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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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1981
 

N/A		N/A	1981-01-02 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Ainsworth FF-1090
			Welcome to Norfolk USNS MOHAWK (T-ATF 170) Alexander Prieto, Master Military Sealift Command

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N/A		N/A	1981-01-17 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Thomas C. Hart FF-1092
			Last Day Service Royal Fleet Auxiliary LYNESS Leased to United States Renamed USNS SIRIUS {T-AFS-8} January 17, 1981

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N/A		N/A	1981-02-17 Locy Type 2t(n) (USS) USS Virginia CGN-38
			Welcome to Norfolk German Destroyer ROMMEL D-187

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N/A		N/A	1981-03-18 Locy Type 2-1t(n+) (USS) USS Preble DDG-46
			Welcome to Norfolk South Korean Destroyer ROKS KYONG KI (DD-923) Formerly USS NEWMAN K. PERRY DD-883 Capt. Pak Chu Ho, Commanding Officer

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N/A		N/A	1981-03-21 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Emory S. Land AS-39
			USS HOUSTON Nuclear Submarine (SSN-713) Launched Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1981-04-24 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. J-20a USS John F. Kennedy CV-67
			USS SAN FRANCISCO Nuclear Submarine (SSN-711) Commissioned Today At Naval Base, Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1981-06-10 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Harry E. Yarnell CG-17
			Welcome Home USS HARRY E. YARNELL (CG-17) From Indian Ocean Deployment Return Delayed by Israeli - Syrian Crisis

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N/A		N/A	1981-06-10 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Independence CV-62
			Welcome Home USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) From Indian Ocean Deployment Return Delayed by Israeli - Syrian Crisis

Note: The "S" sticker is a USPS routing sticker.

 

N/A		N/A	1981-06-15 Locy Type 2-1 ("OCEANOUNIT ONE") Oceanographic Unit One
			Welcome to Norfolk USNS BOWDITCH (T-AGS-21) OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT 1 Embarked

Note: Oceanographic Unit 1 operated on USNS Bowditch from 6 November 1958 to 13 December 1986.

 

N/A		N/A	1981-08-01 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Elmer Montgomery FF-1082
			Welcome to Norfolk NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic FGN KOLN, HMS ARROW HrMs KORTENAER, USS RICHARD L. PAGE NRP ALMIRANTE MAGALHAES CORREA

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N/A		N/A	1981-08-01 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Richard L. Page FFG-5
			Welcome to Norfolk NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic FGN KOLN, HMS ARROW HrMs KORTENAER, USS RICHARD L. PAGE NRP ALMIRANTE MAGALHAES CORREA

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N/A		N/A	1981-08-03 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Conyngham DDG-17
			Welcome to Norfolk NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic FGN KOLN, HMS ARROW HrMs KORTENAER, USS RICHARD L. PAGE NRP ALMIRANTE MAGALHAES CORREA

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N/A		N/A	1981-08-03 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USS Glover FF-1098
			Welcome to Norfolk NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic FGN KOLN, HMS ARROW HrMs KORTENAER, USS RICHARD L. PAGE NRP ALMIRANTE MAGALHAES CORREA

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N/A		N/A	1981-08-18 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. J-20a USS John F. Kennedy CV-67
			Welcome to Norfolk RFA FORT AUSTIN {A-386} Britain's Fleet Auxiliary Participating in "Ocean Venture"

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N/A		N/A	1981-09-05 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+) (USN,USS) USS Monongahela AO-178
			Formal Commissioning USS MONONGAHELA (AO-178) At Naval Base, Norfolk, VA. Freeman Paulding PC2, Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1981-10-17 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Piedmont AD-17
			Welcome to Norfolk USNS NORTHERN LIGHT Cargo Ship (T-AK 284) Military Sealift Command

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N/A		N/A	1981-10-31 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Caron DD-970
			Keel Laid Today CVN-71 (not named as yet) Nuclear Aircraft Carrier At Newport News, VA.

Note: This is the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

 

N/A		N/A	1981-10-31 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Comte De Grasse DD-974
			USS NORFOLK Nuclear Submarine (SSN-714) Launched Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1981-12-10 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USN,USS) USS Vulcan AR-5
			Welcome to Norfolk RFA STROMNESS British Fleet Stores Support Ship

From the Bob Govern collection.

 

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