ATLANTA SSN 712

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 Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine Keel Laid 17 August 1978 - Launched 16 August 1980 USS ATLANTA SSN 712 Commissioned 6 March 1982 - Decommissioned 16 December 1999 Struck from Naval Register 16 December 1999 Awaiting disposal through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP)

Naval Covers

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1. USS Atlanta SSN-712 Covers Page 1     (1978-99)

 

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 Postmarks

 

USPS Machine cancel Newport News, VA

1978-08-17

N/A

Keel Laying, Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Slogan Machine cancel "Christening Of / The USS / Atlanta" Newport News, VA

1980-08-16

Launching, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Machine Cancel Newport News, VA

1981-12-15

N/A

Sea Trials, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Slogan Machine cancel Norfolk, VA

1982-03-06

N/A

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

 

Locy Type Meter PB4 USS Emory S. Land AS-39

1995-11-08

N/A

Collector's mail

 

USPS Pictorial "Inactivation Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA

1999-01-22

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

 

USPS Pictorial "Inactivation Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA

1999-01-22

N/A

Deactivation, cachet by James M. Cash

 

USPS Type 9 Portsmouth, VA

1999-12-16

N/A

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

Five ships of the US Navy have borne the name ATLANTA - USS Atlanta (1861 Ironclad), USS Atlanta (1884 Protected Cruiser), USS Atlanta CL-51, USS Atlanta CL-104
and USS Atlanta SSN-712.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Colleen Nunn, wife of Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA).

 

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