Cachet Category Ship Change Of Command

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

Page 1 (1932 - 1989)
Page 2 (1990 - 1999)
Page 3 (2000 - 2009)

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			1931-09-15 Locy Type P [U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP T-3s] LAST DAY / FLEET FLAG USS Texas BB-35
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Cachet Categories: Admiral F H Schofield and Ship Change Of Command.
Postmark from Naval Station San Pedro California on back of cover.

			1932-08-10 Locy Type P [3t "U.S. FLEET FLAGSHIP" and hollow star at bottom of dial] (USCS Illustration P-15f) CHANGE IN / COMMAND USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Walter G. Crosby

Person Commemorative: Admiral R. H. Leigh
Person Commemorative: Admiral F. H. Schofield

			1934-06-15 Locy Type 3 "ADM REEVES / RELIEVES" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			John A. Hamm

Note: Additional categories: Admiral J M Reeves and Admiral D F Sellers.

			1935-04-17 Locy Type 3 "CHANGES / COMMAND" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Unknown

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			1936-03-14 Locy Type F "CHANGED / COMMAND" USS Richmond CL-9
			Unknown

Note: Typewritten cachet and embossed ship's seal

			1936-06-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "ADM. REEVES / ADM. HEPBURN" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Cachet Maker

Note: Admiral Hepburn relieves Admiral Reeves as Commander of the U.S. Fleet. Adm. Reeves picture is in the cachet.

			1936-06-24 Locy Type 3 (AC-TBB) "ADM. REEVES / ADM. HEPBURN" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			Richard Dumonte

Note: Admiral Hepburn relieves Admiral Reeves as Commander of the U.S. Fleet. Adm. Reeves picture is in the cachet.

			1936-12-01 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) "ADM. REEVES / RETIRES" USS Pennsylvania BB-38
			ADM Joseph M. Reeves Chapter No. 14, USCS

Note: Admiral Reeves Retires

No Image			1937-12-04 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTT) MARSEILLE / FRANCE. USS Raleigh CL-7
			Cachet Maker

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No Image		No Image	1986-05-23 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Sculpin SSN-590
			Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

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No Image		No Image	1986-05-23 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Sculpin SSN-590
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1986-07-18 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1986-09-04 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Jack SSN-605
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1986-09-05 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Philadelphia SSN-690
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1986-11-07 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Trepang SSN-674
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1987-01-18 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Dallas SSN-700
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1987-05-08 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Lafayette SSBN-616
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1987-06-09 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Ulysses S. Grant SSBN-631 (Blue)
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1987-06-10 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Ulysses S. Grant SSBN-631 (Gold)
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1987-06-25 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Billfish SSN-676
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1987-07-17 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Will Rogers SSBN-659
			Alton (Budd) M. Arrington

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No Image		No Image	1987-07-17 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Will Rogers SSBN-659
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-01-23 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Hyman G. Rickover SSN-709
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-03-12 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Baltimore SSN-704
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-04-06 Locy Type 9 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Billfish SSN-676
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-04-29 Locy Type 9 USS Fulton AS-11 USS NR-1
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-07-15 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Skipjack SSN-585
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image			1988-07-22 Locy Type F (F-32d) USS Fulton AS-11
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-07-29 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Pittsburgh SSN-720
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-08-12 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS City of Corpus Christi SSN-705
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-08-23 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Boston SSN-703
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-10-20 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Will Rogers SSBN-659
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Cachet Artist - Robert D. Rawlins

No Image		No Image	1988-10-22 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Trepang SSN-674
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-11-10 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Pargo SSN-650
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image		No Image	1988-11-22 Locy Type 2 USS Fulton AS-11 USS Jack SSN-605
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image			1989-01-09 Locy Type F "CHANGE / OF / COMMAND" USS Comte De Grasse DD-974 Destroyer Squadron Twenty Two
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image			1989-02-19 Locy Type F "CHANGE / OF / COMMAND" USS Comte De Grasse DD-974 Submarine Squadron Six
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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No Image			1989-03-14 Locy Type F "CHANGE / OF / COMMAND" USS Comte De Grasse DD-974
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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