VON STEUBEN SSBN 632

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.

Lafayette Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Keel Laid September 4 1962 - Launched October 18 1963 USS VON STEUBEN SSBN-632 Commissioned September 30 1964 - Decommissioned February 26 1994 Struck from Naval Register February 26 1994 Disposed of through NPSSRP November 1 2001

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (1964)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

 

USPO Machine Newport News, VA.

1964-09-02

Sea Trials

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NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

DATE FROM to DATE TO

N/A

N/A

Note:

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USPO 4-bar Cape Canaveral, FLA.

1964-12-22

Missile Test

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USS JAMES C. OWENS DD-776

1965-01-11 to 1965-01-11

Missile Test

 

Locy Type 2(n+) USS SIMON LAKE AS-33

1965-07-02 to 1965-07-02

First Blue Patrol

 

USPO Machine Cape Canaveral, FL

1971-03-16

Missile Test

 

USPO Slogan "ALWAYS USE / ZIP CODE" Charleston, SC

1971-05-28

Change of Command

 

USPO Machine Charleston, SC

1979-03-28

No Image

Note:

 

USPS 4-bar Newport News, VA

1984-09-30

No Image

20th Anniversary
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben (1730 - 1794)
American Revolutionary War Hero

 

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