Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 31

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.

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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 --------- Categories

 

N/A		N/A	1998-08-03 USPS MPP #18203 Philadelphia, PA USS Saratoga CV-60
			Departure Day

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-05 Locy Type F USS Bridge AOE-10
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-07 Locy Type 2 USS Independence CV-62
			Decommissioning USS Sand Lance SSN-660

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-08 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC Joshua Appleby WLM-556
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-12 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT USS Billfish SSN-676
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-14 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT USS Trepang SSN-674
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-22 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC Walnut WLB-205
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-24 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USS Lassen DDG-82
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-25 USPS 4-bar Lockport, LA USS Tornado PC-14
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-25 USPS Pictorial "Last Day In Commission Station" Norfolk, VA USS Guam LPH-9
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-25 Locy Type 2 & 2 w/(no bars) USS Guam LPH-9
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-28 Locy Type 2 & 9 FPO AP 96662-1163 USS California CGN-36
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1998-08-29 Locy Type F USS Decatur DDG-73
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-01 Locy Type 2 FPO AP 99566-1294 USS Donald Cook DDG-75
			1st Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-02 USPS 4-bar Groton, CT USS Connecticut SSN-22
			Sea Trials

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-04 USPS Type 9 "NAVACTS Branch" Barrigada, Guam USCGC Basswood WLB-388
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-04 USPS Pictorial "Deactivation Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA USS South Carolina CGN-37
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-05 Locy Type F USS Raven MHC-61
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-05 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Day Station" Baltimore, MD USS Raven MHC-61
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-14 USPS MPP #18203 Philadelphia, PA USS Forrestal CV-59
			Departure Day

Cachet Artist is Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

 

N/A		N/A	1998-09-17 Locy Type F USS Billfish SSN-676
			Participation in "ICEX 1998"

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-18 Locy Type 2 & 9 USS Conolly DD-979
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-18 Locy Type F USS Lewis B. Puller FFG-23
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-20 USPS MPP #18203 Philadelphia, PA USS Iowa BB-61
			Departure Day

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-25 Locy Type F USS Reid FFG-30
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-25 USPS Type 9 Charleston SC USS Santa Barbara AE-28
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-30 Locy Type 2 USS Independence CV-62
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-30 Locy Type 2 USS Independence CV-62
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-30 Locy Type 9 USS Independence CV-62
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-09-30 USPS Type 9 "Midway Philatelic Branch" San Diego, CA USS Sea Cliff DSV-4
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1998-10-09 USPS Type 9 "Brooklyn-Curtis Bay Branch" Baltimore, MD USCGC Decisive WMEC-629
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-11-07 USPS 4-bar "City Of Ships" Bath, ME USS Oscar Austin DDG-79
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1998-11-19 USPS Philatelic Pictorial San Diego, CA USS Pogy SSN-647
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1998-11-20 USPS 4-bar Atlantic Beach, NC USCGC Elm WLB-204
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-04 Locy Type F USS Donald Cook DDG-75
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-04 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Day Station" Philadelphia, PA USS Donald Cook DDG-75
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-05 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC Frank Drew WLM-557
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-07 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton, WA USS Billfish SSN-676
			Arrival for Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-07 Locy Type F USS Pearl Harbor LSD-52
			Honoring her namesake

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-11 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Groton, CT USS Connecticut SSN-22
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-11 USPS 4-bar "City Of Ships" Bath, ME USS Howard DDG-83
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-11 USPS Type 9 Cape May, NJ USCGC Mako WPB-87303
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-11 USPS Type 9 Crescent City, CA USCGC Point Heyer WPB-82369
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-15 USPS CDS Honolulu, HI USS Cimarron AO-177
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-18 Locy Type 2 & F USS Merrimack AO-179
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-18 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA USS Merrimack AO-179
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1998-12-25 Locy Type F USCGC Jefferson Island WPB-1340
			Merry Christmas

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