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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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July - December 1968
 

N/A		N/A	1968-07-21 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Chilton APA-38
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS ALEXANDER HAMILTON SSBN-617

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N/A		N/A	1968-07-26 Locy Type 2(n) (USS) USS Grant County LST-1174
			Greetings - USS GRANT COUNTY (LST-1174) Amphibious Forces - Atlantic Little Creek, Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1968-08-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Georgetown AGTR-2
			Greetings - USS NESPELEN (AOG-55) Service Forces - Atlantic Home Port, Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1968-08-11 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Suffolk County LST-1173
			Greetings - USS DETECTOR (MSO_429) Mine Forces - Atlantic Home Port, Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1968-08-23 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Hyades AF-28
			Greetings - USS MIDDLESEX COUNTY (LST-983) Amphibious Forces - Atlantic Home Port, Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1968-08-24 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Churchill County LST-583
			Greetings - USS CHURCHILL COUNTY (LST-583) Amphibious Forces - Atlantic Home Port, Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1968-08-24 Locy Type 2t(n+) Locy Type 9fu USS Talbot County LST-1153
			Greetings - USS TALBOT COUNTY (LST-1153) Amphibious Forces - Atlantic Home Port, Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1968-09-07 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (U S S,"CVA") USS John F. Kennedy CVA-67
			Commissioning - At Newport News, VA. USS JOHN F. KENNEDY Attack Carrier

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N/A		N/A	1968-09-19 Locy Type 2(n+) (U S S) USS Fremont APA-44
			Welcome to Norfolk - Minesweeper SAM CHOK (528) (South Korea)

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N/A		N/A	1968-09-19 Locy Type 2(n+) (U S S) USS Northampton CC-1
			Greetings - USS HUMMINGBIRD MSC-192 Reserve Training - Atlantic Formerly of Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1968-09-22 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Mills DER-383
			Welcome to Norfolk - USS MILLS (DER-383) On Reserve Training Duty

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N/A		N/A	1968-09-23 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Monrovia APA-31
			Welcome to Norfolk - Colombian Naval Ship ALMIRANTE TONO

Note: Previously USS Bassett (APD-73)

 

N/A		N/A	1968-10-01 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) (USS) USS Monrovia APA-31
			Last Day Postal Service USS MONROVIA Attack Transport (APA-31) At Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1968-10-06 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Stribling DD-867
			Greetings USS STRIBLING (DD867) On Visit to Norfolk, VA. Homeport Mayport, Fla.

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N/A		N/A	1968-10-12 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Purdy DD-734
			Welcome to Norfolk USS PURDY (DD-734) On Reserve Training Duty

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