Cachet Category Ship Commissioning Page 6

Page 1 (1930 - 1936)
Page 2 (1937)
Page 3 (1938)
Page 4 (1939 - 1940)
Page 5 (1941 - 1959)
Page 6 (1960 - 1994)
Page 7 (1995 - 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 Postmark Or Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

 

			1961-04-29 Locy Type FDC 2t(nu) USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
			William F Luckett

Notes:

 

			1961-09-09 Locy Type FDC 7ditnu  (USCS Illustration L-37) COMMISSIONING / FIRST NUCLEAR / CRUISER USS Long Beach CGN-9
			Cachet Maker

Notes:

 

No Image			1961-11-25 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"CVA(N)") USS Enterprise CVN-65
			William F Luckett

Notes:

 

		No Image	1962-03-06 USS Sam Houston SSN-609
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1962-12-01 Locy Type 2(n) USS Columbus CG-12
			William F. Luckett

Note:

 

		No Image	1964-02-20
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Commissioning of USS Henry Clay SSBN-625
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1964-02-20
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Commissioning of USS Henry Clay SSBN-625.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1964-09-30
			Morris W Beck

Notes: Commissioning of USS Von Steuben SSBN-632
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1964-11-06
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Commissioning of USS Stonewall Jackson SSBN-634.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1964-12-19 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Naval Base Br." Portsmouth NH
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Commissioning of USS Nathanael Greene SSBN-636
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1964-02-20
			Morris W Beck

Notes: Commissioning of USS Haddo SSN-604
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1966-01-22
			Morris W Beck

Notes: Commissioning of USS George Bancroft SSBN-643.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1968-09-07 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (U S S,"CVA") USS John F Kennedy CV-67
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1971-09-25 Locy Type FDC F  (USCS Illustration S-86) COMMISSING / / DAY USS Sand Lance SSN-660
			USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships Bernhard M Vesper

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-04-15 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Commissioning of USS Drum SSN-677.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1972-05-05
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Commissioning of USS Silversides SSN-679.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-05-06 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS) USS Bagley FF-1069
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-07-22 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) USS Donald B Beary FFT-1085
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-09-09 Mare Island Naval Shipyard
			USCS Chapter 59 USS Saginaw

Notes: Commissioning of USS Guitarro SSN-665.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-09-09 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS,"DE") USS Kirk FFT-1087
			USCS Chapter 71 USS America

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-11-11 Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS,"DE" omitted) USS Barbey FF-1088
			USCS Chapter 71 USS America

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1973-02-17 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS,"DE") USS Jesse L Brown FFT-1089
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1973-02-17 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS,"DE") USS Jesse L Brown FFT-1089
			USCS Chapter 71 USS America

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1976-01-17 Locy Type FDC F  (USCS Illustration P-72) USS Polar Star WAGB-10
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1976-02-21 Locy Type FDC 2-1 (n+) (USS)  (USCS Illustration (P-58)) USS Paul F Foster EDD-964
			USCS Chapter 68 USS Nathan Hale

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1976-11-13 Locy Type FDC F [CD-5] USS Los Angeles SSN-688
			Newport News Shipbuilding

Notes:

 

			1977-10-18 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69
			Cachet Maker

Notes:

 

			1977-10-18 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69
			Cachet Maker

Notes: This is a closeup of the cachet on the back of the cover above.

 

			1977-10-18 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69
			USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships Kenneth Bieda

Notes:

 

		No Image	1979-12-08
			USCS Chapter 80 USS Michigan

Notes: Commissioning of USCGC Biscayne Bay WTGB-104

 

		No Image	1980-10-25
			USCS Chapter 80 USS Michigan

Notes: Commissioning of USCGC Neah Bay WTGB-105

 

			1989-11-11 Locy Type FDC F  (USCS Illustration A-15) COMMISSIONING / DAY USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72
			Newport News Shipbuilding

Notes:

 

			1993-06-12 Locy Type 2-2 (USS, FPO AE 09566-1191) Locy Type 9-2 (USS, FPO AE 09566-1191) USS Cape St George CG-71
			Al Banasky

Notes:

 

			1993-06-12 Locy Type 2-2 (USS, FPO AE 09566-1191) Locy Type 9-2 (USS, FPO AE 09566-1191) USS Cape St George CG-71
			Al Banasky

Notes:

 

			1993-06-12 Locy Type 2-2 (USS, FPO AE 09566-1191) USS Cape St George CG-71
			USCS Chapter 97 USS Los Angeles Charles B Hall

Notes:

 

			1993-07-24 USPS Pictorial USS Columbus SSN-762
			Christopher Columbus Memorial, Washington DC, postcard

Note: Groton, CT 06340

 

		1993-07-24 USPS Pictorial USS Columbus SSN-762
		Nathan Hale Chapter No. 68 USCS

Note: Groton, CT 06340

 

			1993-09-18 Locy Type 2-2 (USS,FPO AE 09590-1192) USS Vella Gulf CG-72
			USCS Chapter 99 USS North Carolina

Notes: Cachet #15, cover #192 out of 200

 

			1993-11-06
			Robert Quintero

Notes: Commissioning of the USS Hampton SSN-767.

 

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