HAMMERHEAD SSN 663

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Sturgeon Class Attack Submarine Keel Laid November 29 1965 - Launched April 14 1967 USS HAMMERHEAD SSN-663 Commissioned June 28 1968 - Decommissioned April 5 1995 Struck from Naval Register April 5 1995 Disposed of through NPSSRP November 22 1995

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1965-1995)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA

1965-11-29

N/A

Keel Laying, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Newport News VA Machine

1968-06-28

Commissioning
USCS USS Cleveland Chapter #25 Cachet

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Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1970-11-20

Greeting-card size cover commemorating the visit to the North Pole. This cancel used only on Nov. 20, 1970 to cancel North Pole covers.

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Locy Type 2 USS L. Y. Spear AS-36

1975-10-28

N/A

R/S cachet

 

USPS Machine Fort Lauderdale, FL

1976

No Image

Port Lauderdale port visit, Port Lauderdale cachet by George H. Wilson

 

USPS 4-bar Newport News, VA

1983-06-28

N/A

15th Anniversary, cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Station" Bremerton, WA

1994-11-03

No Image

Scrapping at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA of the USS Stonewall Jackson SSBN-634, USS Mariano G. Vallejo SSBN-658, USS Simon Bolivar SSBN-641 and USS Hammerhead SSN-663.
Cachet by Tom Armstrong

 

USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Station" Bremerton, WA

1995-04-05

No Image

Decommissioning at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA. Cover serviced by Tom Armstrong

 

USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Station" Bremerton, WA

1995-04-05

N/A

Decommissioning. Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A voracious shark found in warm seas, with a curious hammerlike head.

There have been two ships in the US Navy named HAMMERHEAD - USS Hammerhead SS-364 and USS Hammerhead SSN-663.

 

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