Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 2b2

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 1970. 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.

1933-35

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	1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Commissioning Day

Hoffner Cachet #H132. Cachet by Rich Hoffner.

		N/A	1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Commissioning Day

Hoffner Cachet #H133. Cachet by Rich Hoffner.

N/A		N/A	1978-09-23 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Commissioning Day

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		N/A	1978-10-10 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA USS Birmingham SSN-695
			Sea Trials

Hoffner #H134

N/A		N/A	1978-10-11 Locy Type 7t(n+u) ("CV") USS Independence CV-62
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS,CG) USS Fox CG-33
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-13 Locy Type 2-2(n+) USS McCloy FF-1038
			Navy Day

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		N/A	1978-10-13 Locy Type 2 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40
			Navy Day

Note: Seabees at Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme, California.
February 1, 1966 - September 12, 2012.

N/A		N/A	1978-10-13 USPS Type 9 ”Submarine Base Sta.” Honolulu HI USS Omaha SSN-692
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Richard E. Byrd DDG-23
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n)(USS) USS Tarawa LHA-1
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(D1,USS) USS Yosemite AD-19
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-14 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Conolly DD-979
			First Day in Commission

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		N/A	1978-10-14 Locy Type FDC 9-1(n+u) (USS) USS Conolly DD-979
			First Day in Commission

Hoffner #H135

		N/A	1978-10-14 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) Locy Type FDC 9-1(n+u) (USS) USS Conolly DD-979
			First Day in Commission

Hoffner #H136

		N/A	1978-10-14 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Conolly DD-979
			First Day in Commission

Hoffner #H137

		N/A	1978-10-14 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Conolly DD-979
			First Day in Commission

Hoffner #H138

N/A		N/A	1978-10-16 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,SEA at bottom) USS Coral Sea CV-43
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-19 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,FF) USS McCandless FF-1084
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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		N/A	1978-10-19 Locy Type 9f(n+u) USS McCloy FF-1038
			15th Anniversary

Hoffner H#139

		N/A	1978-10-19 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel ”Christening of / The U.S.S. / Arkansas” Newport News VA USS Arkansas CGN-41
			Christening

Hoffner H#140

N/A		N/A	1978-10-22 7ditn+u (USS) ("ELITE OF / THE FLEET") USS Constellation CV-64
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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		N/A	1978-10-23 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Connolly DD-979
			Keel Laid – IIS Daryusun D-12

Hoffner #H141

N/A		N/A	1978-11-01 Locy Type 2-1t(nu)(USS) USS Turner Joy DD-951
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-11-02 Locy Type 7 FPO 09521 USS Edenton ATS-1
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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		N/A	1978-11-04 Locy Type 9f(n+u) USS McCloy FF-1038
			Launching - USS McInerney FFG-8

Hoffner #H142

N/A		N/A	1978-11-07 Locy Type 2-1(nu)(USS) (Date Inverted) USS Downes FF-1070
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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		N/A	1978-11-14 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Connolly DD-979
			Launched – USS Thorn DD-988

Hoffner #H143

N/A		N/A	1978-11-21 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-42a USS Thomas C. Hart FF-1092
			Port Visit - Philadelphia PA

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N/A		N/A	1978-11-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-33d USS Lexington AVT-16
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-11-29 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+u) USS Agerholm DD-826
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-07 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS) "FF" USS Bagley FF-1069
			Pearl Harbor Attack

Note: You can just make out "DECATUR CHAPTER NO. 4 USCS" in the upper portion of the cachet - just below "Pearl Harbor".

N/A		N/A	1978-12-07 USPS CDS Honolulu HI
			Pearl Harbor Attack

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-08 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(D1,USS) USS Yosemite AD-19
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-16 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6 USS Moosbrugger DD-980
			First Day of Commission

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-16 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA USS Birmingham SSN-695
			First Day of Commission

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		N/A	1978-12-16 Locy Type 9f(n+u) USS McCloy FF-1038
			Launched – USS George Philip FFG-12

Hoffner #H144

N/A		N/A	1978-12-17 USPS Pictorial ”75th Anniversary Station” Kitty Hawk NC USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
			75th Anniversary of Powered Flight

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-19 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel ”Submarine Base Sta.” Groton CT USS Trout SS-566
			Decommissioning & Transfer Ceremony

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-25 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Elliot DD-967
			Christmas Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Horne CG-30
			Christmas Day

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-25 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS) USS McCandless FF-1084
			Christmas Day

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