Cachet Category Ship Keel Laying

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	1934-10-27 Locy Type 3 (B-TBT) 13 TH U.S. / NAVY DAY USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Richard Dumonte

Notes: Cachet Categories: Navy Day and Keel Laying - USS Preston DD-379

 

			1935-09-10 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) NAVY YARD / PHILA, PA. USS Aylwin DD-355
			Milton Wigod C Wright Richell

Notes: Cachet commemorates the keel laying of the USS Honolulu CL-48.

 

			1935-09-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) THE NAVY'S / BLESSED EVENT USS J Fred Talbott AG-81
			Raymond A Aiken

Notes: Cachet is thermographed. Cachet commemorates the keel laying of the USS Honolulu CL-48.

 

			1935-09-10 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) NAVY YARD / NEW YORK USS Hull DD-350
			P J (PeeJay) Ickeringill

Notes: Cachet commemorates the keel laying of the USS Honolulu CL-48. Not sure what role, if any, Frank Stolpe had in creating the cachet.

 

			1935-09-10 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) KEEL LAYED / AT BROOKLYN USS Aylwin DD-355
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet commemorates the keel laying of the USS Honolulu CL-48.

 

No Image			1935-09-25 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) NAVY YARD / PHILA, PA. USS Aylwin DD-355
			Dr S E Hutnick Desmond D Jagyi

Notes: Keel laying for destroyers: USS Blue DD-387 and USS Helm DD-388.

 

			1935-09-25 Locy Type 6gp-1 Portsmouth, VA Navy Yard
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet commemorates keel laying of USS Helm DD-388

 

		No Image	1935-09-25 Locy Type 6gp-1 Portsmouth, VA Navy Yard
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet commemorates keel laying of USS Helm DD-388

 

			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.

 

			1935-11-28 Locy Type F  (USCS Illustration W-8) NAVY YARD / BOSTON USS Wandank ATO-26
			T M Holcombe

Notes: Cachet commemorates keel-laying of USS Ralph Talbot DD-390

 

			1936-04-01
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet is partly thermographed. Cover is for the USS Wasp CV-7.

 

			1937-06-25 Locy Type 5hks PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA USS Vega AK-17
			Norfolk Cover Service

Notes: Cachet commemorates the keel-laying of USS Stack DD-406

 

			1937-08-09 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) NORFOLK / NAVY YARD USS Downes DD-375
			Norfolk Cover Service

Notes: Cachet commemorates the keel-laying of USS Russell DD-414

 

			1937-09-20 Locy Type 3 (BC+BBT) NAVY YARD / PHILA PA USS Vega AK-17
			USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Meyer Tuchinsky

Notes: Cachet commemorates the keel-laying of USS Rhind DD-404

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) NAVY DAY / NEW YORK USS Dunlap DD-384
			David R Annis C A Emerson

Notes: Cachet Categories: Navy Day and Ship Keel Laying of USS North Carolina BB-55.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1937-10-27 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) NAVY / DAY USS Helm DD-388
			Naval Cachet And Cancel Club C Wright Richell

Notes: Cachet commemorates keel laying of USS North Carolina BB-55

 

			1938-04-25 Locy Type 2 Marine Barracks League Island Philadelphia PA
			T M Holcombe Lloyd A Nace

Notes: Cachet commemorates keel laying of USS Curtiss AV-4
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1938-12-12 Locy Type 9w Naval Hospital Washington DC
			Lloyd A Nace T M Holcombe

Notes: Keel laying of USS Navajo AT-64.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

			1939-03-01
			Alex R Hesse

Notes: Cachet commemorates keel-laying of USS Tautog SS-199

 

			1939-09-25 Locy Type 3r (AC-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA" USS Mustin DD-413
			Dr. S.E. Hutnick

Note: Keel Laying of the USS Hornet CV-8.

 

			1939-09-25 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) "PORTSMOUTH / VIRGINIA" USS Sirius AK-15
			Tazewell G. Nicholson C. Wright Richell

Note: Keel laying for the USS Hornet CV-8.

 

			1940-03-18 Locy Type 2 USS Ericsson DD-440
			T.M. Holcombe Lloyd A. Nace

Note: Ship's name is mis-spelled in the cachet.

 

			1940-09-04 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) USS Breese DM-18
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Cachet commemorates keel laying of USS Corry DD-463

 

			1941-04-14 Locy Type 9x USS William P Biddle APA-8
			Dr S E Hutnick

Notes: Keel-Laying of USS Mobile CL-63

 

			1942-03-07
			Tazewell G Nicholson C Wright Richell

Notes: Cachet commemorates the USS Kentucky BB-66.
Cachet is thermographed.

 

		No Image	1964-05-27
			USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships Malcolm C Walker

Notes: Keel laying for USS Whale SSN-638.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1970-08-15
			USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships Bernhard M Vesper

Notes:

 

		No Image	1970-12-01
			USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships Bernhard M Vesper

Notes: Keel laying for USS South Carolina CGN-37
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1971-06-05
			USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships Bernhard M Vesper

Notes: Keel laying for USS Glenard P Lipscomb SSN-685.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1971-06-26
			USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships Bernhard M Vesper

Notes: Keel laying for USS L Mendel Rivers SSN-686.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1972-11-18
			USCS Chapter 71 USS America

Notes: Keel laying for USS Baton Rouge SSN-689.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		No Image	1973-01-27
			Dynamic Philatelic Society E Wright

Notes: Keel laying for USS Omaha SSN-692.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1975-10-11
			Newport News Shipbuilding

Notes: Additional Cachet Categories: Ship Christening: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
Ship Launching: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69

 

		No Image	1976-02-21
			Dynamic Philatelic Society E Wright

Notes: Cachet commemorates keel laying of USS Jacksonville SSN-699
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1981-06-01
			Richard F Hoffner

Notes: Keel Laying of the USS Zeus T-ARC-7

 

			2003-09-06 USPS Pictorial Keel Laying Station / USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77)
			USCS Chapter 68 USS Nathan Hale

Notes: Keel laying for USS George H W Bush CVN-77

 

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