Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 8

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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N/A		N/A	1984-01-04 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA USS Oklahoma City SSN-723
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1984-01-26 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula MS USS Tunny SSN-682
			10th Anniversary

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins

 

N/A		N/A	1984-02-11 USPS Machine Cancel New London, CT USS Georgia SSBN-729
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1984-02-11 USPS Machine Cancel New London, CT USS Georgia SSBN-729
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1984-02-27 USPS 4-bar Bath, ME USS Simpson FFG-56
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1984-03-03 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA USS Newport News SSN-750
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1984-03-10 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Station" Groton, CT USS Minneapolis St. Paul SSN-708
			Commissioning

Note: Cachet artist is Alton (Budd) M Arrington (see his initials "AMA" in the lower right corner).

 

N/A		N/A	1984-03-16 USPS Pictorial cancel Tampa FL USCGC Tampa WMEC-902
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1984-04-04 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula MS USS Dace SSN-607
			25th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	1984-04-09 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT USS Daniel Webster SSBN-626
			20th Anniversary

Note: Cachet Artist is Robert D. (Bob) Rawlins

 

N/A		N/A	1984-05-19 USPS Machine cancel Groton CT USS Alabama SSBN-731
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	1984-06-04 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USN,USS) USS Gallery FFG-26
			N/A

Cachet artist is Alton (Budd) M Arrington (see his initials "AMA" in the lower left corner).

 

N/A		N/A	1984-06-29 USPS Special Cancel "Collectors Corner" Seattle WA USS Germantown LSD-42
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1984-06-30 Locy Type 9 USS Fulton AS-11
			Sea Trials of USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN-730

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N/A		N/A	1984-07-21 USPS Slogan Machine cancel "Submarine Base Station" Groton, CT USS Hyman G. Rickover SSN-709
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1984-08-26 USPS 1-bar Mare Island, CA USS Stonewall Jackson SSBN-634
			20th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	1984-09-17 USPS 4-bar Newport News, VA USS Olympia SSN-717
			Sea Trials

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N/A		N/A	1984-09-19 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT USS Seahorse SSN-619
			15th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	1984-10-06 Locy Type F USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN-730
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1984-10-11 USPS CDS "Naval Base Branch" Portsmouth, NH USS Grayling SSN-646
			15th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	1984-10-17 USPS CDS "Naval Base Br." Portsmouth NH USS Tinosa SSN-606
			20th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	1984-10-28 Locy Type F USS Georgia SSBN-729
			Crossing the Equator

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N/A		N/A	1984-11-10 USPS FDOI Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Sc. #2109
			First Day Cover

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N/A		N/A	1984-11-13 Locy Type F USS Georgia SSBN-729
			Homeport Arrival

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N/A		N/A	1984-12-02 USPS 4-bar Newport News, VA USS Sam Rayburn SSBN-635
			20th Anniversary

Robert D. Rawlins

 

N/A		N/A	1984-12-08 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT USS Pittsburgh SSN-720
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1984-12-17 USPS 4-bar Portsmouth VA USCGC Northland WMEC-904
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1984-12-21 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT USS Glenard P. Lipscomb SSN-685
			10th Anniversary

Robert D. Rawlins

 

N/A		N/A	1984-12-30 USPS 4-bar "Submarine Base Br." Groton CT 06349 USS George Washington SSN-598
			Ship's 25th Anniversary

Robert D. Rawlins

 

			1984-12-30 Submarine Base Groton Connecticut
			Ship Birthday - USS George Washington SSBN-598

Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur and Robert D Rawlins.

 

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