Cachet Category Ship Recommissioning

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 Postmark or Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachetmaker

 

			1935-12-25 Locy Type FDPS 3 (AC-TTB) RECOMMIS / 31 OCTOBER USS Thrush AVP-3
			James Chun

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			1939-07-01 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) BREMERTON / WASH USS Pyro AE-1
			Lloyd A Nace

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1939-09-26 Locy Type FDC RECD [CD-R1] USS Bainbridge DD-246
			Tazewell G Nicholson Loring W Stannard

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1939-10-04 Locy Type FDR RECD  (USCS Illustration B-11) USS Barney AG-113
			Tazewell G Nicholson Loring W Stannard

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			1939-10-16 Locy Type FDR RECD  (USCS Illustration B-109) USS Blakeley DD-150
			Tazewell G Nicholson Loring W Stannard

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			1939-11-14 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-BBT) PORT ANGELES / WASHINGTON USS Ramsay AG-98
			Dr S E Hutnick

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			1939-12-04 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-TBT) "NAVY YARD / PHILA. PA" USS Abel P. Upshur DD-193
			George Neumann Frederick Horton

First Day of Postal Service

 

			1939-12-04 Locy Type 3 (A-TBT) USS Babbitt DD-128
			Tazewell G. Nicholson

USS BABBITT salutes the Recommissioning of USS ABEL P. UPSHUR DD-193

 

			1940-03-07 Locy Type FDPS 3r (A-TBT)  Killer: NORFOLK / VIRGINIA Locy Type FDPS 9v Locy Type FDPS 9efw Locy Type FDPS 9x USS Yukon AF-9
			Dr S E Hutnick

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			1940-08-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL" USS Abbot DD-184
			Al Cohen

First Day of Postal Service

 

			1940-08-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "FIRST DAY / CANCEL" USS Abbot DD-184
			Al Cohen

First Day of Postal Service

 

			1940-08-23 Locy Type FDC F "PHILA. / PA." USCS Catalog Illus. A-21 USS Allen DD-66
			Al Cohen

First Day of Postal Service

 

			1940-10-01 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / POSTAL SERV USS Bass SS-164
			ANCS Crew 24 Argonauts George V Sadworth

Notes: Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1940-11-18 Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BBT) SAN DIEGO / CALIF USS Schley DD-103
			Tazewell G Nicholson

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship First Day Of Postal Service and Ship Recommissioning

 

			1941-02-27 Locy Type FDPS 9v USS Sacramento PG-19
			Gordon A Shaw

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Recommissioning and Ship First Day Of Postal Service

 

			1941-04-01 Locy Type 9efw USS Kaweah AO-15
			Cachet Maker

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			1941-08-25 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) FIRST DAY / MAIL USS Griffin AS-13
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship First Day Of Postal Service and Ship Recommissioning.

 

			1941-11-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BTB) USS Thornton AVD-11
			Louis C & Mae Weigand

Notes: The Thornton was actually recommissioned on March 5, 1941, NOT November 11, 1941.

 

No Image			1948-10-27 Type 6deip-1 from Philadelphia Navy Yard
			Raymond W. Milling

Notes: Recommissioning of the USS Cabot AVT-3

 

			1951-07-26 Locy Type FDR F  (USCS Illustration P-35) NAVY MAIL / SERVICE / RESUMED USS Point Cruz T-AKV-19
			Cachet Maker

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			1952-11-13 Locy Type FDR 2 Locy Type FDR 9efu USS Bennington CVS-20
			C Wright Richell

Notes: Richell is the artist.

 

			1972-03-10 Locy Type 7dit(nu) ("POW/MIA") "REMEMBERING OUR / POW-MIA SACRIFICE / FOR FREEDOM" USS Midway CV-41
			Cachet Maker

Notes: The cachet commemorates the recommissioning but the date of the postmark is not the date of recommissioning.

 

			1980-05-10 Locy Type F   (USCS Illustration B-66) USS Belknap CG-26
			Al Banasky

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No Image		No Image	1980-05-10 Type F (USCS Illustration B-66) COMMISSIONING DAY / PHILADELPHIA NAVAL / SHIPYARD USS Belknap CG-26
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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			2002-12-11 USPS Type 11 "USCG Academy Branch" New London, CT USCGC Morro Bay WTGB-106
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Note: Reverse is clean

 

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