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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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1972
 

N/A		N/A	1972-01-08 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+u) USS Guam LPH-9
			Keel Laid Today At Newport News, VA. USS LOS ANGELES Nuclear Submarine (SSN-688)

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N/A		N/A	1972-01-22 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Nashville LPD-13
			First Day Commission USS BEAUFORT {ATS-2} Salvage Tug (ATS-2) LCDR. Arthur R. Erwin Commanding Officer

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N/A		N/A	1972-01-22 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Trippe DE-1075
			Welcome to Norfolk USS TRIPPE (DE-1075) Home Port - Newport, RI Robert G. Reid PC3 Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1972-02-01 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS De Soto County LST-1171
			Last Day USS SAGAMORE (ATA-208)

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N/A		N/A	1972-02-04 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Wood County LST-1178
			Last Day Postal Service USS WOOD COUNTY Landing Ship, Tank (LST-1178) LCDR. L.M. Patella Commanding Officer

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N/A		N/A	1972-02-06 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Chilton LPA-38
			Welcome to Norfolk Chilean Naval Oiler ARAUCANO

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N/A		N/A	1972-03-06 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Fairfax County LST-1193
			Welcome to Norfolk USS FAIRFAX COUNTY Landing Ship, Tank (LST-1193) Ben Lohman PC3 - Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1972-03-07 Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS) USS Allen M. Sumner DD-692
			Welcome to Norfolk USS ALLEN M. SUMNER Destroyer (DD-692) Home Port - Baltimore A.L. Basile RD3 - Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1972-03-13 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Chukawan AO-100
			Welcome to Norfolk USS NOXUBEE (AOG-56) Sails for Duty with US 6th Fleet Mediterranean Sea Fred R. Bamforth PN1, Mail Orderly

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N/A		N/A	1972-03-20 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Suffolk County LST-1173
			Welcome to Norfolk USNS DUTTON (T-AGS 22) Military Sealift Command John C. Hodges, Purser

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N/A		N/A	1972-03-24 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-76a USS America CVA-66
			Welcome Home USS AMERICA (CVA-66) Deployment Off Viet Nam

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N/A		N/A	1972-03-25 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Aylwin DE-1081
			Welcome to Norfolk USS AYLWIN Destroyer Escort (DE-1081) Home Port - Norfolk VA

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1972-04-10 Locy Type 2tn+u USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-113 USS Charles F. Adams DDG-2
			Welcome to Norfolk HrMs EVERTSEN (Netherlands)

Note: STANAVFORLANT - NATO's Standing Naval Forces Atlantic

 

N/A		N/A	1972-04-10 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9eft(n+u) (USS) USS Neosho AO-143
			Welcome to Norfolk HMS AURORA (Great Britain)

Note: STANAVFORLANT - NATO's Standing Naval Forces Atlantic

 

N/A		N/A	1972-05-01 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u)(USS) USS Diamond Head AE-19
			Last Day Postal Service USS DIAMOND HEAD Ammunition Ship (AE-19) Vincente T. Borja PC3 Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1972-05-08 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Suffolk County LST-1173
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1972-05-13 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Hermitage LSD-34
			Launched Today At Newport News, VA. USS NIMITZ Nuclear Carrier (CVAN-68)

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N/A		N/A	1972-06-01 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Canisteo AO-99
			Last Day in Commission USS SIRAGO (SS-485) Last Conventional Submarine at Norfolk

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N/A		N/A	1972-06-15 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u) (USS) USS York County LST-1175
			Last Day Postal Service USS YORK COUNTY (LST-1175) Norfolk Based Amphibian Michael S. Garner PC3 - Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1972-06-21 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u)(USS,"DD") Locy Type LDPS 9f(n+u) Locy Type LDPS 9fu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-33b Locy Type LDPS 9ft(n+u) USS Furse DD-882
			Last Day Postal Service USS FURSE (DD-882) Norfolk Based Destroyer Bernard W. Lane PC3 - Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1972-06-26 Locy Type LDPS 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Chukawan AO-100
			Last Day Postal Service USS CHUKAWAN (AO-100) Norfolk Based Oiler Gary D. Pecks PC3 - Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1972-06-30 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+u)(USS) USS De Soto County LST-1171
			Last Day Postal Service USS DE SOTO COUNTY (LST-1171) Norfolk Based Amphibian Carroll G. Junkins YN1 - Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1972-07-01 Locy Type 2(n+u)(USS) USS Denebola AF-56
			USS SOUTH CAROLINA {DLGN-37} Destroyer-Leader-Missile-Nuclear Launched Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1972-08-19 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Little Rock CLG-4
			USS VIRGINIA {DLGN-38} Destroyer-Leader-Missile-Nuclear Keel Laid Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1972-08-31 Locy Type 2tnu USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-56a USS Graham County AGP-1176
			Farewell to Norfolk USS GRAHAM COUNTY (AGP-1176) Ronald H. Edwards PCSN Postal Clerk Sails for Mediterranean Sea

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N/A		N/A	1972-10-16 Locy Type 2(n) USS Grant County LST-1174
			Last Day USS KIOWA (ATF-72)

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N/A		N/A	1972-10-31 Locy Type 2(n) (USS) USS Arcturus AF-52
			Welcome to Norfolk Hellenic Destroyer HS KANARIS D 212

Formally USS STICKEL DD-888

 

N/A		N/A	1972-10-31 Locy Type LDC 2(n) (USS) Locy Type LDC 9ef(nu) USS Arcturus AF-52
			Last Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1972-11-18 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Valcour AGF-1
			USS BATON ROUGE Submarine (SSN-689) Keel Laid Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1972-12-06 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) USS Valcour AGF-1
			Last Day Postal Service USS VALCOUR Flagship (AGF-1) Dennis Goodnow PC3, Duane Bumbray SN Postal Clerks

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