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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
 
Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

No Image			1939-07-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "USS FULTON / KEEL LAID" USS POMPANO SS 181
			Keel Laying

Martin R. Aden Cachet

No Image			1940-12-27 Locy Type 3r (A-BBT) "U.S.S. FULTON / LAUNCHED" USS POLLACK SS 180
			Launching

Martin R. Aden Cachet

		No Image	1940-12-27 Vallejo CA Mare Island Sta. Machine
			Launching

Walter Czubay Cachet

		No Image	1940-12-27 Vallejo CA Mare Island Sta. Machine
			Launching

Dr. S. E. Hutnick Cachet

			1941-09-12 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day of Commissioning

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			1941-09-12 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day of Commissioning

Weigand hand painted cachet

No Image			1941-09-12 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day of Commissioning

Weigand hand painted cachet

No Image		No Image	1941-09-12 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day of Commissioning

Weigand hand painted cachet

			1941-09-12 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day of Commissioning

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No Image			1941-09-12 Locy Type FDC 3 "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day of Commissioning

Note: Cachet by Walter Czubay

 

		No Image	1941-09-12 Vallejo CA Mare Island Sta. Machine
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet Maker: Martin R Aden

			1941-09-23 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT)
			"GOD BLESSED AMERICA / WE'LL PROTECT IT"

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			1941-10-01 Locy Type 9v
			Category

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			1941-10-01 Locy Type 9x
			U.S. Navy

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			1942-03-15 Locy Type Fz USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-32
			Category

Official Business
Censored wartime (WWII) use

			1943-11-05 Locy Type 3z (BTT) "MAIL IS / MORALE"
			Official Business

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			1951-05-18 Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-32a Locy Type 9efu
			Category

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			1952-06-30 Locy Type 2r USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-32b
			Official Business

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			1953-12-21 Locy Type 2
			Category

Add on cachet

			1960-10-31 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)
			USS SEAWOLF SS-197 / SSN-575

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			1961-07-24 Locy Type 2
			Category

Return to USS TRITON SS(N)-586

			1964-11-04 Locy Type 2(n) (A,USS)
			USS SKIPJACK SSN-585

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No Image			1965-08-17 Locy Type 2(n) (A,USS)
			Category

Note: Cover has "Received" stamp from USS Halfbeak SS-352.

			1966-09-12 Locy Type 2(n) (A,USS)
			Ship's Anniversary

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			1971-04-03 Locy Type 2(n+) (B, USS)
			Submarine Tender

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			1974-03-06 Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS)
			Category

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No Image			1983-05-27 Locy Type 9-1(n+)(USS)
			Cachet honors the loss of the USS Scorpion SSN-589

Cachet Maker: Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

No Image			1986-01-25 Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS)
			First Day in Commission USS ALASKA SSBN-732

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No Image			1986-07-18 Locy Type 2t(nu)(USS)
			Change of Command

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

			1987-01-31 Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS)
			Category

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No Image			1988-06-17 Locy Type Fa FPO New York 09534 (dial of USCS Illustration F-32d)
			Crewmember's Reunion

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

No Image		No Image	1988-07-22 Locy Type F CHANGE / OF / COMMAND USCS Catalog Illustration F-32d
			Change of Command

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

			1990-06-17 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS)
			Sea Trials USS WEST VIRGINIA SSBN-736

Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

			1991-09-26 Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+u)
			Last Day in Commission

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