Cachet Category Ship Launching Page 4
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.
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1945-01-06 |
| Cachet Maker |
Notes: Launching of USS Towhee AGS-28.
Back of the cover has the return address for E. L. Maag. Not sure what role, if any, they had in creating the cachet. Also notice that the cover was cancelled in Cleveland, Ohio - which is where Maag lived. Coincidence?
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1945-03-20 |
Notes: Launching of the USS Midway CV-41
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1945-05-18 |
Notes: Launching of USS Point Cruz T-AKV-19
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No Image |
1945-06-09 |
Notes: Launching of the USS Oregon City CA-122.
Cachet is thermographed.
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1959-10-03 |
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16 |
Notes:
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No Image |
1962-02-28 |
| Cachet Maker |
Notes: Launching of USS Thomas Jefferson SSN-618.
Actual launch date is Feb 24, 1962.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1963-01-02 |
Notes: Launching of USS Nathan Hale SSBN-623.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1963-06-22 |
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16 |
Notes: Launching of USS Daniel Boone SSBN-629.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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No Image |
1963-10-18 |
| Cachet Maker |
Notes: Launching of USS Von Steuben SSBN-632.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1963-11-30 |
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16 |
Notes: Launching of USS Stonewall Jackson SSBN-634.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1964-12-22 |
Notes: Twin Launching of USS Flasher SSN-613 and USS Tecumseh SSBN-628.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1965-01-16 |
Notes: Launching of the USS Kamehameha SSN-642.
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No Image |
1966-02-25 |
Notes: Launching of USS Queenfish SSN-651.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1966-02-26 |
Notes: Launching of USS Sturgeon SSN-637.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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No Image |
1966-06-21 |
| Cachet Maker |
Notes: Launching of USS Ray SSN-653.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1966-10-14 |
Notes: Launching of USS Whale SSN-638.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1968-03-16 |
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Notes: Launching of USS Wichita AOR-1
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1969-04-12 |
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Mare Island Naval Shipyard National Association of Supervisors Local 16 |
Notes: Launching of USS Hawkbill SSN-666
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1969-12-20 |
Notes: Launching of the USS Benicia PG-96
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1972-05-13 |
Notes: Launching of USS Nimitz CVN-68
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1972-07-01 |
Notes: Launching of USS South Carolina CGN-37
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1972-07-01 |
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Notes: Launching of USS South Carolina CGN-37.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1972-11-11 |
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General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division |
Notes: Launching of USS Kalamazoo AOR-6.
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1973-01-18 |
| Cachet Maker |
Notes: Launching of USS Parche SSN-683
Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.
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1973-08-04 |
Notes: Launching of the USS Glenard P Lipscomb SSN-685.
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1974-12-14 |
Notes: Launching of USS Virginia CGN-38.
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1975-10-11 |
Notes: Launching of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69.
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1975-10-11 |
Notes: Cachet Categories:
Ship Launching: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
Ship Christening: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
Ship Keel Laying: USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
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1975-10-11 |
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Cachet Maker |
Notes: This is an insert that was inside the cover above.
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No Image |
1983-03-19 |
Note: Launching of the USS Minneapolis St. Paul SSN-708
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1984-12-08 |
Notes: Launching of USS Pittsburgh SSN-720
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1985-12-14 |
Notes: Launching of the USS Louisville SSN-724.
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1988-11-12 |
Notes: Launching of the USS Miami SSN-755.
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1994-09-24 |
Notes: Launching of USS Columbia SSN-771
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2002-07-09 |
Notes: Launching of the USCGC Petrel WPB-87350.
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