Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 47

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 1980. 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.

1933-59

1960-79

1980

1981

1982p1

1982p2

1983

1984

1985

1986p1

1986p2

1986p3

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994p1

1994p2

1995p1

1995p2

1996p1

1996p2

1996p3

1997p1

1997p2

1997p3

1998p1

1998p2

1999p1

1999p2

1999p3

2000p1

2000p2

2001p1

2001p2

2001p3

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2004p1

2004p2

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2006p1

2006p2

2006p3

 

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

 

N/A		N/A	2004-09-30 Locy Type F FPO AA 34093-1158 USS Ticonderoga CG-47
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-09-30 USPS Pictorial ”Decommissioning Station” Pascagoula, MS USS Ticonderoga CG-47
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-09-30 USPS Pictorial ”Farewell Station” Ticonderoga, NY USS Ticonderoga CG-47
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-09-30 USPS Pictorial ”Commissioning Station” Groton, CT USS Nautilus SSN-571
			50th Anniversary of Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-10-01 USPS CDS San Diego, CA USCGC Monsoon WPC-4
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-10-01 USPS CDS San Diego, CA USCGC Zephyr WPC-8
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-10-01 USPS 4-bar Norfolk, VA USS Shamal PC-13
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-10-02 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USS Forrest Sherman DDG-98
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	2004-10-04 USPS Pictorial ”Reunion Station” Groton, CT USS Nautilus SSN-571
			50th Anniversary Crewmember Reunion

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N/A		N/A	2004-10-06 USPS Pictorial ”20th Anniversary Station” Groton, CT USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN-730
			20th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2004-10-19 Locy Type 11 FPO AP 96629-2840 USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Deactivation USS Parche SSN-683

Note: Hull designation for the Carl Vinson is shown as “CUN”

 

N/A		N/A	2004-10-21 USPS Pictorial "15th Anniversary Station" Groton, CT USS Topeka SSN-754
			15th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2004-10-22 Locy Type F USS Detroit AOE-4
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-10-22 USPS Pictorial ”Decommissioning Station” Norfolk, VA USS Stump DD-978
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-11-13 USPS CDS Bath, ME USS Bainbridge DDG-96
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	2004-11-16 Locy Type 2 FPO AE 09534-1662 USS Kearsarge LHD-3
			Integrated Training in North Carolina

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N/A		N/A	2004-11-17 USPS Pictorial ”20th Anniversary Station” Norfolk, VA USS Olympia SSN-717
			20th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2004-11-19 USPS 4-bar Groton, CT USS Jimmy Carter SSN-23
			Sea Trials

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N/A		N/A	2004-11-20 USPS Type 9 New Orleans, LA USS New Orleans LPD-18
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	2004-12-03 Locy Type F FPO AA 34093-4159 USS Yorktown CG-48
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-12-03 USPS Pictorial ”Decommissioning Station Pascagoula, MS USS Yorktown CG-48
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-12-03 USPS Pictorial ”Farewell Station Yorktown, VA USS Yorktown CG-48
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-12-06 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USCGC Shamal WPC-13
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-12-06 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USCGC Tornado WPC-14
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2004-12-07 Locy Type 11 FPO AP 96629-2840 USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Scheduled Overhaul for the USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN-730

Notice: Hull designation for the Carl Vinson is shown as “CUN”

 

N/A		N/A	2004-12-10 USPS Pictorial ”10th Anniversary Station” Groton, CT USS Hartford SSN-768
			10th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2004-12-20 USPS Pictorial ”60th Anniversary Station” ”Cheboygan, MI USCGC Mackinaw WAGB-83
			60th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2004-12-27 USPS Type 9 Lockport, LA USCGC Swordfish WPB-87358
			Launching

Note: Very light postmark

 

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