MAINE SSBN 741
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.
Keel Laid 3 July 1990 - Christened & Launched 16 July 1994 Delivered to the US Navy 23 June 1995 |
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This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- USS Maine SSBN-741 Covers Page 1 (1990-2015)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
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Ship Postmarks
(Illustrations cleaned up by Greg Ciesielski)
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Locy Type |
2000-10-31 |
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Contributed by Douglas Ebert. Year is unknown, 2000 is a guess.
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Locy Type |
2010-07-29 |
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15th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Mike Brock.
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Locy Type F |
1995-12-07 |
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Missile Launching, cachet director and artist is Rich Hoffner. Cachet Sponsor is Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
USPS Pictorial Postmarks
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USPS |
1994-07-16 |
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Christening Day, cachet by -
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USPS |
1994-07-16 |
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Christening Day, cachet by the USS Nathan Hale Chapter No. 68,USCS
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USPS |
1995-07-29 |
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Commissioning, cachet by the USS MAINE Commissioning Committee.
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USPS |
1995-07-29 |
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Commissioning, cachet by the USS MAINE Commissioning Committee.
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USPS |
1995-07-29 |
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Commissioning, cachet by the USS MAINE Commissioning Committee.
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USPS |
2000-06-09 |
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Port Visit to Portsmouth, NH, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS |
2000-07-29 |
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5th Anniversary in Commission, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS -
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USPS |
2005-07-29 |
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10th Anniversary in Commission, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS |
2010-07-29 |
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15th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Mike Brock.
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USPS |
2010-07-29 |
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15th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Dieter Lange.
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USPS |
2015-07-29 |
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20th Anniversary of Commissioning, postmark designed by Wolfgang Hechler, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS |
2020-07-29 |
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N/A |
26th Anniversary of Commissioning, postmark designed by Wolfgang Hechler.
Non-Postal Markings
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Non-Postal |
1995-07-29 |
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Commissioning, cachet by the USS MAINE Commissioning Committee. Autographed by both CO's.
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Non-Postal |
1995-12-07 |
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Missile Launching, cachet by USS MAINE Commissioning Committee. Autographed by CO (Gold Crew)
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Non-Postal |
2000-10-17 |
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Strategic Patrol Marking. On the back of a Walter H. Bryant cover.
NAMESAKE - Named after the 23rd state - MAINE.
Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name MAINE - USS Maine ACR-1, USS Maine BB-10, USS Maine BB-69 (Cancelled in 1943) and USS Maine SSBN-741.
The ships sponsor is Mrs. Donna Cochran McLarty, wife of Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty III.
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