Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 42

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	2003-01-07 USPS CDS San Diego, CA USS Kinkaid DD-965
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-01-08 USPS Pictorial Groton, CT USS City of Corpus Christi SSN-705
			20th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2003-01-09 USPS Pictorial Groton, CT USS Springfield SSN-761
			10th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2003-01-11 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USS Chung-Hoon DDG-93
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	2003-01-25 USPS 4-bar Marinette, WI USCGC Hollyhock WLB-214
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	2003-02-01 Locy Type F USCG Ferry Lt. Samuel S. Coursen
			Final Official Run

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N/A		N/A	2003-02-01 Locy Type F USCG Ferry Lt. Samuel S. Coursen
			Final Official Run

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N/A		N/A	2003-02-07 USPS CDS Lockport, LA USCGC Matagorda WPB-1303
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-02-15 USPS Type 9 San Diego, CA USS Sides FFG-14
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-02-24 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USS Halsey DDG-97
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	2003-02-25 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula, MS USS Mesa Verde LPD-19
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	2003-02-28 USPS Type 9 Everett, WA USS Fife DD-991
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-02-28 USPS Type 9 Bremerton, WA USS Sides FFG-14
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-03-13 USPS Pictorial Montpelier, VT USS Montpelier SSN-765
			10th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2003-03-14 USPS Type 9 Everett, WA USS Paul F. Foster DD-964
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-03-15 USPS Pictorial San Diego, CA USS George Philip FFG-12
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	2003-03-18 Locy Type F FPO AE 08586-1206 USS Arthur W. Radford DD-968
			Deactivation

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N/A		N/A	2003-03-20 Locy Type 2 USS Arthur W. Radford DD-968
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-03-20 USPS Pictorial ”Decommissioning Station” Norfolk, VA USS Arthur W. Radford DD-968
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-03-24 Locy Type 2-2 (PCU, FPO AE 09542-2876) USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76
			Day 5 of Operation Iraq Freedom

Note: Added-on Historical News cachet, October 2007.

 

N/A		N/A	2003-03-26 Locy Type 2 USS George Philip FFG-12
			Overhaul of the USS Sea Shadow IX-529 is completed at Bremerton Naval Shipyard

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N/A		N/A	2003-03-28 Locy Type 2 USS George Philip FFG-12
			Decommissioning

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N/A			2003-04-03 USPS Pictorial ”Decommissioning Station” Jacksonville, FL USS Estocin FFG-15
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-04-04 Locy Type 2 USS Estocin FFG-15
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-04-04 Locy Type F FPO AE 09569-1473 USS Estocin FFG-15
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-04-04 USPS Pictorial ”Memorial Station” Barnegat Light, NJ USS Akron ZRS-4
			Remembering the USS Akron ZRS-4 and her crew

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N/A		N/A	2003-04-04 USPS Pictorial ”Memorial Station” Lakehurst, NJ USS Akron ZRS-4
			Remembering the USS Akron ZRS-4 and her crew

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N/A		N/A	2003-04-10 USPS Pictorial ”Memorial Station” Portsmouth, NH USS Thresher SSN-593
			Remembering the USS Thresher SSN-593 and her crew

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-07 USPS CDS Bath, ME USS Bainbridge DDG-96
			Keel Laying

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-21 USPS Pictorial ”20th Anniversary Station” Groton, CT USS Albuquerque SSN-706
			20th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-21 USPS Pictorial ”20th Anniversary Station” Norfolk, VA USS Norfolk SSN-714
			20th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-22 USPS Pictorial ”Memorial Station” Norfolk, VA USS Scorpion SSN-589
			Remembering the USS Scorpion and her crew

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-22 USPS Type 9 Port Huron, MI USCGC Bramble WLB-392
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-23 USPS Pictorial ”60th Anniversary of Commissioning” Philadelphia, PA USS New Jersey BB-62
			60th Anniversary of Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-23 USPS Pictorial ”60th Anniversary Station” Camden, NJ USS New Jersey BB-62
			60th Anniversary of Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-23 USPS CDS ”Submarine Base Branch” Groton, CT USS Connecticut SSN-22
			Homecoming following a North Pole trip

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-24 USPS Pictorial ”Fleet Week New York Station” Staten Island, NY USS Philippine Sea CG-58
			Fleet Week 2003

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-24 USPS Pictorial ”Fleet Week New York Station” Staten Island, NY USS Normandy CG-60
			Fleet Week 2003

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N/A		N/A	2003-05-24 USPS Pictorial ”USPS Celebrates Fleet Week Station” New York, NY USS Shreveport LPD-12
			Fleet Week 2003

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