OtherUS The Olympic Bowl Trophy

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.

---

HISTORICAL NOTE
        The Trident Submarine Outstanding Performance Award (also known as the Olympic Bowl Trophy) was initiated in 1984 by Rear Adm. Willis "Pilly" A. Lent, who was serving as Navy League Council President. The first awardee was the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Michigan (SSBN 727). The area of critique include weapons system performance and readiness, navigation performance and practices, communication system performance, material condition and engineering readiness, personnel readiness, initiative in promoting new operational concepts, and tactical readiness.

---

 

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	2022-05-21 USPS Type 12 cancel Bremerton WA
			USS MAINE is presented the 2021 Trident Submarine Outstanding Performance Award.

Cachet by Neal J. Mills

---

AWARDEES 2005-2016

 

			The Trident Submarine Outstanding Performance Award aka The Olympic Bowl Trophy awardees.
			1984 USS Michigan, 2018 USS Nevada, 2021 USS Maine

Note:

 

	N/A	N/A	The Trident Submarine Outstanding Performance Award aka The Olympic Bowl Trophy awardees.
			2024 USS Nebraska

Note:

 

---

 

If you have images to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add them. See Editing Cachet Maker Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2025 Naval Cover Museum