Cachet Category Aleutian Islands Survey & Alaskan Service

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

Alaskan Submarine Force Alaskan Ports

 

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 --------- Cachet Makers

 

No Image			1933-07-04 Locy Type 5s (C) "ALEUTIAN IS. / SURVEY" USS Argonne AS-10
			No Cachet

Independence Day / Aleutian Island Survey 1933

 

No Image			1933-07-31 Locy Type 5hks "PRIBILOF IS. / ALASKA" USS Vega AK-17
			Cachet by Seattle Junior Philatelic Society

Aleutian Island Survey 1933

 

No Image			1933-09-01 Locy Type 5s (C) "ALEUTIAN IS. / SURVEY" USS Argonne AS-10
			No Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1933

 

			1934-03-28 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Swallow AM-4
			R/S cachet

Note:

 

			1934-04-07 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "ALEUTIANS / ALASKA" USS Swallow AM-4
			R/S cachet

Note:

 

			1934-04-23 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON" USS Oglala CM-4
			Aleutian Islands Survey

Deane C Bartley Cachet

 

			1934-05-05 Locy Type 5ahks USS Gannet AM-41
			R/S Cachet

Note:

 

			1934-05-10 Locy Type 5ahks "PRINCE / RUPERT B.C." USS Gannet AM-41
			R/S Cachet

Note:

 

			1934-05-11 Locy Type 5ahks "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Gannet AM-41
			R/S Cachet

Note:

 

			1934-05-12 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Kingfisher AM-25
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-05-15 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Oglala CM-4
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-05-28 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ADAK ISLAND / ALEUTIANS" USS Kingfisher AM-25
			Cacheted

Aleutian Islands Duty 1934

 

N/A		N/A	1934-06-20 Locy Type 3s (B-BBT) "GREAT SIT- / KIN ALASKA" USS Swallow AM-4
			N/A

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

N/A			1934-06-25 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "KULUK BAY / ALEUTIAN IS" USS Tanager AM-5
			Typewritten Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934. Courtesy of the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A			1934-07-04 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "ADAK / ALEUTIAN IS" USS Tanager AM-5
			No Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-07-05 Locy Type 5ahks "ADAK / ISLAND" USS Gannet AM-41
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-07-14 Locy Type 5hks "KULUK BAY / ALASKA" USS Ramapo AO-12
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

No Image			1934-07-27 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "ENROUTE / ALASKA" USS Wright AV-1
			N/A

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-07-31 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "CAPE KIGON / ALASKA" USS Quail AM-15
			R/S cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

N/A			1934-08-16 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "UMAK BIGHT / ALASKA" USS Quail AM-15
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

N/A			1934-08-23 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "GREAT SITKIN / ALEUTIAN IS." USS Tanager AM-5
			No Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

N/A		N/A	1934-08-23 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "GREAT SITKIN / ALEUTIAN IS." USS Tanager AM-5
			Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

N/A			1934-08-25 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "ALASKAN / CRUISE" USS Ortolan AM-45
			Cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

Aleutian Islands Survey 1934

 

			1934-09-08 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) USS Oglala CM-4
			Homeward Bound

Deane C Bartley Cachet

 

N/A			1935-04-25 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "BREMERTON / TO ALASKA" USS Oglala CM-4
			No Cachet

Aleutian Islands Duty 1935

 

			1935-05-08 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "KINGS BAY / ALASKA" USS Quail AM-15
			Cachet by Milton Wigod

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935 - USS Quail AM-15, USS Oglala CM-4, USS Tanager AM-5 and USS Kingfisher AM-25 participating.

 

			1935-05-11 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "ADAK ISL. / ALASKA" USS Kingfisher AM-25
			Cachet by Richard Dumonte

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-11 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "ADAK ISL. / ALASKA" USS Kingfisher AM-25
			Cacheted

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-11 Locy Type 9 USS Tanager AM-5
			Cachet by unknown

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

N/A			1935-05-12 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KULUK BAY / ALASKA" USS Ellis DD-154
			N/A

Alaska Duty 1935

 

N/A		N/A	1935-05-13 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "ALEUTIAN, IS / ALASKA" USS Minneapolis CA-36
			Cachet by P. J. (PeeJay) Ickeringill Sponsored by Sarah Litton ANCS No. 26

Alaskan Cruise of the US Fleet.

 

N/A			1935-05-13 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KULUK BAY / ADAK IS" USS Raleigh CL-7
			N/A

Alaska Duty 1935

 

			1935-05-21 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "UNALASKA / ALASKA" USS Quail AM-15
			R/S Cachet

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

N/A		N/A	1935-06-06 Locy Type 9 USS Tanager AM-5
			Cachet by unknown

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

N/A		N/A	1935-06-15 Locy Type 3(B-BTT) "KISKA, ALASKA" USS Tanager AM-5
			Cachet by unknown

Aleutian Islands Survey 1935

 

N/A		N/A	1935-07-22 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "VALDEZ / ALASKA" USS Portland CA-33
			Cachet by O. A. Farabee

Alaskan Cruise 1935

 

N/A		N/A	1935-07-25 Locy Type 3 (B-BTT) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Portland CA-33
			Cachet by O. A. Farabee

Alaskan Cruise 1935

 

			1935-08-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Decatur DD-341
			Cachet by John Coulthard

Fleet Week 1935

 

N/A			1935-08-01 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "KETCHIKAN / ALASKA" USS Decatur DD-341
			Cachet by John Coulthard Cachet sponsored by John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

Fleet Week 1935

 

N/A			1936-01-22 Locy Type 3bs (XOX) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Lea DD-118
			No Cachet

Alaska Duty 1936

 

N/A			1936-01-22 Locy Type 3bs (XOX) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Lea DD-118
			Popeye Cachet

Alaska Duty 1936

 

N/A		N/A	1936-01-22 Locy Type 3bs (XOX) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Lea DD-118
			Cachet by John Coulthard

Alaska Duty 1936

N/A			1936-07-26 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTT) "YAKUTAT / ALASKA" USS Hull DD-350
			No Cachet

Alaska Duty 1936

 

N/A		N/A	1936-04-02 Locy Type 3 (AC-BBT) "BUY / AMERICAN" USS Overton DD-239
			Cachet by John Coulthard

Alaska Duty 1936

 

No Image			1937-07-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SEWARD / ALASKA"
			Category

Notes:

 

			1937-07-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SEWARD / ALASKA"
			Pacific Northwest Cruise

Crosby Cachet

 

			1938-03-25 Locy Type 3s (BC-BTT) "SUB BASE / PEARL HARBOR" USS Sea Gull AM-30
			1938 Alaska to Hawaii Maneuvers

Note:

 

			1938-06-28 Locy Type 3r (AC-BBB) USS Dale DD-353
			Cachet by M. Fay Muridge Cachet sponsored by John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

US Navy in Alaskan Waters

 

			1938-07-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "KETCHICAN / ALASKA" USS Farragut DD-348
			Cachet by M. Fay Muridge Cachet sponsored by John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

US Navy in Alaskan Waters, cover is backstamped from Ketchikan Alaska

 

			1938-07-13 Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "SITKA / ALASKA" USS Monaghan DD-354
			Cachet by Edward Hacker

US Navy in Alaskan Waters

 

N/A		N/A	1938-07-18 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "SITKA / ALASKA" USS Langley AV-3
			Cachet by M. Fay Muridge Sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

US Navy in Alaskan Waters.

 

N/A			1939-09-03 Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "SITKA / ALASKA" USS Sandpiper CA-27
			Cachet by Walter G. Crosby

US Navy in Alaskan Waters

 

N/A			1939-07-07 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KANAGA ISL. / ALASKA" USS Chester CA-27
			No Cachet

US Navy in Alaskan Waters

 

N/A		N/A	1940-06-25 Locy Type 3 (B) "SITKA / ALASKA" USS Vega AK-17
			Cacheted

Alaska Cruise

 

N/A		N/A	1940-08-15 Locy Type 3 (B) "ST PAUL / UNALASKA" USS Vega AK-17
			Cachet by M. Fay Muridge Sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

US Navy in Alaskan Waters

 

N/A			1941-02-12 Locy Type 3b (A-XBT) "SEWARD / ALASKA" USS Charleston PG-51
			Lincoln Cachet Cachetmakers - Robert B. Kirchgraber RCD 186 & Myron F. McCamley RCD 51

Alaska Duty 1941

 

N/A		N/A	1941-05-09 Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KODIAK / ALASKA" USS Charleston PG-51
			Cachet by M. Fay Muridge Sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS

US Navy in Alaskan Waters.

 

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