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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 1980. 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		N/A	1999-01-08 USPS Pictorial "Inactivation Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA USS James K. Polk SSN-645
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1999-01-15 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT USS Connecticut SSN-22
			Change of Command

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N/A		N/A	1999-01-16 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA USS Narwhal SSN-671
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-01-19 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT USS Boston SSN-703
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1999-01-22 USPS Pictorial "Inactivation Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA USS Atlanta SSN-712
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	1999-01-22 USPS 4-bar Ft. Myers Beach, FL USCGC Marlin WPB-87304
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-01-30 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC Anthony Petit WLM-558
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1999-02-22 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC Walnut WLB-205
			Commissioning (Special)

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N/A		N/A	1999-03-05 USPS Type 9 Mobile, AL USCGC Stingray WPB-87305
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-03-17 Locy Type 11 USS Crommelin FFG-37
			Decommissioning USS Batfish SSN-671

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N/A		N/A	1999-03-19 USPS 4-bar Ketchikan, AK 99901 USCGC Planetree WLB-307
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-03-19 USPS 4-bar Hampton Roads, VA USS Grasp ARS-51
			Change of Command

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N/A		N/A	1999-03-30 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Ceremony Station" Portsmouth, VA USCGC Red Cedar WLM-688
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-04-12 USPS CDS Lockport, LA USCGC Albacore WPB-87309
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1999-04-12 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA USCGC Point Huron WPB-82357
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-04-15 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC Maria Bray WLM-562
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1999-04-17 USPS 4-bar "City Of Ships" Bath, ME USS Winston S. Churchill DDG-81
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1999-04-21 USPS Pictorial "Transfer Ceremony Station" Portsmouth, VA USCGC Point Huron WPB-82357
			Custody transfer

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N/A		N/A	1999-04-21 USPS 4-bar Hampton Roads, VA USCGC Point Francis WPB-82356
			Custody transfer

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N/A		N/A	1999-04-24 Locy Type F USS Higgins DDG-76
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-04-30 USPS CDS Honolulu, HI USS Willamette AO-180
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-01 USPS Type 9 "Brooklyn-Curtis Bay Branch" Baltimore, MD USCGC James Rankin WLM-555
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-07 Locy Type F USS Stark FFG-31
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-07 USPS 4-bar Lockport, LA USS Tornado PC-14
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-08 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC William Tate WLM-560
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-10 USPS CDS Lockport, LA USCGC Tarpon WPB-87310
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-10 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USS Buckeley DDG-84
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-15 USPS Pictorial "Armed Forces Day Station" Staten Island, NY USNS Bob Hope T-AKR 300
			Armed Forces Day Greetings

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-22 USPS Pictorial "Fleet Week NY '99 Station" Staten Island, NY USS Wasp LHD-1
			Fleet Week

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-28 Locy Type F "CHANGE OF COMMAND" USCGC Jefferson Island WPB-1340
			Change of Command

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-31 USPS Pictorial "USS Battleship New Jersey Station" Fanwood, NJ USS New Jersey BB-62
			Memorial Day

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N/A		N/A	1999-05-31 USPS Type 9 Baton Rouge, LA USS Shrike MHC-62
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-01 Locy Type F USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 FPO AP 96629-2840
			Decommissioning USS Trepang SSN-674

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-11 Locy Type 2 USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72
			Decommissioning USS Pogy SSN-647

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-11 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Station" Bremerton, WA USS Pogy SSN-647
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-17 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC Frank Drew WLM-557
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-22 USPS 4-bar Astoria, OR USCGC Eagle WIX-327
			Port Visit

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-23 USPS Pictorial Portland, OR USCGC Eagle WIX-327
			Port Visit

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-25 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Ceremony Station" Norfolk, VA USS Platte AO-186
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-26 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC Harry Clairborne WLM-561
			Launching

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-30 USPS Pictorial "Last Day In Commission Station" Norfolk, VA USS Platte AO-186
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1999-06-30 USPS CDS Philadelphia, PA USCGC Red Wood WLM-685
			Decommissioning

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