USS Worden DD-352 Covers Page 1

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 Ship --------- Category

			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON" USS Astoria CA-34
			Ship Launching Navy Day

Cachet by Lt. A. D. Hunter, USN.

N/A		N/A	1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON" USS Astoria CA 34
			Ship Launching Navy Day

Cachet by Lt. A. D. Hunter, USN.

			1935-01-15 Locy Type FDC F "COMMISSIONED / BREMERTON, WASH." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-42
			First Day in Commission

Commissioning. Cachet by Lt. A. D. Hunter, USN.
Front pencil notation "352"
Back pencil notations "DD352"...ship cancel info..."Lost-1-12-43"...Black rubberstamp "Boost for a commemorative stamp honoring Old Ironsides"...D.C. created by C. Wright Richell.
Deane C. Bartley return address over violet Herbert Dobb return address...Red rubberstamp "3708"

			1935-01-15 Locy Type FDC F "COMMISSIONED / BREMERTON, WASH." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-42
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Lt. A. D. Hunter, USN.

No Image			1935-01-15 Locy Type FDC F "COMMISSIONED / BREMERTON, WASH." USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-42
			First Day in Commission

Note:

			1935-01-29 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON"
			Category

Cachet by Lt. A. D. Hunter, USN.

			1935-02-22 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON"
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and Raymond R. Freshwater

			1935-02-22 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON"
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by C. Wright Richell and Raymond R. Freshwater
Hand colored

			1935-02-22 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON"
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 22 Battleship Oregon and Louis R Diesing

			1935-03-09 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Mt. Hood

Hand drawn cachet

			1935-03-10 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PORTLAND / OREGON"
			Portland Rose Festival

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 22 Battleship Oregon

No Image			1935-04-16 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "MAZATLAN / MEXICO"
			Port Visit

Note:

N/A		N/A	1935-05-31 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "CALLAO / PERU"
			Port Visit

From the Tom Kean collection.

			1936-06-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "CALLAO / PERU"
			Port Visit

Cachet Makers: Harry Litton, Sarah Litton and Leo A Miller
Cachet is thermographed.

			1938-04-09 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PROBLEM XIX / HONOLULU TH"
			Fleet Maneuvers 1938

Cachet by Edward Hacker

No Image			1939-02-03 Locy Type 9v
			Category

Registered use
Front black pen notation "Via Air / Mail"...Violet rubberstamp "Return Receipt Requested / FEE PAID"...Black rubberstamp "VIA AIR MAIL"
Back black pen return to ship...Violet rubberstamps Type 9v...MIAMI FLA DIV. OF FOREIGN MAILS Double ring

			1939-12-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / TH"
			Category

Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

			1940-03-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "PEARL HARBOR / T.H."
			Category

Cachet by Harry Ioor

			1940-09-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "SAN DIEGO / CAL."
			Official Business

Note:

			1941-05-23 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT)
			Patriotic

Cachet by Jacques Minkus. Back green pen notation "8024"... Blue printed Minkus copyright lower right

No Image			1941-05-27 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Note:

			1942-06-17 Locy Type 3z
			Category

Censored, WWII use

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