Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

 

N/A			1963-05-09 USPO 1-bar Mare Island CA USS Andrew Jackson SSBN-619
			Sea Trials

Assisted by Jack L. Howland

 

		No Image	1964-05-27
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Whale SSN-638

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Malcolm C Walker.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1964-05-31 Locy Type 7qt(nu) (USS,"CVA(N)") USS Enterprise CVN-65
			1st Nuclear Task Force: USS Enterprise CVN-65 USS Long Beach CGN-9 USS Bainbridge DLGN-25

Notes: Am assuming that the Nuclear Ships Chapter made this cachet based on the address.

 

		No Image	1970-08-15
			Ship Keel Laying: USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper

 

			1970-11-15 Locy Type 7t(nu) (USS) USS Canopus AS-34
			Ship Commemorative - USS George Washington SSBN-598

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1970-12-01
			Ship Keel Laying - USS South Carolina CGN-37

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1971-06-05
			Ship Keel Laying - USS Glenard P Lipscomb SSN-685

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1971-06-12
			Ship Sea Trials - USS Pintado SSN-672

Notes: NSC #12
Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1971-06-26
			Ship Keel Laying - USS L Mendel Rivers SSN-686

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1971-09-25 Locy Type FDC F  (USCS Illustration S-86) COMMISSING / / DAY USS Sand Lance SSN-660
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-01-22 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
			Ship Sea Trials - USS Drum SSN-677

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-05-13 USPS Slogan CHRISTENING OF / THE USS NIMITZ
			Ship Launching - USS Nimitz CVN-68

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper.

 

N/A		N/A	1973-08-18
			Ship Keel Laying USS Texas DLGN-39

Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Bernhard M Vesper

 

			1974-10-29 USPS Machine cancel Newport News, VA USS L. Mendel Rivers SSN-686
			Sea Trials

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			1977-10-18 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships and Kenneth Bieda

 

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