks "SAN DIEGO / CAL"
			Category

Signed by NMC along with his Navy Mail Clerk's stamp

			1935-08-02 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "FLEET / WEEK"
			Fleet Week 1935

Cachet by the Bellingham Stamp Club

N/A		N/A	1935-11-11 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Armistice Day

Cachet by the USS San Diego Chapter No. 27, USCS

N/A		N/A	1936-05-01 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "LAT 16 45N / LONG 104 36W"
			Submarine Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A		N/A	1936-07-04 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "A GLORIOUS / FOURTH"
			Independence Day

Cacheted, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "NAVY DAY / PEARL HARBOR"
			Navy Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

N/A		N/A	1936-11-26 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "PEARL HBR.R / T H"
			Photo cachet

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

N/A		N/A	1936-11-30 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "ALOHA TO / OAHU"
			Submarine Squadron Six (SUBRON) Six Homeward Bound

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by James Chun

N/A		N/A	1937-02-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by Myron F. McCamley

N/A		N/A	1937-05-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "HIDENBURG / CRASH"
			HIDENBURG CRASH

Cachet by -

N/A		N/A	1937-07-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NEW LONDON / CONN"
			Port visit

Cachet by Frank P. Hollis

N/A		N/A	1937-08-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NEW LONDON / CONN"
			Photo Cachet

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

			1937-10-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NEW LONDON / CONN"
			Category

Note: Unknown Cachet...Crew member signature
Back is clean

			1937-12-01 Locy Type 5hks "FOUR YEARS / OLD TO-DAY" Locy Type SLKfl (51x6) Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN"
			Ship Birthday

Note: Unknown Cachet

N/A		N/A	1937-12-01 Locy Type 5hks "FOUR YEARS / OLD TO-DAY"
			4th Anniversary

Cacheted

N/A		N/A	1937-12-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "IN MEMORY / OF U.S.S.S-4"
			Remembering USS S-4

Cachet by Frank C. Kenworthey and Hal W. Dierst.

N/A		N/A	1937-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "CHRISTMAS / GREETINGS"
			Christmas

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

N/A		N/A	1937-12-25 Locy Type F USS Cuttlefish SS-171 1938-01-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "A HAPPY / NEW YEARS"
			Christmas & New Years Day

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

			1938-01-01 Locy Type SLPb (46x5)
			Category

Note: Front gold embossed Navy Dept. foil seal
Back pencil notations "SS 170"..."SL)"...Green pen notations "12 (lined out)"..."13044"

			1938-01-01 Locy Type SLPb (46x5)
			Category

Note:

			1938-01-01 Locy Type SLPb (46x5)
			New Year's Day

Cachet by Frank Kuss and sponsored by the ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts. Cachet is thermographed.

			1938-01-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN NY"
			Category

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby. Cachet is thermographed.

N/A		N/A	1938-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "HONEST / OLD ABE"
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet is the Gettysburg Address cleverly disguised as Abe.

No Image			1938-02-28 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN NY"
			Category

Back signed by Desmond D. Jagyi

			1938-02-12 Locy Type 9x (C) Locy Type 9v (C) Locy Type 9x (C)
			Lincoln's Birthday

Notes: Cachet Makers: ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts and Frank Kuss

No Image			1938-03-15 Locy Type 9x (C)
			Category

Note:

N/A		N/A	1938-04-01 Locy Type F
			April Fools Day

From the George Marcincin collection.

N/A		N/A	1938-04-18 Locy Type 3s (B-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BROOKLYN NY"
			Easter

Cacheted

			1938-06-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) ROWBOAT / ADMIRAL
			Category

Notes:

			1938-07-02 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"
			Person Commemorative: Amelia Earhart

Notes: Cachet Maker Unknown
Envelope contained an insert with biographical information on Amelia Earhart.

			1938-07-17 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) BROOKLYN / NEW YORK
			Category

Notes:

No Image		No Image	1938-08-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "BROOKLYN / NEW YORK" Locy Type 5hks "BROOKLYN / NEW YORK" Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-4
			Category

Multiple strike cover.

N/A		N/A	1938-08-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "BROOKLYN / NEW YORK"
			Photo cachet

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

			1938-08-20 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) BROOKLYN / NEW YORK
			Category

Notes: Cachet commemorates establishment of the first post office on board an American Naval vessel: USS Nebraska BB-14

N/A		N/A	1938-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "ENROUTE / COCO SOLO"
			Navy Day

Cachet by the Guiana Hobby Club

			1938-12-01 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-4a On the Back- Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "COCO SOLO / CANAL ZONE"
			5th Birthday

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS and the USS Cachalot Chapter No. 53, USCS.

			1938-12-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "COLO SOLO / CANAL ZONE"
			5th Birthday

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS and the USS Cachalot Chapter No. 53, USCS.

			1940-11-29 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "PEARL / HARBOR TH"
			Ship Data Cachet

Cachet by Ted Harrington. Back black rubberstamp Ted Harrington return address

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 [[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching| Launching]]
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 Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Charles_W_Clark | Charles W. Clark]] and sponsored by the  [[Cachet_Maker_Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard_Improvement_Development_Association| Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association]]<br/>Autographed by the sponsor, Katherine Duer Kempff, and the PCO, Lt. Commander Merrill Comstock.
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+-10-19<br/>USPO Type 6<br/>"Navy Yard Sta"<br/>Portsmouth NH
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+[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching| Launching]]
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+Cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Charles_W_Clark | Charles W. Clark]] and sponsored by the  [[Cachet_Maker_Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard_Improvement_Development_Association| Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association]]. From the Nancy DeLux collection.
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