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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

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

N/A		N/A	c 1930
			Postcard

Note:

			1932-06-01 Locy Type FDC 5hks "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."
			First Day in Commission

Add on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell

N/A		N/A	1932-07-26 Locy Type 5hks "POST OFFICE / DAY"
			Post Office Day

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner. From Richard Hoffner's collection.

No Image			1932-10-12 Locy Type 5hks "COLUMBUS / DAY"
			Columbus Day 1932

Signed Dean E. Dunn

N/A		N/A	1932-10-12 Locy Type 5hks "COLUMBUS / DAY"
			Columbus Day 1932

Cacheted.

N/A		N/A	1932-11-02 Locy Type 5hks "HAMPTON / ROADS VA"
			Port Visit

Add-on (unfinished) cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington. From Richard Hoffner's collection.

N/A		N/A	1932-11-08 Locy Type 5hsu "GUANTANAMO / CUBA"
			Port Visit

From the George Marcincin collection.

N/A		N/A	1932-11-16 Locy Type 5hks "COCO SOLO / C.Z."
			Port Visit

From the George Marcincin collection.

N/A			1932-11-19 Locy Type 5hks "COCO SOLO / C.Z."
			Port Visit

Hand painted add-on cachet.

N/A		N/A	1932-12-25 Locy Type 5hks "COCO SOLO / C.Z."
			Port Visit

From the George Marcincin collection.

N/A		N/A	1933-02-19 Locy Type 5hsu "SAN FRANCISCO / CALIF"
			Port Visit

Add-on cachet by Richard F. Hoffner. From Richard Hoffner's collection.

N/A		N/A	1933-07-04 Locy Type 5hsu
			Independence Day

Cachet by Harry E. Klotzbach. From Richard Hoffner's collection.

N/A		N/A	1933-08-11 Locy Type 5hks "COCO SOLO / C.Z."
			Port Visit

From Richard Hoffner's collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-07-26 Locy Type 5hsu "JUNEAU / ALASKA"
			Alaska Cruise

Cachet by Whipple Y. Chester and sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-08-07 Locy Type 5hsu "KODIAK / ALASKA"
			Alaska Cruise

Cachet by Whipple Y. Chester and sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1934-08-07 Locy Type 5hsu "KODIAK / ALASKA"
			Alaska Cruise

Add on cachet by Bruce D. Liddell.

 

			1934-10-27 Locy Type 5hsu "MARE ISLAND / CALIF"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Whipple Y. Chester and sponsored by the John Paul Jones Chapter No. 2, USCS. Cachet Director was Deane C. Bartley.

 

			1934-10-27 Locy Type 5hsu "MARE ISLAND / CALIF"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Byrd L Powell and sponsored by the Fighting Bob Evans Chapter No. 7, USCS.

N/A		N/A	1935-02-05 Locy Type 5hsu "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Port Visit

Add-on (unfinished) cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington. From Richard Hoffner's collection.

N/A		N/A	1935-05-27 Locy Type 5hks
			Admiral Joseph M. Reeves

Cachet sponsored by the John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

N/A			1935-07-26 Locy Type 5hks "SEATTLE / WASH"
			Post Office Day

Cachet by Leslie S. Merrell. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

			1935-08-01 Locy Type 5hks "SEATTLE / WASH"
			Fleet Week Port Visit - Seattle

Cachet by Robert M. Scheid and sponsored by the CDR John Barry Chapter No. 19, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-08-01 Locy Type 5hks "SEATTLE / WASH"
			Fleet Week Port Visit - Seattle

Cachet by John Coulthard.

N/A		N/A	1935-10-27 Locy Type 5hks "NAVY DAY / "
			Navy Day Cachet honors USS Barracuda SS-163, USS Bass SS-164, USS Bonita SS-165, USS Argonaut SS-166, USS Narwhal SS-167, USS Nautilus SS-168, USS Dolphin SS-169, USS Cachalot SS-170, USS Cuttlefish SS-171, USS Porpoise SS-172

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by Robert V. Walton, Alex R. Hesse, Spencer M. Stout NMC, H. B. French NMC; and William S. Smith NMC. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

			1936-06-01 Locy Type 5hsu "FOURTH / BIRTHDAY"
			Ship Birthday

Cachet by John J. Haag and sponsored by Ted Harrington

N/A			1935-09-19 Locy Type 5hks "ARRIVAL / PEAR HARBOR"
			Arrives at Pearl Harbor

Cachet by Chester E. Frowe, sponsored by the John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

		N/A	1937-02-22 Locy Type 5hsu "SAN DIEGO / CALIF"
			Washington's Birthday

Cachet by Myron F. McCamley

N/A			1937-05-15 Locy Type 5hsu
			Port Visit

Cachet by James Chun, sponsored by the Aloha Crew No. 12, ANCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

			1937-06-01 Locy Type 5hsu
			Ship Birthday

Cachet by Alex R Hesse and Fred Wayman, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24 ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-06-01 Locy Type 5hsu
			5th Anniversary

Cachet by Alex R Hesse and Fred Wayman, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24 ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-06-01 Locy Type 5hsu
			5th Anniversary

Cachet by Alex R Hesse and Fred Wayman, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24 ANCS.

N/A		N/A	1937-09-09 Locy Type 5hsu
			Collectors request

Cachet by John Coulthard. From the George Marcincin collection.

N/A		N/A	1938-04-01 Locy Type 5hsu
			Fleet Maneuvers

Cachet by Edward Hacker. From the George Marcincin collection.

N/A			1938-06-01 Locy Type 5hsu
			6th Birthday

Cachet by P. J. Ickeringill. From the George Marcincin collection.

N/A		N/A	1938-06-01 Locy Type 5hsu
			6th Birthday

Cachet by P. J. Ickeringill. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

N/A		N/A	1939-01-24 Locy Type 5hsu "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII"
			Collectors request

Cachet by Richard Dumonte. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

			1939-11-28 Locy Type 5hsu "264 FOOT / DEEP DIVE"
			Deep Dive

Thermographed cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24 ANCS. Cachet Director was Alex R. Hesse.

 

N/A		N/A	1939-11-28 Locy Type 5hsu "264 FOOT / DEEP DIVE" Locy Type 5hsu "KAHULUI / MAUI"
			Deep Dive

Thermographed cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24 ANCS. Cachet Director was Alex R. Hesse.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-24 Locy Type 5hsu "1000TH / DIVE" Locy Type 5hsu "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII"
			1000th Dive

Cachet by James Chun, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24 ANCS.

 

N/A		N/A	1940-01-24 Locy Type 5hsu "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII"
			1000th Dive

Cachet by James Chun, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24 ANCS.

			1940-05-30 Locy Type 5hsu "PEARL HARBOR / HAWAII"
			Memorial Day 1940

Cachet by C. Wright Richell. Cachet Sponsored by A.N.C.S.. Front typed notation "SS-169" Back blue rubberstamp John H. Brandt Jr. return address...Pencil notation "3"...Black pen notation "836"

			1943-11-20 Locy Type 2z
			Sailors mail

Censored, WWII use. Back is clean

 

N/A		N/A	1977-06-01 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Memorial Station" Pearl Harbor HI
			Pearl Harbor Attack Ship Birthday

Cachet by the Arizona Memorial Museum Foundation.

 

		N/A	1990-10-06 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Phil. Boutique" Westland MI
			Commemoration of ship commissioning

Add-on cachet by Michael F. Hebert (Mh Cachets).

 

		N/A	1990-10-12 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Philatelic Center" Davis CA
			Commemoration of ship commissioning

Add-on cachet by Michael F. Hebert (Mh Cachets).

 

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