Cachet Maker Tazewell G Nicholson Page 4

Tazewell G. Nicholson Page 1 (1935 - 1939)

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.

 

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1960
 

N/A		N/A	1960-01-23 Locy Type 9ef(nu) USS Borie DD-704
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper SHOULTON (Great Britain)

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N/A		N/A	1960-01-23 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Greenwich Bay AVP-41
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer SFENDONI (Greece)

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N/A		N/A	1960-01-25 Locy Type 2(n) USS Cony DDE-508
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer ST. CROIX (Canada)

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N/A		N/A	1960-01-30 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Barton DD-722
			Welcome to Norfolk - Destroyer CHAUDIERE (Canada)

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N/A		N/A	1961-05-14 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USS Norfolk DL-1
			Greetings Atlantic Fleet

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-01-05 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-28e USS Willard Keith DD-775
			Greetings to USS Sea Leopard SS-483

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1963-05-01 Locy Type 2(n+) USS The Sullivans DD-537
			Greetings to the US Naval Destroyer School

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1964-03-20 Locy Type 2t(nu) USS Casa Grande LSD-13
			Greetings to USS Direct MSO-430

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

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

 

N/A		N/A	1965-03-27 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS) USS Elokomin AO-55
			Welcome to Norfolk VA

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-04-04 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Norris DD-859
			Greetings

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

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

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 VA ARV Zulia D-21

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

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

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

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

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-05-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Mississinewa AO-144
			Welcome to Norfolk VA

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-07-16 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. H-52 USS Hammerberg DE-1015
			Welcome to Norfolk VA USS Hammerberg DE-1015

NATO's MATCHMAKER Squadron.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-07-16 Locy Type P [2t(nu), "E" removed from DDE] USS Damato DD-871
			Welcome to Norfolk VA HMCS Columbia DDE-260

NATO's MATCHMAKER Squadron.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-07-16 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Fiske DD-842
			Welcome to Norfolk VA HMS Leander F109

NATO's MATCHMAKER Squadron.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-07-18 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Massey DD-778
			Welcome to Norfolk VA Hr. Ms. Overijssel D815

NATO's MATCHMAKER Squadron.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-08-08 Locy Type 2tnu USS Hugh Purvis DD-709
			Welcome to Norfolk VA French Submarine DAPHNE

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1965-08-08 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Richard E. Byrd DDG-23
			Welcome to Norfolk VA French Submarine JUNON

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

			1966-08-10 Locy Type 2e(n+) (USS) USS Diamond Head AE-19
			Visit to Norfolk VA South Vietnamese ship NGOC HOI H.Q. 12

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N/A		N/A	1969-07-23 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Truckee AO-147
			Farewell to Norfolk - USS Dodge County LST-722

From the Tom Kean collection.

 

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