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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.

 

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

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1973
 

N/A		N/A	1973-01-15 Locy Type LDPS 2(n)(USS) USS Grant County LST-1174
			Last Day Postal Service USS GRANT COUNTY (LST-1174) P.J. Van Fossen ETN3 Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1973-03-30 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (D2,USS) USS Semmes DDG-18
			Welcome to Norfolk Frigate EMDEN F-221 (Germany)

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N/A		N/A	1973-05-27 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Trenton LPD-14
			Welcome to Norfolk French Naval Ships Destroyer MAILLE-BREZE (D627) (France)

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N/A		N/A	1973-05-28 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Iwo Jima LPH-2
			Welcome to Norfolk French Naval Ships Fast replenishment tanker P.R.E. LA SAONE (France)

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N/A		N/A	1973-06-23 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Newport News CA-148
			Keel Laid Today USS MEMPHIS Nuclear Submarine (SSN-691) At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1973-06-30 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS,"DE") USS Miller De-1091
			First Day Commission USS MILLER Destroyer Escort (DE-1091) Kenneth M. Prehl PC3, Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1973-08-18 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Columbus CG-12
			USS TEXAS Nuclear Frigate (DLGN-39) Keel Laid Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1973-09-01 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Inchon LPH-12
			Welcome Home USS INCHON Clearing Haiphong Harbor R.E. Hanks and Barry Thompson, PC3 C.H. Douglas and Danny Cox, SN Postal Clerks

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N/A		N/A	1973-10-31 Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS,"DD") Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Hawkins DD-873
			Last Day in Commission USS LEARY DD-879

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N/A		N/A	1973-11-05 Locy Type 2t USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-103 Locy Type 9eft(n+u) (USS) USS Myles C. Fox DD-829
			Welcome to Norfolk USS MYLES C. FOX (DD-829) Reserve Training Ship Donald W. Gordon STG2, Postal Clerk Home Port - New York

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N/A		N/A	1973-11-11 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Hammerberg DE-1015
			Welcome to Norfolk Spanish Destroyer LANGARA (D-64)

Formally USS LEARY (DD-879)

 

N/A		N/A	1973-11-15 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) (USS) USS Lester DE-1022
			Last Day Postal Service USS LESTER (DE-1022) Roy R. Vallejos PC2, Postal Clerk Home Port - Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1973-11-26 Locy Type 2t(n+) (USS) USS Courtney DE-1021
			Welcome to Norfolk USS EXPLOIT (MSO-440) Only Commissioned Wooden Ship At Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1973-11-26 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+) (USS) USS Courtney DE-1021
			Last Day Postal Service USS COURTNEY (DE-1021) Damon Wachsnicht PCSA, Postal Clerk Home Port - Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1973-11-30 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+) (USS) USS Hammerberg DE-1015
			Last Day Postal Service USS HAMMERBERG (DE-1015) Steven L. Mishler PCSN, Postal Clerk Home Port - Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-01 Locy Type 2t(n+) (USS) USS John F. Kennedy CVA-67
			Welcome Home USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CVA-67) Arrival Delayed By Arab - Israeli War

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-01 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS New DD-818
			Welcome Home USS NEW (DD-818) Arrival Delayed By Arab - Israeli War

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-04 Locy Type 2t(n+) (USS) USS Fiske DD-842
			Welcome to Norfolk USS FISKE (DD-842) James R. Longo PCSN, Postal Clerk Home Port - Bayonne, NJ.

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-07 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Manitowoc LST-1180
			Welcome Home USS MANITOWOC (LST-1180) Arrival Delayed By Arab - Israeli War

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Sumter LST-1181
			Welcome Home USS SUMTER (LST-1181) Arrival Delayed By Arab - Israeli War

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-11 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Pensacola LSD-28
			Welcome Home USS PENSACOLA (LSD-38) Arrival Delayed By Arab - Israeli War

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-15 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Shenandoah AD-26
			Welcome Home USS SHENANDOAH (AD-26) Arrival Delayed By Arab - Israeli War

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-17 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Barney DDG-6
			Welcome Home USS BARNEY (DDG-6) Charles L. Cousins GMM3, Postal Clerk From Deployment With NATO Standing Force

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-20 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Austin LPD-4
			Welcome Home USS AUSTIN (LPD-4) From Deployment With United States Sixth Fleet

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-21 Locy Type 2t(n+) (USS) USS Truckee AO-147
			Welcome Home USS TRUCKEE (AO-147) From Deployment With United States Sixth Fleet

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-26 Locy Type 2(n) (USS) USS Boulder LST-1190
			Welcome Home USS BOULDER (LST-1190) Matthew A. Taormina SN, Postal Clerk From Deployment With United States Sixth Fleet

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N/A		N/A	1973-12-26 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Harlan County LST-1196
			Welcome Home USS HARLAN COUNTY (LST-1196) Jerry D. Loony PC3, Postal Clerk From Deployment With United States Sixth Fleet

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