Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 2b2

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

Chapter Covers

The Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4 is very prolific and has created many covers since their organization on September 9, 1933. Cachets for this chapter have been created by various artists and efforts are made to identify them. To speed up the time for a page to fully load, they have been separated into smaller year increments starting with the year 1970. This Chapter is based out of Philadelphia, PA and they create covers for US Navy vessels, US Coast Guard vessels and other maritime entities. Please enjoy these covers that show our maritime history.

Cachet Artist and Director is Rich Hoffner unless otherwise stated.

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No Image		N/A	1978-07-04 Locy Type 2-1n+(error CNV) USS Enterprise CVN-65
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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No Image		N/A	1978-07-05 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-142 USS Connole FF-1056
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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No Image		N/A	1978-07-06 Locy Type 2-2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-68c USS McCloy FF-1038
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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No Image			1978-07-08 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u)(USS) USS Ainsworth FF-1090
			70th Anniversary of Navy Post Offices

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No Image		N/A	1978-07-08 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u)(USS) USS Ponce LPD-15
			70th Anniversary of Navy Post Offices

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No Image		N/A	1978-07-08 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS San Jose AFS-7
			70th Anniversary of Navy Post Offices

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No Image		N/A	1978-07-08 Locy Type 2-1t(nu)(USS) USS Turner Joy DD-951
			70th Anniversary of Navy Post Offices

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N/A		N/A	1978-07-08 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel ”Submarine Base Sta.” Groton CT
			Commissioning - USS Groton SSN-694

Hoffner No. H128. Cachet by Richard Hoffner

 

No Image		N/A	1978-07-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS O'Callahan FF-1051
			10th Anniversary of Commissioning

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No Image		N/A	1978-07-17 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS,FF) USS Pharris FF-1094
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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No Image		N/A	1978-07-21 USPS Pictorial "B FREE FRANKLIN Station" Philadelphia PA USS Becuna SS-319
			Memorial Dedication

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No Image		N/A	1978-08-05 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS,DEGRASSE) (NO space between name) USS Comte De Grasse DD-974
			First Day of Commission

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No Image		N/A	1978-08-19 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Stump DD-978
			First Day of Commission

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No Image			1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Commissioning Day

Hoffner Cachet #H132, cover #45 of 132. Cachet by Rich Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

 

No Image			1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Commissioning Day

Hoffner Cachet #H133, cover #64 of 114. Cachet by Rich Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Commissioning Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS,CG) USS Fox CG-33
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n)(USS) USS Tarawa LHA-1
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(D1,USS) USS Yosemite AD-19
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-14 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Conolly DD-979
			First Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-16 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,SEA at bottom) USS Coral Sea CV-43
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-19 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,FF) USS McCandless FF-1084
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-11-01 Locy Type 2-1t(nu)(USS) USS Turner Joy DD-951
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-11-07 Locy Type 2-1(nu)(USS) (Date Inverted) USS Downes FF-1070
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-11-21 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-42a USS Thomas C. Hart FF-1092
			Port Visit - Philadelphia PA

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N/A		N/A	1978-11-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-33e USS Lexington AVT-16
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-11-29 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+u) USS Agerholm DD-826
			Last Day of Postal Service

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			1978-12-07 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS) "FF" USS Bagley FF-1069
			Pearl Harbor Attack

Notes: You can just make out "DECATUR CHAPTER NO. 4 USCS" in the upper portion of the cachet - just below "Pearl Harbor".

 

No Image		No Image	1978-12-08 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(D1,USS) USS Yosemite AD-19
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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No Image		No Image	1978-12-16 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6 USS Moosbrugger DD-980
			First Day of Commission

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No Image		No Image	1978-12-25 Locy Type 2 USS Horne CG-30
			Christmas Day

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