CALIFORNIA SSN 781: Difference between revisions

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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 CALIFORNIA SSN 781
Commissioned 29 October 2011

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 name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 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.

USS California SSN-781 Covers Page 1 (2009-11)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. 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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

USPS Pictorial

"Christening of California"

Newport News VA

2010-11-06

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

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The State of California.

Seven ships of the US Navy have been named CALIFORNIA - USS California (1867 Screw Sloop), USS California ACR-6, USS California SP-249, USS California SP-647, USS California BB-44, USS California CGN-36 and USS California SSN-781.

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-Virginia Class Attack Submarine<br/>
+Virginia Class (Block II) Attack Submarine<br/>
-Named "California SSN-781" January 30 2008<br/>
+Construction began in December 2006 - Named "CALIFORNIA" January 30 2008<br/>
-Keel Laid May 1 2009 - Christened (Scheduled for) November 16 2010<br/>Launched TBD<br/><br/>
+Keel Laid 1 May 2009 - Christened 6 November 2010<br/>
-<li>'''USS CALIFORNIA SSN 781'''<br/>Commissioning is scheduled for October 29 2011
+Launched 14 November 2010 - Delivered to the Navy 7 August 2011<br/><br/>
+<li>'''USS CALIFORNIA SSN 781'''<br/>Commissioned 29 October 2011
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 range for covers on that page.
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-<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2009)</li>
+<li>[[CALIFORNIA_SSN781_Covers_Page_1 | USS California SSN-781 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2009-11)</li>
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 Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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-Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
+Postmark<br/>Date</th>
-<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
-<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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-USPS Type 9<br/><br/>Newport News VA
+USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"Christening of California"<br/><br/>Newport News VA
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+-11-06
-</td><td align="center" width="320">
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
-[[Image:GregCiesielski_California_SSN781_20090501_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_California_SSN781_20111106_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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-N/A
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_California_SSN781_20111106_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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-Keel Laid, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
+Christening, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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 '''NAMESAKE''' - The State of California.<br/><br/>
 Seven ships of the US Navy have been named CALIFORNIA - USS California (1867 Screw Sloop),
-USS California ACR-6, USS California SP-249, USS California SP-647, USS California BB-44, USS California CGN-36 and USS California SSN-781.
+USS California ACR-6, USS California SP-249, USS California SP-647, [[CALIFORNIA_BB_44_ | USS California BB-44]], [[CALIFORNIA_CGN_36_ | USS California CGN-36]] and USS California SSN-781.
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