GEORGIA SSGN 729

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS GEORGIA SSBN-729
Commissioned February 11 1984
USS GEORGIA SSGN-729
Converted to Ohio Class Guided Missile Submarine February 1 2005
Returned to service March 28 2008

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

USS Georgia SSBN / SSGN-729 Covers Page 1 (1979-2008)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.

>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

Has No Post Office - Collector Supplied Pictorial Postmarks to PAO

Locy Type F

"USS GEORGIA
SSBN-729
/ GOLD CREW /
MISSILE LAUNCH"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-15

1984-05-17
to
1984-05-17

Missile Launching, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
According to the USCS Postmark catalog, this event did not occur even though covers were produced.

Locy Type F

"USS GEORGIA
SSBN-729
/ GOLD CREW /
MISSILE LAUNCH"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-15

1984-05-17
to
1984-05-17

Missile Launching, ship's cachet and signed by CO (Gold)
According to the USCS Postmark catalog, this event did not occur even though covers were produced.

Locy Type F

"USS GEORGIA
SSBN-729
/ FIRST PANAMA /
CANAL TRANSIT"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-15

1984-10-25
to
1984-10-25

Canal Transit, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Locy Type F

"CROSSING
/ THE /
EQUATOR"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-15a

1984-10-28
to
1984-10-28

Equator Crossing, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Locy Type F

"ARRIVAL
/ SUB-BASE /
BANGOR"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-15b

1984-11-13
to
1984-11-13

Homeport Arrival, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Locy Type F

"FIRST
/ GOLD-CREW /
PATROL"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-15b

1985-04-26
to
1985-04-26

First Gold Crew Patrol, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Locy Type F

"FIRST
/ GOLD-CREW /
PATROL"

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-15b

1985-07-08
to
1985-07-08

First Gold Crew Patrol, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS. This is on the back of the April 26 1985 cover.

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for The state of Georgia

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