Cachet Category Ship Decommissioning Page 2

Page 1  (1933 - 1989)
Page 2  (1990 - 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.

 

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

 

			1991-02-08 Locy Type LDC 9-1u(n+) (USS) Locy Type USPS Pictorial USS New Jersey BB-62
			Cachet Maker

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			1991-08-27 Locy Type 9ey ("USPO") Navy Yard Charleston South Carolina
			Ronald Reeves

Notes: Decommissioning of USS Petrel ASR-14.

 

			1992-03-31 Locy Type LDC 9-1u(n+) (USS) Locy Type LDC F  (USCS Illustration M-93g) USPS Pictorial USS Missouri BB-63
			Cachet Maker

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No Image		No Image	1992-04-11 USPS Pictorial San Diego, CA
			Stephen Decatur Chapter 4, USCS

Note: Decommissioning of USS Midway CV-41

 

			1992-04-11 Locy Type LDC Meter OFR2 (#520237) ZIP 96631 USS Midway CV-41
			Smartcraft

Notes: The postmark has April 11, 1991 but the last day of commission was April 11, 1992.

 

			1993-06-30 Locy Type 2-1n (USN,"USS" omitted) USS Reasoner FF-1063
			Roger A. Wentworth

Notes: Decommissioning of the USS Reasoner FF-1063

 

			1993-07-10 Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+) (USS) USS Ranger CV-61
			USCS Chapter 97 USS Los Angeles Charles B Hall

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			1993-07-14 Locy Type LDC F  (USCS Illustration I-17a) LAST DAY IN COMMISSION / 14 JULY 1993 / Uncommon Valor was / a Common Virtue USS Iwo Jima LPH-2
			David A Kent

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			1994-09-30 USPS Pictorial Cancel
			USCS Chapter 97 USS Los Angeles Charles B Hall

Notes: Decommissioning of USS Saratoga CV-60

 

			1994-09-30 Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+) (USS) USS Saratoga CV-60
			Charles B Hall

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No Image			1995-02-15 USS Belknap CG-26
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Note: USPS Pictorial Cancel

 

			1995-02-15 USS Belknap CG-26
			Al Banasky

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No Image		No Image	1995-09-11 Locy Type 11 USS Truxtun CGN-35
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Note:

 

			1996-08-09 Locy Type LDC 2-2(n+)y (USS,FPO AE 09531,"USN") USS America CV-66
			Roger A Wentworth

Notes: Cachet says it is for Last Day in Commission. August 9 was the decommissioning ceremony but the last deck log entry date is September 30.

 

			1996-09-13 Locy Type LDC 2 (L)  (USCS Illustration S-93) Locy Type LDC 9-1u(n+) (USN,USS) USS Shenandoah AD-44
			Al Banasky

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No Image			1998-02-27 Locy Type 2-1(n) ("U.S(space). NAVY", "LSD.40") USS Fort Fisher LSD-40
			Paul Nitchman

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			1998-02-27 Locy Type 9-1n+ (USN,USS) Locy Type F USS Fort Fisher LSD-40
			Paul Nitchman

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			1998-03-13 Locy Type F [CD-9] USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
			Roger A Wentworth

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			1998-08-25 Locy Type USPS Pictorial LAST DAY IN / COMISSSION / STATION / Aug 25, 1998 / US Naval Base / Norfolk, VA 23511
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Decommissioning of USS Guam LPH-9

 

			2003-08-04
			David A Kent

Notes: Decommissioning of the USS Portland LSD-37

 

No Image			2004-09-30 Locy Type F  ?? USS Ticonderoga CG-47
			Douglas Ebert

Notes: Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

 

No Image			2005-10-28 USPS Pictorial USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Greg Ciesielski

Note:
 

No Image			2005-10-28 USPS Pictorial USS Belleau Wood LHA-3
			Greg Ciesielski

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No Image			2006-01-19 USPS Pictorial USS Grasp ARS-51
			Greg Ciesielski

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No Image			2006-09-22 Locy Type 2-2 (USS, FPO AP 96663-3400) USS Dolphin AGSS-555
			Douglas Ebert

Notes: Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

 

No Image			2007-01-17 Locy Type 11-1(n+u) (USS) USS Trenton LPD-14
			Douglas Ebert

Notes: Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

 

No Image			2007-03-23 Locy Type 11-1t(n+) (USN, USS) USS John F Kennedy CV-67
			Douglas Ebert

Notes: Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

 

			2007-05-22 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Lake Champlain CG-57
			Douglas Ebert

Notes: Cachet commemorates the decommissioning of the USS Heron MHC-52.
Contributed by Douglas Ebert.

 

No Image			2007-09-26 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Shreveport LPD-12
			Douglas Ebert

Notes: Contributed by Douglas Ebert. The decommission date in the cachet is wrong. The correct date is Sept 26, 2007.

 

			2009-01-31 Locy Type F USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
			McIntosh Cachets

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