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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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January - June 1965
 

N/A		N/A	1965-01-23 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS) USS America CVA-66
			First Day Postal Service - USS AMERICA CVA 66 Commissioned at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth Virginia

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N/A		N/A	1965-01-25 Locy Type FDPS 2(n+)(USS) USS Kirwin APD-90
			First Day Postal Service - USS KIRWIN APD 90 USS Kirwin Relieves USS Earle B. Hall At Little Creek, Norfolk VA.

Note: Blue cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-01-25 Locy Type FDPS 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type FDPS 9ef(nu) USS Kirwin APD-90
			First Day Postal Service - USS KIRWIN APD 90 USS Kirwin Relieves USS Earle B. Hall At Little Creek, Norfolk VA.

Note: Red cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-01-26 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Wallace L. Lind DD-703
			Welcome to Norfolk Korean Destroyer ROKS PUSAN (DD-93) Formerly USS HICKOX (DD-673)

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-02-06 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Jonas Ingram DD-938
			Welcome to Norfolk - Aircraft Carrier FOCH (France)

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N/A		N/A	1965-02-06 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Perry DD-844
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS TINOSA SSN-606

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N/A		N/A	1965-02-13 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Brownson DD-868
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS BROWNSON DD 868 Atlantic Fleet, Home Port - Newport R.I.

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N/A		N/A	1965-02-20 Locy Type 2(n+) Locy Type 9ef(n+u)(USS,N.Y.) USS Belknap DLG-26
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS NATHANAEL GREENE SSBN-636

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N/A		N/A	1965-02-20 Locy Type 2(n) USS Douglas H. Fox DD-779
			Welcome to Norfolk - USNS LT. JAMES E ROBINSON T-AK 274 USN Cargo Ship, Military Sea Transportation Service.

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N/A		N/A	1965-02-20 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Duxbury Bay AVP-38
			Welcome to Norfolk - Attack Transport T.A. - 11 (Spain)

Note: SPS ARAGON T.A.-11 was the former USS Noble APA-218.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-02-20 Locy Type 2(n+) USS McCloy DE-1038
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS McCLOY DE-1038 Atlantic Fleet, Home Port - Newport R.I.

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N/A		N/A	1965-02-26 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Rich DD-820
			Welcome to Norfolk - Ocean Tug FELIPE LARRAZABAL (Venezuela)

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N/A		N/A	1965-02-28 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Robert A. Owens DD-827
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer GEN. JUAN JOSE FLORES (Venezuela)

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N/A		N/A	1965-03-12 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS La Salle LPD-3
			Welcome to Norfolk - Attack Cargo Ship T.A.-21 (Spain)

Note: SPS CASTILLA T.A.-21 was the former USS Achernar AKA-53.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-03-14 Locy Type P [2(n) with "L" removed] USS Northampton CC-1
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper H.H.M.S. AIDON (M 248) (Greece)

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N/A		N/A	1965-03-20 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Sylvania AFS-2
			Welcome to Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1965-03-21 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USS Blandy DD-943
			Welcome to Norfolk - HMS ETHIOPIA (Ethiopia)

Note: HMS Ethiopia was the former USS Orca AVP-49.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-03-21 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS,"DD") Locy Type 9fu USS Charles P. Cecil DD-835
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS CHARLES P. CECIL (DD 835) Atlantic Fleet, Home Port - Newport R.I.

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N/A		N/A	1965-03-27 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS) USS Elokomin AO-55
			Greetings - USS ELOKOMIN (AO-55) Atlantic Fleet, Home Port - Norfolk

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-04-03 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Van Voorhis DE-1028
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS VAN VOORHIS (DE 1028) Atlantic Fleet, Home Port - Newport R.I.

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N/A		N/A	1965-04-04 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"DLG(N)") Locy Type 9ef(nu) (USS,"DLG(N)") USS Bainbridge DLG(N)-25
			Welcome to Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1965-04-04 Locy Type 2f(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-27 USS Neosho AO-143
			Greetings - USS NEOSHO (AO-143) Atlantic Fleet, Home Port - Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1965-04-04 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Norris DD-859
			Greetings - USS NORRIS (DD-859) Atlantic Fleet, Home Port - Newport R.I.

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-04-17 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Furse DD-882
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer GEN. de AUSTRIA (Venezuela)

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N/A		N/A	1965-04-17 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Gyatt DD-712
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper RCS Yung Hsing MCS-59 (Taiwan)

Note: RCS Yung Hsing was the former USS Embattle AM-226.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-04-17 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS) USS Putnam DD-757
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer ARV ZULIA D-21 (Venezuela)

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-04-24 Locy Type 2(n+u)(USS) USS Eugene A. Greene DD-711
			Welcome to Norfolk - Missile Cruiser CAIO DUILIO (Italy)

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N/A		N/A	1965-05-01 Locy Type 2 USS Stickell DD-888
			Welcome to Norfolk - Missile Cruiser DE ZEVEN PROVINCIEN (Netherlands)

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N/A		N/A	1965-05-10 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Cony DD-508
			Welcome to Norfolk - Oceanographic Ship HR.MS. SNELLIUS (Netherlands)

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N/A		N/A	1965-05-10 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Independence CVA-62
			Farewell to Norfolk - Sails to Far East

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N/A		N/A	1965-05-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Mississinewa AO-144
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS MISSISSINEWA AO-144 Atlantic Fleet, Home Port - Newport R.I.

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-05-15 Locy Type 2tn+ USS Hugh Purvis DD-709
			Welcome to Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1965-05-16 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Aucilla AO-56
			Welcome Home - USS AUCILLA AO-56 Atlantic Fleet, Home Port - Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1965-05-21 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Arcadia AD-23
			Launching - Polaris Submarine USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654) At Newport News VA.

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N/A		N/A	1965-05-25 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Sierra AD-16
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer ARV ARAGUA D-31 (Venezuela)

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-05-30 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Ashland LSD-1
			Welcome to Norfolk - Naval Transport LOS FRAILES (Venezuela)

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N/A		N/A	1965-06-01 Locy Type 2t(n) Locy Type 9(n) USS Krishna ARL-38
			Farewell to Norfolk - USS KRISHNA ARL 38 Sails to the Far East, Pacific Fleet at Viet Nam

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N/A		N/A	1965-06-05 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Shenandoah AD-26
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer INTREPIDO D-571 (Italy)

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-06-18 Locy Type 2t(n) Locy Type 9 USS Dahlgren DLG-12
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer ZERSTORER 2 (Germany) Destroyer Squadron One

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N/A		N/A	1965-06-19 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Furse DD-882
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer ZERSTORER 3 (Germany) Destroyer Squadron One

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N/A		N/A	1965-06-19 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Waller DD-466
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer ZERSTORER 1 (Germany) Destroyer Squadron One

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