Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 62

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.

1933-35

1936-59

1960-69

1970-77

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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 --------- Category

 

N/A		N/A	2009-03-03 USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton CT USS Annapolis SSN-760
			Departing for the North Pole

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N/A		N/A	2009-03-06 USPS Pictorial "Naming Ceremony Station" San Diego CA PRM Falcon
			Official Naming Ceremony

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N/A		N/A	2009-03-08 USPS Pictorial "Christening Station" San Diego CA USNS Wally Schira T-AKE-8
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	2009-03-09 USPS Type 9 Saint Petersburg FL USCGC Alligator WPB-87372
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2009-03-17 USPS Pictorial "50th Anniversary Station" Groton CT USS Skate SSN-578
			50th Anniversary of reaching the North Pole

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N/A		N/A	2009-03-17 USPS CDS Prudhoe Bay AK USS Annapolis SSN-760
			Arrival at the North Pole

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N/A		N/A	2009-03-17 USPS 4-bar "Midway Philatelic Station" San Diego CA USNS Charles Drew T-AKE-10
			Keel Laid

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N/A		N/A	2009-03-19 USPS CDS Prudhoe Bay AK USS Helena SSN-725
			Arrival at the North Pole

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N/A		N/A	2009-03-23 USPS CDS San Juan PR USCGC Reef Shark WPB-87371
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2009-03-31 USPS Pictorial "Decommissioning Day Station" San Diego CA USS Tarawa LHA-1
			Decommissioning

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N/A		N/A	2009-04-08 USPS Type 9 Lockport LA USCGC Sea Fox WPB-87374
			Commissioning (Special) for transit

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N/A		N/A	2009-04-17 USPS 4-bar "Midway Philatelic Branch" San Diego CA USS Helena SSN-725
			Returns from North Pole

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N/A		N/A	2009-04-18 USPS Type 9 "Submarine Base Branch" Groton CT USS Annapolis SSN-760
			Returns from North Pole

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N/A		N/A	2009-04-18 USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Day Station" Port Hueneme CA USS Stockdale DDG-106
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	2009-05-01 USPS Type 9 Newport News VA USS California SSN-781
			Keel Laid

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N/A		N/A	2009-05-14 USPS 4-bar "City of Ships Branch" Bath ME USS Spruance DDG-111
			Keel Laid

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N/A		N/A	2009-05-16 USPS 4-bar Pascagoula MS USS Gravely DDG-107
			Christening

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N/A		N/A	2009-05-21 USPS CDS Groton Sub Base CT USS Hartford SSN-768
			Homeport Arrival

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N/A		N/A	2009-05-27 USPS Pictorial "Fleet Week New York Station" Staten Island NY USS Roosevelt DDG-80
			Fleet Week

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N/A		N/A	2009-06-03 USPS Pictorial "20th Anniversary Station" Norfolk VA USS Newport News SSN-750
			20th Anniversary

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N/A		N/A	2009-06-06 USPS Pictorial "Homeport Station" Norfolk VA USS Normandy CG-60
			65th Anniversary of Normandy Invasion

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N/A		N/A	2009-06-23 USPS Pictorial "Class of 593 Station" New London CT USS Guardfish SSN-612
			Crewmember Reunion

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