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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also
the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything
of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the
classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.
| Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image | Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image | Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image | Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category |
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1975-10-11 |
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Ship Launching: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69 |
Notes: Cachet Maker: Newport News Shipbuilding
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1975-10-11 |
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Cachet Category |
Notes: This is an insert that was inside the cover above.
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No Image |
1980-03-15 |
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Notes: Add-on cachet by: Howard Tiffner
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1981-10-13 |
Note: Cachet Maker: Richard F. Hoffner and Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1981-10-13 |
Note: Cachet Maker: Richard F. Hoffner and Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1982-03-13 |
Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1989-08-21 |
| A proud tradition of service |
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1991-07-04 |
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Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 74 USS Puget Sound and
Charles B Hall.
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1991-07-04 |
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Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 74 USS Puget Sound and
Charles B Hall.
Same cover as above only showing second cachet and second postmark.
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1992-03-28 |
| Change of Command |
Notes: Back of the cover has a postmark from Bremerton Navy Yard.
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1992-07-15 |
| Ship Commemorative: USS Pledge MSO-492 |
Notes: Cachet Maker: P. M. Leenhouts
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1993-04-12 |
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Welcome Aboard Pamphlet |
Note: Cachet Maker: Tom Armstrong
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1993-07-09 |
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1993-07-28 |
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Welcome Aboard Pamphlet |
Note: Cachet Maker: Tom Armstrong
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1994-02-08 |
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1994-03-28 |
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1994-07-31 |
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1997-01-17 |
| Change of Homeport |
USCS Chapter 74 Cachet
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1997-01-29 |
| Change of Command |
USCS Chapter 4 Cachet
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No Image |
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1997-04-03 |
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Awarded "E" Award |
Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1997-10-13 |
Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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No Image |
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1997-12-25 |
Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1999-06-01 |
Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1999-09-12 |
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Departing of the USS New Jersey BB-62 from Bremerton Naval Shipyard |
Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1999-11-08 |
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Change of Command |
Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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1999-12-25 |
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Merry Christmas from Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA |
Note: Cachet Maker: Tom Armstrong
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1999-12-25 |
Notes: Cachet Makers: USCS Chapter 74 USS Puget Sound and
Tom Armstrong.
Cover has postmarks from USS Bridge AOE-10, USS Camden AOE-2, USS Rainier AOE-7, USS Sacramento AOE-1, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, and USS Fife DD-991.
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2002-09-11 |
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Scrapping is completed of the USS Virginia CGN-38 |
Note: Cachet Maker: Tom Armstrong
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2003-12-25 |
Note: Cachet Maker: Tom Armstrong
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2004-12-07 |
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USS Henry M. Jackson SSBN-730 begins scheduled overhaul at Bremerton WA |
Note: Cachet Maker: Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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