HAMMERHEAD SSN 663

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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

  1. 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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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

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Killer Bar Text

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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



 

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.



 

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.

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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