OtherUS Submarine Base Kings Bay Georgia
Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
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1979-07-06 |
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Base Crest |
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is a base of the United States Navy located adjacent to the city of St. Marys in Camden County, Georgia, on the North River in southeastern Georgia, and 38 miles from Jacksonville, Florida. The Submarine Base is the US Atlantic Fleet's home port for U.S. Navy Fleet ballistic missile nuclear submarines capable of being armed with Trident missile nuclear weapons. This submarine base covers about 16,000 acres of land, of which 4,000 acres are protected wetlands.
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1990-10-20 |
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USPS Pictorial Postmark (1990) |
Commissioning of USS West Virginia SSBN-736. Cover by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1999-04-15 |
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Dept. of the Navy PAO Office |
Kings Bay GA Meter. Cover from Tom Armstrong
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2016-01-25 |
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Type 12c Cancel (2016) |
30th Anniversary of USS Alaska SSBN-732. Cover by Neal J. Mills
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2019-05-31 |
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4-Bar Cancel (2019) |
Change of Command of USS Alaska SSBN-732 (Gold). Cover by Neal J. Mills
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1999-03-26 |
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Dept. of the Navy PAO Office |
Stickers on the cover represent the Units and Submarines homeported at Kings Bay.
USS Nebraska SSBN-739, USS Louisiana SSBN-743, US Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet, Submarine Squadron Twenty,
Submarine Group Ten
Cover from Tom Armstrong
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1999-04-15 |
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Dept. of the Navy PAO Office |
Stickers on the cover represent the Units and Submarines homeported at Kings Bay.
USS Rhode Island SSBN-740, USS Kentucky SSBN-737, USS Wyoming SSBN-742, USS Tennessee SSBN-734,
US Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet, Trident Training Facility
Cover from Tom Armstrong
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1999-04-15 |
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Dept. of the Navy PAO Office |
Stickers on the cover represent the Units and Submarines homeported at Kings Bay.
USS Rhode Island SSBN-740, USS Kentucky SSBN-737, USS Wyoming SSBN-742, USS Tennessee SSBN-734,
US Submarine Force Atlantic Fleet, Trident Training Facility
Cover from Tom Armstrong
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