MISSOURI SSN 780

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.

Virginia Class (Block II) Attack Submarine Keel Laid 27 September 2008 - Launched 20 November 2009 Christened 5 December 2009 USS MISSOURI SSN-780 Commissioned 31 July 2010

Naval Covers

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1. USS Missouri SSN-780 Covers Page 1     (2008-2020)

 

Postmarks

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

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Missouri Capital Station" Jefferson City MO

2009-12-05

Christening, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "USS MISSOURI (SSN 780) Christening Station" Groton CT

2009-12-05

Christening, cachet by Mike Hebert

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Day Station" Groton CT

2010-07-31

Commissioning, cachet by Dieter Lange

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "State Capital Station" Jefferson City, MO

2010-07-31

Commissioning, cachet by David S. Durbin

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "5th Anniversary Station" Groton CT

2015-07-31

5th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "10th Anniversary Station" Groton CT

2020-07-31

10th Anniversary, postmark designed by Wolfgang Hechler. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Submarine Missouri Station" Honolulu HI

2020-07-31

10th Anniversary, cachet by Michael Brock

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Proposed Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Submarine Missouri Station" Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam HI

2020-07-31

10th Anniversary. On a stuffer card, from the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The state of Missouri.

The ships sponsor is Becky Gates, wife of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

There have been four ships in the US Navy that have borne the name MISSOURI - USS Missouri (Sidewheel Frigate,1842), USS Missouri BB-11, USS Missouri BB-63 and USS Missouri SSN-780.
There was another ship named CSS Missouri (Ironclad, c.1861) but she was never commissioned into the US Navy.

 

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