BOSTON SSN 703

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS BOSTON SSN-703
Commissioned January 30 1982 - Decommissioned November 19 1999

Struck from Naval Register November 19 1999
Disposed of through Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program January 1 2002

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

Covers Page 1 (1980-99)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.

>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

No Postmarks Reported - No Postal Facilities Onboard

Locy Type 2

USS Fulton
AS-11

1978-08-11
to
1978-08-11

N/A

Keel Laying, cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

USPS
Machine cancel

Groton, CT

1980-04-19
to
1980-04-19

N/A

Launching, cachet by Valerie Pence

USPS
Machine cancel

Groton, CT

1981-11-10
to
1981-11-10

N/A

Sea Trials, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

USPS Slogan
Machine Cancel

"Submarine Base Branch"

Groton, CT

1982-01-30
to
1982-01-30

N/A

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Locy Type 2

USS Fulton
AS-11

1988-08-23
to
1988-08-23

N/A

Change of Command
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

USPS CDS

"Submarine Base Branch"

Groton, CT

1999-01-19
to
1999-01-19

N/A

Deactivation, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Locy Type
2

USS Crommelin
FFG-37

1999-11-19
to
1999-11-19

N/A

Decommissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Boston, Massachusetts

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