Cachet Category Ship Christening

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with 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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Cachet Makers

 

		No Image	1933-12-16 Locy Type 7t USS Saratoga CV-3
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Christening of USS Astoria CA-34

 

			1935-12-31 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "NAVY YARD / BREMERTON" USS Arizona BB-39
			Ronald E. Greenwood R. B. Hare

Notes: Christening of USS Cushing DD-376 and USS Perkins DD-377.
The hull numbers listed in the cachet are incorrect.

 

			1936-10-31 Locy Type 3r (A-TBT) CHRISTENING / CEREMONIES USS Case DD-370
			Gerald L Plimpton

Notes: Cachet commemorates the christening of USS Mugford DD-389 and USS Ralph Talbot DD-390. The artist name is at the bottom right of the cachet but is not legible.

 

		No Image	1960-09-24 USS Enterprise CVN-65
			Dan Lowry

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1967-09-07 USS L Y Spear AS-36
			Cachet Maker

Notes: Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1975-10-11
			Newport News Shipbuilding

Notes: Additional Cachet Categories: Ship Launching: USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
Ship Keel Laying: USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

 

		No Image	1979-07-21
			USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur

Notes: Cachet commemorates dual christening: USS Fife DD-991 and USS Fletcher DD-992.

 

			1983-09-24
			David A Kent

Notes: Christening of the USS Honolulu SSN-718.

 

		No Image	1984-05-19 USS Alabama SSBN-731
			CDR Paul Huber

Notes: Notation on the back says "9 of 10".

 

No Image		No Image	1984-05-19 USS Alabama SSBN-731
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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N/A			1994-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Christening Station" Groton, CT USS Maine SSBN-741
			Unknown

Note: Small version of this pictorial postmark

 

N/A			1994-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Christening Station" Groton, CT USS Maine SSBN-741
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4 USCS

Note:

 

N/A			1994-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Christening Station" Groton, CT USS Maine SSBN-741
			Nathan Hale Chapter No. 68 USCS

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N/A			1994-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Christening Station" Groton, CT USS Maine SSBN-741
			Robert Quintero USS Michigan Chapter No. 80 USCS

Note: Cachet No. 132

 

N/A			1994-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Christening Station" Groton, CT USS Maine SSBN-741
			USS North Carolina Chapter No. 99 USCS

Note: Cachet No. 22, No. Issued 204, Cover No. 36

 

N/A			1994-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Christening Station" Groton, CT USS Maine SSBN-741
			Cachet Maker - F. Cochran

Note: #2 of 3

 

N/A			1994-07-16 USPS Pictorial "Christening Station" Groton, CT USS Maine SSBN-741
			Cachet Maker - F. Cochran

Note: #2 of 3

 

			2005-02-05
			Philip R Edwards

Notes: Christening of USS Sea Fighter FSF-1

 

N/A		N/A	2006-12-06 USPS Type 9 San Diego, CA USNS Alan Shepard T-AKE-3
			Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4 USCS

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