Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 2D1

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

Chapter Covers

The Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4 is very prolific and has created many covers since their organization on September 9, 1933. Cachets for this chapter have been created by various artists and efforts are made to identify them. To speed up the time for a page to fully load, they have been separated into smaller year increments starting with the year 1980. This Chapter is based out of Philadelphia, PA and they create covers for US Navy vessels, US Coast Guard vessels and other maritime entities. Please enjoy these covers that show our maritime history.

Cachet Artist and Director is Rich Hoffner unless otherwise stated.

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-12 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS,"FF") USS Gray FF-1054
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-18 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Knox FF-1052
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-21 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6 USS Cushing DD-985
			First Day of Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-23 Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (USS) USS John Paul Jones DDG-32
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-23 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS William V. Pratt DDG-44
			First Day of Issue for Sc. #1789 - John Paul Jones stamp

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-23 USPS FDOI Annapolis, MD
			First Day of Issue for Sc. #1789 - John Paul Jones stamp USS John Paul Jones DDG-32 Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-23 USPS FDOI Annapolis, MD
			First Day of Issue for Sc. #1789 - John Paul Jones stamp USS John Paul Jones DDG-32 Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-09-23 USPS FDOI Annapolis, MD
			First Day of Issue for Sc. #1789 - John Paul Jones stamp USS John Paul Jones DDG-32 Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-01 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel ”Submarine Base Sta.” Groton CT USS Charles P. Cecil DD-835
			Decommissioning Ceremony

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		N/A	1979-10-01 USPS 4-bar Philadelphia PA USS Hawkins DD-873
			Last Day in Commission

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-01 USPS 4-bar Philadelphia PA USS Hawkins DD-873
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-01 USPS CDS Brooklyn NY USS Myles C. Fox DD-829
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-11 USPS FDOI Savannah GA
			First Day of Issue for Sc. #UX79 USS Casimir Pulaski SSBN-633 Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-11 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"FFG") USS Richard L. Page FFG-5
			Welcome to Philadelphia

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-13 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Butte AE-27
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-13 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"DDG 37") USS Farragut DDG-37
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (FF, USS) Locy Type 9ef(n+)(USS) USS McCandless FF-1084
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-13 Locy Type 2-1n+ (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (B,USS) USS Tripoli LPH-10
			Navy Day

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-16 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"CG") USS Biddle CG-34
			Welcome to Philadelphia

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-20 USPS Machine Cancel Marinette WI USNS Catawba T-ATF-168
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-20 USPS Machine Cancel Marinette WI USNS Narragansett T-ATF-167
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	1979-10-25 Locy Type 2-1(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. L-33d USS Lexington AVT-16
			Welcome to Philadelphia

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		N/A	1979-10-30 Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (USS) USS John Paul Jones DDG-32
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-11-04 USPS FDOI Postmark Claremore OK USS Will Rogers SSBN-659
			First Day of Issue – Will Rogers stamp

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N/A		N/A	1979-11-11 USPS FDOI Postmark Arlington VA
			First Day of Issue – Vietnam Veterans stamp Sc. #1802

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		N/A	1979-11-11 USPS FDOI Postmark Arlington VA
			First Day of Issue – Vietnam Veterans stamp Sc. #1802

CC#1 – 1st Cheltenham Cachets by Richard Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1979-11-11 USPS FDOI Arlington VA
			First Day of Issue – Vietnam Veterans stamp Sc. #1802 Cachet for the Postal Markings of Vietnam

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N/A		N/A	1979-11-11 Locy Type 2 USS William V. Pratt DDG-44
			First Day of Issue – Vietnam Veterans stamp Sc. #1802 Cachet for the Postal Markings of Vietnam

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		N/A	1979-11-14 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Buchanan DDG-14
			First Day of Use - New Cachet

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N/A		N/A	1979-11-15 Locy Type LDPS 2-1(n+)(USS) Locy Type LDPS 9-1(n+u)(USS) USS Oklahoma City CG-5
			Last Day of Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1979-11-17 USPS 4-bar / USPS Type 9 Sturgeon Bay WI
			Commissioning of USCGC Mobile Bay WTGB-103

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N/A		N/A	1979-11-17 USPS 4-bar Sturgeon Bay WI
			Commissioning of USCGC Mobile Bay WTGB-103

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N/A		N/A	1979-12-07 USPS 4-bar ”Submarine Base Sta.” Honolulu HI
			Remembering PEARL HARBOR

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N/A		N/A	1979-12-08 USPS 4-bar Saint Ignace MI
			Commissioning Ceremony for USCGC Biscayne Bay WTGB-104

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N/A		N/A	1979-12-08 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching of USS Phoenix SSN-702

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		N/A	1979-12-11 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS William V. Pratt DDG-44
			USS TROUT SS-566 Transfer to Iran - CANCELLED

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N/A		N/A	1979-12-15 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-6 USS McInerney FFG-8
			Commissioning Ceremony

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N/A		N/A	1979-12-15 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel San Diego CA USS Oklahoma City CG-5
			Decommissioning Ceremony

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N/A		N/A	1979-12-19 USPS Machine Cancel Marinette WI
			Launching of USNS Navajo T-ATF-169

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