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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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1983
 

N/A		N/A	1983-03-04 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Harry E. Yarnell CG-17
			USS DU PONT (DD-941) Decommissioned Today AT Destroyer Sub. Piers, Norfolk Cdr. John S. Burrows III, Commanding

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N/A		N/A	1983-04-16 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Platte AO-186
			USS PLATTE (AO-186) Navy's Newest Oiler Commissioned Today At Naval Base Norfolk, VA. Nathan S. Wittler PCSN, Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1983-04-30 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS)("HOYLER") Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) ("HOYLER") USS Hayler DD-997
			USS OLYMPIA Nuclear Submarine (SSN-717) Launched Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1983-05-05 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS)("HOYLER") Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) ("HOYLER") USS Hayler DD-997
			Greetings USS HAYLER (DD-997) Navy's Newest Destroyer

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N/A		N/A	1983-05-21 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) USS Emory S. Land AS-39
			USS NORFOLK Nuclear Submarine (SSN-714) Capt. Kenneth R. Karr USN Commanding Commissioned Today At Naval Base Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1983-05-23 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9-1e(n+u) (USS) USS Truett FF-1095
			Welcome to Norfolk RFA APPLELEAF (A-79) "Ocean Safari 83" Maneuvers Rod. Deller, Purser

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N/A		N/A	1983-06-03 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USN,USS) USS Ticonderoga CG-47
			Welcome to Norfolk USS TICONDEROGA (CG-47) Aegis Guided Missile Cruiser Anthony Greene and Roshon King PCSN's Postal Clerks

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N/A		N/A	1983-07-06 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Kidd DDG-993
			Keel Laid Today Nuclear Submarine (SSN-722) At Newport News, VA ( USS Key West SSN-722)

From the David A. Kent collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1983-07-08 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Arkansas CGN-41
			Farewell to Norfolk USS ARKANSAS (CGN-41) Transfers to Pacific Fleet David Adams PC3, Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1983-09-12 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) USS Coral Sea CV-43
			Welcome Home USS CORAL SEA (CV-43) Capt. J.D. Taylor, Commanding Returning from intensive exercises in the Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Caribbean. Returning after 25 years with Pacific Fleet

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N/A		N/A	1983-11-05 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS) USS Emory S. Land AS-39
			USS BUFFALO Nuclear Submarine (SSN-715) Cdr. G.M. Hewitt USN, Commanding Commissioned Today At Destroyer - Submarine Piers Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1983-11-23 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,"A.W. RADFORD") Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS,"A.W. RADFORD") USS Arthur W. Radford DD-968
			Welcome Home USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD From Operations off the Coast of Beirut Lebanon Douglas N. Hege PC3, Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1983-12-17 Locy Type FDC 7tny Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USN,USS) USS Shenandoah AD-44
			Formal Commissioning At Naval Base, Norfolk, VA. USS SHENANDOAH Destroyer Tender (AD-44) Melvin H. DeWeese PC1, Postal Clerk

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