Cachet Category Ship Launching

Page 1  (1933 - 1936)
Page 2  (1937 - 1940)
Page 3  (1941 - 1944)
Page 4  (1945 - 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 Full Cover Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

		No Image	1933-02-25
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Launching of USS Ranger CV-4.

			1933-04-12
			New York Navy Yard Architects and Draftsmen's Union

Notes: Launching of USS New Orleans CA-32

			1933-10-19 Locy Type 6g-1 Portsmouth NH Navy Yard
			Portsmouth Navy Yard Improvement Association

Notes: Cachet commemorates launching of USS Cachalot SS-170

			1934-01-31 Locy Type 3 (BBT) USS HULL / LAUNCHED US Receiving Ship Brooklyn NY
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet commemorates launching of USS Hull DD-350

No Image		No Image	1934-03-15 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "FARRAGUT / LAUNCHED" USS Du Pont DD-152
			Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS

Note: Launching of the USS Farragut DD-348

			1934-03-15 Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) FARRAGUT / LAUNCHED USS Du Pont AG-80
			USCS Chapter 3 Admiral Farragut P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

Notes: Cachet commemorates the launching of USS Farragut DD-348

			1934-08-22 Locy Type 3s (A) MAC DONOUGH / LAUNCHED USS Manley DD-74
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet commemorates launching of USS MacDonough DD-351

			1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) NAVY YARD / BREMERTON USS Astoria CA-34
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Launching - USS Worden DD-352 and Navy Day

			1935-01-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) WELCOME / MONAGHAN USS Manley DD-74
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet commemorates launching of USS Monaghan DD-354

			1935-06-19 Locy Type F [CD-2] U.S.S. QUINCY / LAUNCHED USS MacDonough DD-351
			P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill Alex R Hesse

Notes: Cachet is for the launching of USS Quincy CA-39. Cachet is thermographed.

			1935-07-18 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) USS Phelps / Launching USS MacDonough DD-351
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet commemorates launching of USS Phelps DD-360

			1935-09-14 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration E-1a) USS CONYNGHAM, / USS CASE LAUNCHED USS Eagle 19 PE-19
			P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

Notes: Cachet commemorates the launching of USS Case DD-370 and USS Conyngham DD-371

			1935-10-28 Locy Type 7di NAVY / YARD / STATION Philadelphia Navy Yard
			USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Meyer Tuchinsky Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet commemorates the launching of USS Cassin DD-372

			1935-10-28 Locy Type 7di NAVY / YARD / STATION Navy Yard Philadelphia Pennsylvania
			Philadelphia Navy Yard Development Association

Notes: Cachet Categories: Ship Keel Laying - USS Wichita CA-45, Ship Launching - USS Cassin DD-372 and Ship Launching - USS Shaw DD-373.

			1935-12-31 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			Bremerton Stamp Society Barney Ingram

Note: Dual Launching of the USS Cushing DD-376 and USS Perkins DD-377.
Back of the cover has a postmark from Bremerton Navy Yard.

			1935-12-31 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			Lloyd A. Nace

Note: Launching of the USS Perkins DD-377.

			1936-01-13 Locy Type 2 U.S. Receiving Ship at Philadelphia PA
			USCS Chapter 19 CDR John Barry Gerrit H Cortelyou George K Handle

Notes: Cachet commemorates launching of USS Reid DD-369.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1936-01-29 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) ERIE / LAUNCHED USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: USS Erie PG-50

			1936-01-29 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) USS ERIE / LAUNCHED USS Dale DD-353
			John A Hamm

Notes: Cachet commemorates the launching of USS Erie PG-50.

			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) YORKTOWN / LAUNCHED USS Babbitt AG-102
			Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

Notes: Launch cachet for USS Yorktown CV-5.

		No Image	1936-04-04 Locy Type 7dr USS Arkansas BB-33
			Cachet Maker

Note: Launch cachet for USS Yorktown CV-5.

		No Image	1936-04-04
			Cachet Maker

Note: Launch cachet for USS Yorktown CV-5.

			1936-04-04 Locy Type 3s (A) LONG BEACH / CALIFORNIA USS Lexington CV-2
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet commemorates launching of USS Yorktown CV-5

			1936-04-18 Locy Type 5hk SELFRIDGE / LAUNCHED U.S. Receiving Ship at Philadelphia
			Meyer Tuchinsky

Notes: Cachet commemorates launching of USS Selfridge DD-357

		No Image	1936-04-22 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration A-46a) "USS / DOWNES / LAUNCHED" USS ARIZONA BB-39
			Cachet Maker

Note: Launching of USS Downes DD-375

			1936-04-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBT) WELCOME / DOWNES USS Henderson AP-1
			Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

Notes: Cachet commemorates the launching of USS Downes DD-375

			1936-04-22 Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) USS PRESTON / LAUNCHING USS Omaha CL-4
			Martin R Aden

Notes: Launching of USS Preston DD-379.

		No Image	1936-06-17 Locy Type F (USCS Illustration A-46a) "USS / LAMSON / LAUNCHED" USS Arizona BB-39
			Unknown

Note: Launching of USS Lamson DD-367.

			1936-09-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) USS BAGLEY / LAUNCHED USS Tucker DD-374
			Naval Cachet And Cancel Club

Notes: Cachet commemorates launching of USS Bagley DD-386

			1936-09-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) NAVY YARD / PHILA PA USS Cassin DD-372
			Meyer Tuchinsky

Notes: Cachet commemorates the launching of USS Winslow DD-359.

			1936-10-03 Locy Type 3 (BC) Provisional Bars "LAUNCHED / ENTERPRISE" USS Antares AKS-3
			Dr. S.E. Hutnick

Note: Launching of the USS Enterprise CV-6

			1936-10-03 Locy Type 5hks "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON" USS Texas BB-35
			Cachet Maker

Note: Launching of the USS Enterprise CV-6

			1936-10-03 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT,D2) "WELCOME / ENTERPRISE" USS Bridge AF-1
			Leonard Rogers Roland E Hopkins Raymond A Aiken Eric L Wardman

Note: Launching of the USS Enterprise CV-6.
Cachet is thermographed.

			1936-10-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ENTERPRISE / LAUNCHED" USS Tucker DD-374
			Cachet Maker

Note: Launching of the USS Enterprise CV-6

			1936-11-17 Locy Type (AC-TTT) U.S.S. PHILA / LAUNCHED USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Meyer Tuchinsky

Notes: Launching of the USS Philadelphia CL-41

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