NEBRASKA SSBN 739

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Ohio Class Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine Keel Laid 6 July 1987 - Christened & Launched 15 August 1992 Delivered to the U.S. Navy 18 June 1993 USS NEBRASKA SSBN-739 Commissioned 10 July 1993

Naval Covers

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1. USS Nebraska SSBN-739 Covers Page 1     (1992-2013)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

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Ships Postmark

 

Locy Type F FPO AA 34092-2134 USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-44

1993-11-18

Missile Launch, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Christening Station" Groton, CT

1992-08-15

Christening, cachet by Donald Wilson

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "FIRST DAY / IN / COMMISSION" New London, CT

1993-07-10

Commissioning, cachet by USS Nathan Hale Chapter No. 68, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Day" New London, CT

1993-07-10

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "10th Anniversary Station" Groton, CT

2003-07-10

10th Anniversary, cachet by Michael Hebert

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "15th Anniversary Station" Groton, CT

2008-07-10

15th Anniversary, ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "LINPEX Station" Lincoln NE

2010-02-27

LINPEX Stamp Show.

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "20th Anniversary Station" Groton CT

2013-07-10

20th Anniversary, cachet by Leonhard Venne

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "Cornhuskers Station" Keyport WA

2013-07-10

20th Anniversary, cachet by -

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "25th Anniversary / Station" Groton CT

2018-07-10

25th Anniversary, postmark created by Wolfgang Hechler, cachet by Michael Brock

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the 37th state - NEBRASKA.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name NEBRASKA - USS Nebraska (Monitor 1859), USS Nebraska BB-14 and USS Nebraska SSBN-739.

The ships sponsor is Mrs. Patricia Exon, the wife of United States Senator J. James Exon (1921–2005) of Nebraska.

 

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