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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 1968
 

N/A		N/A	1968-01-13 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Vermilion AKA-107
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper FINIKE (Turkey)

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N/A		N/A	1968-01-14 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Julius A. Furer DEG-6
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS JULIUS A. FURER (DEG-6) Home Port - Newport R.I.

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N/A		N/A	1968-01-15 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Wright CC-2
			Keel Laid Today - USS Mobile AKA-115 at Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1968-01-25 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+)(USS) USS Liberty AGTR-5
			Last Day Postal Service - USS LIBERTY (AGTR-5) Farewell to a Famous Ship

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N/A		N/A	1968-02-02 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Sandoval AKA-194
			Welcome to Norfolk - RPS DATU KALANTIAW (PS-76) Philippine Naval Ship

Note: Previously USS Booth DE-170

 

N/A		N/A	1968-02-10 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Beatty DD-756
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer Escort URUGUAY (Uruguay)

Note: Previously USS Baron DE-166

 

N/A		N/A	1968-02-27 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Richard L. Page DEG-5
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS RICHARD L. PAGE (DEG-5) Home Port - Newport, R.I.

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N/A		N/A	1968-03-09 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Ozark MCS-2
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS OZARK Home Port - Charleston, S.C.

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N/A		N/A	1968-04-06 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Belknap DLG-26
			Welcome Home - USS BELKNAP (DLG-26) From Viet Nam Deployment Well Done Mighty Warrior

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N/A		N/A	1968-04-13 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Beatty DD-756
			Welcome to Norfolk - Frigate HMCS GATINEAU (Canada) Standing Naval Force Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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N/A		N/A	1968-04-13 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Holder DD-819
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS HOLDER (DD-819) Standing Naval Force Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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N/A		N/A	1968-04-15 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Cambria APA-36
			Welcome to Norfolk - LSD FOUDRE (France) Originally Built for US Navy

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N/A		N/A	1968-04-15 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Raleigh LPD-1
			Welcome to Norfolk - Frigate HMS BRIGHTON (Great Britain) Standing Naval Force Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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N/A		N/A	1968-04-16 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Oglethorpe AKA-100
			Welcome to Norfolk - Frigate KOLN (West Germany) Standing Naval Force Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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N/A		N/A	1968-04-27 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Intrepid CVS-11
			Welcome to Norfolk - Frigate HMS LEOPARD F-14 (Great Britain)

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N/A		N/A	1968-04-27 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Ruchamkin APD-89
			Welcome to Norfolk - Missile Destroyer HMS GLAMORGAN D-19 (Great Britain)

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N/A		N/A	1968-04-27 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Waccamaw AO-109
			Welcome to Norfolk - Missile Destroyer HMS FIFE D-20 (Great Britain)

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N/A		N/A	1968-05-13 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Newport News CA-148
			Welcome Home - USS NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148) From Viet Nam Deployment

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N/A		N/A	1968-05-15 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Austin LPD-4
			Launched Today - At Newport News, VA. USS Spadefish SSN-668 Nuclear Submarine

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N/A		N/A	1968-05-18 Locy Type 2t(n)(USS) USS John King DDG-3
			Greetings - USS JOHN KING (DDG-3) Guided Missile Destroyer Home Port - Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1968-05-25 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type 9efu USS New Jersey BB-62
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS NEW JERSEY (BB.62)

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N/A		N/A	1968-06-02 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Valcour AGF-1
			Welcome to Norfolk - US Naval Ship USNS Mizar T-AGOR-11 MSTS Oceanographic Research Ship Preparing to Join Search Missing Nuclear Sub - USS Scorpion SSN-589

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N/A		N/A	1968-06-08 Locy Type 2ft(n+u)(USS) USS Du Pont DD-941
			Welcome to Norfolk - USN Passenger - Cargo Ship USNS Sgt. Jonah E. Kelly T-APC-116 Military Sea Transportation Service

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N/A		N/A	1968-06-15 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Fremont APA-44
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer SANTA CATARINA - D-32 (Brazil)

Note: Previously USS Irwin DD-794

 

N/A		N/A	1968-06-16 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Capricornus AKA-57
			Welcome to Norfolk - Naval Ship COMANDANTE PEDRO CAMPBELL (Uruguay)

Note: Previously USS Chickadee AM-59

 

N/A		N/A	1968-06-17 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Cony DD-508
			Welcome to Norfolk - Frigate Escort NRP ALMIRANTE GAGO COUTINHO (Portugal) Built at Lisbon Portugal

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N/A		N/A	1968-06-22 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Arneb AKA-56
			Keel Laid Today - at Newport News, VA. USS NIMITZ CVA(N)-68 Nuclear Attack Carrier

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