OtherUS Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

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

 

			1916-03-05 Locy Type Mare Island Br Duplex
			Cachet Category

Supply Office
Official Business

 

			1932-10-27 Locy Type 7d Mare Island Sta
			Navy Day 1932

Navy Day Cachet

 

No Image			1932-11-18 Locy Type CD-1 "MARE ISLAND / CALIFORNIA" USS Aaron Ward DD-132
			Cachet Category

Add-on Cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

 

No Image			1936-10-12 Type 7di (on the back) USS Arctic AF-7
			Columbus Day

Note: Postmarks also for: USS Tuscaloosa CA-37 - USS San Francisco CA-38 - USS Smith DD-378

 

			1938-11-11 Locy Type Type 7di (on the back)
			Armistice Day

Notes: Cachet Maker: National Cachet Society.
Front of the cover has a postmark from USS Ramapo AO-12

 

			1941-09-12
			Ship Commissioning

Notes: Cachet Maker: Martin R Aden

 

			1941-11-27 Locy Type 6 USMC Barracks Mare Island Branch Vallejo, CA
			Thanksgiving Day

Gordon A. Shaw and Arthur A. Christensen

 

			1943-06-16 Locy Type 6 Mare Island Sta
			Category

 

			1953-06-08 Locy Type 7di MARE ISLAND / STA. Mare Island Naval Shipyard
			Ship Launching - USS Cormorant MSC-122

Notes: Cachet Makers: Lloyd G Piller and Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16.

 

			1954-09-16 Locy Type 7di CENTENNIAL / MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD / 1854 - 1954
			Mare Island Navy Yard Centennial

Notes:

 

			1959-10-03 Locy Type 7di MARE ISLAND / STA.
			Ship Launching - USS Theodore Roosevelt SSBN-600

Notes: Cachet Makers: Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16 and Cunningham.

 

			1963-06-22
			Ship Launching - USS Daniel Boone SSBN-629

Notes: Cachet Maker: Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1963-11-30
			Ship Launching - USS Stonewall Jackson SSBN-634

Notes: Cachet Maker: Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1964-09-18
			Ship Shakedown Cruise - USS Daniel Boone SSBN-629

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1969-04-12
			Ship Launching - USS Hawkbill SSN-666

Notes: Cachet Maker: Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16.

 

			1972-01-22
			Ship Sea Trials - USS Drum SSN-677

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

 

			1972-04-15
			Ship Commissioning - USS Drum SSN-677

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-09-09
			Ship Commissioning - USS Guitarro SSN-665

Notes: Cachet Maker: USCS Chapter 59 USS Saginaw.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1996-03-31 Locy Type USPS Pictorial
			Shipyard conversion

Notes: Cachet Maker: Alvin Eckert.

 

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