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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

 

			1935-12-31 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			Launching of the USS Perkins DD-377

Cachet by Lloyd A. Nace.

 

			1935-12-31 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-92 "TWIN LAUNCHING / P.S.N.Y., BREMERTON, WASH."
			Dual Launching of the - USS Perkins DD-377 and USS Cushing DD-376

Cachet by Barney Ingram and sponsored by the Bremerton Stamp Society.
Front of the cover has a postmark from USS Arizona BB-39. Back of the cover has a postmark from Bremerton Navy Yard.

 

			1935-12-31 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			Dual Christening of the - USS Cushing DD-376 and USS Perkins DD-377

Cachet by Ronald E. Greenwood and R. B. Hare. The hull numbers listed in the cachet are incorrect.

 

		No Image	1935-12-31 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "CUSHING 376 / PERKINS 377" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Dual Launching of the - USS Cushing DD-376 and USS Perkins DD-377

Cachet by Barney Ingram and sponsored by the Bremerton Stamp Society.

 

			1936-09-18 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by C. E. Pierson.

 

			1936-09-18 Locy Type FDC 3 (AC-BTB) "FIRST DAY IN / COMMISSION"
			First Day in Commission

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			1936-09-18 Locy Type FDC 9v
			First Day in Commission

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			1936-09-18 Locy Type FDC 9v
			First Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1936-10-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "OUR 1ST LINE / OF DEFENCE"
			Navy Day

Cachet by Douglas C. & Harry F. Wentz. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

No Image			1936-12-05 Locy Type 9x
			Category

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N/A		N/A	1937-01-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "BREMERTON / WASHINGTON"
			New Years Day

Cachet by John Couthard.

 

			1937-01-15 to 1937-03-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: SAN / FRANCISCO Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: HONOLULU / TERR. HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: KAHULUI / MAUI, HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: LAHAINA / TERR. HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: PEARL HARBOR / TERR. HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: HILO / TERR. HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: PICHILINQUE / MEXICO Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: LA PAZ MEXICO Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: BREMERTON / W.N.
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, and sponsored by the Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS. This is the front and back of a Shakedown Cruise postmarks booklet.

 

			1937-01-15 to 1937-03-19 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: SAN / FRANCISCO Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: HONOLULU / TERR. HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: KAHULUI / MAUI, HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: LAHAINA / TERR. HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: PEARL HARBOR / TERR. HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: HILO / TERR. HAWAII Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: PICHILINQUE / MEXICO Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: LA PAZ MEXICO Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB)  Killer: BREMERTON / W.N.
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, and sponsored by the Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS. This is the middle of a Shakedown Cruise postmarks booklet.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-01-27 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "HONOLULU / TERR. HAWAII"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, and sponsored by the Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS

 

			1937-02-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "HONOLULU / TERR. HAWAII"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by the John Rodgers Chapter No. 26, USCS

 

			1937-02-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "KAHULUI / MAUI HAWAII"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, and sponsored by the Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1937-02-11 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "LAHAINA / TERR. HAWAII"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, and sponsored by the Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS

 

			1937-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "PEARL HARBOR / TERR. HAWAII"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, and sponsored by the Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS

 

			1937-02-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "HILO / TERR. HAWAII"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, and sponsored by the Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1937-02-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "HILO / TERR. HAWAII"
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, and sponsored by the Shenandoah Crew No. 29, ANCS

 

			1937-05-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "P.S.N.Y. / BREMERTON"
			Launching of the - USS Patterson DD-392

Cachet by the M. T. Woolsey Chapter No. 40, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1937-05-06 Locy Type 3 (AC-BTB) "P.S.N.Y. / BREMERTON"
			Launching of the - USS Patterson DD-392 USS Jarvis DD-393

Cachet by P. W., sponsored by C. E. Pierson. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

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