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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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1978
 

N/A		N/A	1978-01-12 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) (USS) USS Hawkins DD-873
			Last Day Postal Service w/ ships cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-01-12 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type LDPS 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Hawkins DD-873
			Last Day Postal Service USS HAWKINS (DD-873) Rickie J. Papas PCSN, Postal Clerk Scheduled For Reserve Training

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N/A		N/A	1978-02-06 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Saipan LHA-2
			Welcome to Norfolk German Destroyer LUETJENS (D-185) On Training Cruise

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N/A		N/A	1978-03-20 Locy Type 2t(n+) (USS) USS Francis Marion LPA-249
			Welcome to Norfolk HMS PHOEBE British Frigate (F-42) NATO Exercise SAFE PASS 1978

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N/A		N/A	1978-03-20 Locy Type 2t(n+) (USS) USS Moinester FF-1097
			Welcome to Norfolk HMCS HURON Canadian Destroyer (DDH-281) NATO Exercise SAFE PASS 1978

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N/A		N/A	1978-03-20 Locy Type 2f(n+) (USS,"DE") USS Pharris DE-1094
			Welcome to Norfolk RFA RESURGENT British Fleet Auxiliary (A-280) NATO Exercise SAFE PASS 1978

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N/A		N/A	1978-03-21 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Mitscher DDG-35
			Welcome to Norfolk HMCS PRESERVER Canadian Auxiliary (AOR-510) NATO Exercise SAFE PASS 1978

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N/A		N/A	1978-04-05 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Canisteo AO-99
			Welcome to Norfolk RFA OLNA British Fleet Auxiliary (A-123) Keith L.G. Preston, Purser

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N/A		N/A	1978-04-07 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Miller FF-1091
			Farewell to Norfolk USS LOS ANGELES (SSN-688) Nuclear Submarine Deploys to new Home Port, Hawaii

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N/A		N/A	1978-04-18 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Ainsworth DE-1090
			Welcome to Norfolk Canadian Naval Reserve Training Ship HMCS PORTE DAUPHINE Enroute to West Coast

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N/A		N/A	1978-04-23 Locy Type LDPS 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type LDPS 9-1(n+u) (USS) USS Mitscher DDG-35
			Last Day Postal Service USS MITSCHER (DDG-35) John A. McFarland PC3, Postal Clerk Home Port - Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1978-05-25 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) (USS) USS Neosho AO-143
			Last Day Postal Service USS NEOSHO (AO-143) Travis D. Johnson PC3, Postal Clerk Home Port - Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1978-06-01 Locy Type 2-2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-68c USS McCloy FF-1038
			Last Day in Commission USS MITSCHER DDG-35 w/ ships cachet

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N/A		N/A	1978-06-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(nu) (USS) USS Blandy DD-943
			USS CINCINNATI (SSN-693) Cdr. G.V. Wilkes III, USN, Commanding Commissioned Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1978-08-05 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Mississippi CGN-40
			USS MISSISSIPPI (CGN-40) Nuclear Missile Cruiser Ltjg. Gary A. Edwards USN, Postal Officer Commissioned Today At Naval Base, Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1978-08-14 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Shenandoah AD-26
			Farewell to Norfolk USS EDENTON (ATS-1) Sails for Northern Europe For One Year Training, Study Soviet "Deep Water" Mines

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N/A		N/A	1978-08-18 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS L. Y. Spear AS-36
			Welcome to Norfolk HMS SWIFTSURE British Nuclear Submarine SSN-07

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1978-08-21 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,"DEGRASSE") USS Comte De Grasse DD-974
			Welcome to Norfolk HMS CHARYBDIS British Frigate F-75

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N/A		N/A	1978-09-01 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Biddle CG-34
			USS GRAND CANYON Repair Ship (AR-28) Decommissioned Today At Naval Base, Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1978-10-20 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Briscoe DD-977
			Welcome to Norfolk HMS BRISTOL British Destroyer D23 D.E. Sims, L.Reg. - L.D. Edwards, RPO Harry E. Smith, FCPO Coxn.

From the Steve Shay collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1978-10-21 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Blandy DD-943
			USS ARKANSAS Nuclear Missile Cruiser (CGN-41) Launched Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1978-12-16 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS America CV-66
			USS BIRMINGHAM Nuclear Submarine (SSN-695) CDR. P.L. Callahan USN, Commanding Commissioned Today At Newport News, VA.

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