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

Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

			1941-03-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by Dr. S. E. Hutnick. Back black pen notations "52100"..."15045637"...Purple rubberstamp S.E. Hutnick return address

 

			1941-03-12 Locy Type FDC 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"
			Commissioning

Cachet by Ted Harrington

 

			1941-05-11 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Mother's Day

Cachet by William S. Linto

 

		N/A	1941-06-06 USPS Cancel San Diego, CA
			Official Mail

On June 6, 1941 CASTOR was at San Diego en route to Pearl Harbor for the first time. This was mailed during that 5-day stop. Interestingly, the ship already had rubber stamp with a Honolulu return address (which properly should have been Pearl Harbor).
Nothing on back of cover.

 

			1941-11-26 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) Locy Type 9v Locy Type 9x Locy Type 9efw
			Category

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			1941-11-26 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Although a philatelic cover, the back has signature of crewmember BM3/c Francis W. (“Frank”) Wittich (1918-2006). Unknown Cachet.

 

			1941-12-02 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)
			Category

Unknown Cachet

			1943-04-01 Locy Type 3z (BBT)
			Category

Censored WWII use

 

			1945-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-21 "NAVY DAY / 1945"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Desmond D. Jagyi.

No Image			1945-11-21 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-21a
			Category

Add on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

			1951-03-21 Locy Type FDPS 2r
			First Day Postal Service

Cachet by Unknown

N/A		N/A	1951-03-21 Locy Type FDPS 2r Locy Type FDPS 9efu
			First Day Postal Service

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			1951-04-18 Locy Type 2r
			Category

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			1951-09-12 Locy Type 2r Locy Type 9efu
			Battleship

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N/A			1955-01-08 Locy Type 2r
			Category

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N/A			1958-10-27 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-21c
			Category

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N/A			1959-05-07 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-21c
			Category

Back pencil notations cancel type

			1962-03-20 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-21c
			Category

Cachet by Unknown

			1963-09-18 Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration C-21c
			Category

Cachet by Unknown. Front typed notation "U.S.S. CASTOR (AKS-1)

N/A			1963-11-11 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Category

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			1966-07-09 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9efu Locy Type PPB USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-21d
			Category

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			1966-12-15 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)
			Patriotic

Cachet by Frederick L. Karcher

			1968-03-12 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9efu Locy Type PPB USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-21d
			Category

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