Cachet Category Ship Launching Page 3

Page 1  (1933 - 1936)
Page 2  (1937 - 1940)
Page 3  (1941 - 1944)
Page 4  (1945 - Present)

 

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

 

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

 

			1941-01-25
			Martin R. Aden

Note: Launching of the USS Gudgeon SS-211.

 

		No Image	1941-08-07
			C Doucet

Notes: Launching of the USS Emmons DMS-22.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1941-11-01 Locy Type 3z (BTT) USS Marlin SS-205
			Richard Buchwald ANCS Crew USS Cleveland

Notes: Launching of the USS Cleveland CL-55. Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1941-12-06
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Launching of USS Victor AMc-109.
Not sure what role, if any, Roy Berry had in creating the cachet.

 

		No Image	1942-01-20
			K E Streeter

Notes: Launching of the USS Guardfish SS-217. Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1942-03-16
			Martin R Aden

Notes: Launching of the USS Whale SS-239

 

			1942-05-02
			Martin R Aden

Notes: Launching of the USS Sunfish SS-281

 

		No Image	1942-09-26
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Launching of the USS Lexington AVT-16

 

		No Image	1943-04-19
			Willard A Easton Joseph M Zajac

Notes: Launching of the USS Canberra CA-70.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

		No Image	1943-07-12 USPO Machine cancel Kittery, ME
			Wilfred R. Cyr

Note: Dual Launching of the USS Picuda SS-382 and USS Pampanito SS-383

 

		No Image	1943-07-23 USS Aquarius AKA-16
			Cachet Maker

Notes: The term "carrier" in the cachet text is misleading. This is an attack cargo ship rather than an aircraft carrier.

 

			1943-11-15
			George J Contraros Earl G Smith

Notes: Launching of USS Plaice SS-390

 

No Image		No Image	1944-01-20 USPO Machine cancel Charleston, SC "NAVY YARD STA."
			D.F. Griffin

Note: Dual Launching of the USS Register DE-233 and USS Brock DE-234

 

			1944-02-24
			Glenn W Dye

Notes: Launching of the USS Shangri-la CVA-38

 

			1944-02-24
			ANCS Crew Pittsburgh Gordon H Hamilton

Notes: Launching of USS Shangri-la CVS-38.

 

			1944-02-28 Locy Type 7di NAVY YARD BR Navy Yard Portsmouth New Hampshire
			E W Childs

Notes: Launching of USS Sea Devil AGSS-400

 

		No Image	1944-05-07
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Launching of USS Sea Owl AGSS-405
Scanned from a photo of the cover. Photo provided by Tom Moniz.

 

		No Image	1944-05-07
			E W Childs

Notes: Launching of USS Sea Owl AGSS-405
Scanned from a photo of the cover. Photo provided by Tom Moniz.

 

			1944-06-29
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Launching of YMS-417.
Back of cover has return address of E. L. Maag. Not sure what role, if any, they had in creating this cachet. Also notice that the cover was cancelled in Cleveland, Ohio - which is where Maag lived. Coincidence?

 

			1944-08-20 Locy Type 6deip-1 Philadelphia Navy Yard
			Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Launching - USS Antietam CVS-36, Ship Launching - USS Chicago CG-11 and Ship Launching - USS Los Angeles CA-135.
Not sure what role, if any, William Senerchia had in making the cachet.

 

			1944-08-20 Locy Type 6dep-1 Navy Yard Philadelphia Pennsylvania
			Ralph P Werve

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Launching - USS Chicago CG-11, Ship Launching - USS Los Angeles CA-135, and Ship Launching - USS Antietam CVS-36

 

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