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<ol>Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine<br/>
<ol><br/>Los Angeles Class Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine<br/>
Keel Laid 29 January 1979 - Launched 21 March 1981<br/><br/>
Keel Laid 29 January 1979 - Launched & Christened 21 March 1981<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS HOUSTON SSN-713'''<br/>
<li>'''USS HOUSTON SSN-713'''<br/>
Commissioned 25 September 1982 - Decommissioned 14 July 2016
Commissioned 25 September 1982 - Inactivated 26 August 2016<br/>Decommissioned 24 August 2017
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range for covers on that page.
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[HOUSTON_SSN_713_Covers_Page_1 | USS Houston SSN-713 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1981-2007)</li>
<li>[[HOUSTON_SSN_713_Covers_Page_1 | USS Houston SSN-713 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1981-2017)</li>
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<h4>Ship Postmarks</h4>
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USPS Slogan<br/>cancel<br/><br/>"CHRISTENING /<br/>OF THE USS /<br/>HOUSTON<br/><br/>Newport News, VA
Locy Type F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. H-49
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1981-03-21
1983-10-10
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_19810321_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_19810321_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching_ | Launching]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_Richard_F_Hoffner_ | Richard F. Hoffner]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_ | Columbus Day]]. Official Ship's Cachet
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USPS Slogan<br/>cancel<br/><br/>"CHRISTENING /<br/>OF THE USS /<br/>HOUSTON<br/><br/>Newport News, VA
Locy Type LDC F
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1981-03-21
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_19810321_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_19810321_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching_ | Launching]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_Richard_F_Hoffner_ | Richard F. Hoffner]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
Decommissioning. cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Andrew_H_Ring_ | CDR. Andrew H. Ring, USN]]. USS Houston's final CO.
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<h4>USPS Pictorial Postmarks</h4>
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USPS Slogan<br/>cancel<br/><br/>"CHRISTENING /<br/>OF THE USS /<br/>HOUSTON<br/><br/>Newport News, VA
USPS Slogan<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>"CHRISTENING /<br/>OF THE USS /<br/>HOUSTON<br/><br/>Newport News, VA
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1981-03-21
1981-03-21
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_19810321_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_19810321_3_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_19810321_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching_ | Launching]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_Richard_F_Hoffner_ | Richard F. Hoffner]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Launching_ | Launching]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Richard_F_Hoffner_ | Richard F. Hoffner]], sponsored by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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USPS Machine<br/>cancel<br/><br/>Newport News, VA
USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"20th<br/>Anniversary Station"<br/><br/>Norfolk, VA
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1982-07-28
2002-09-25
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Sea_Trials_ | Sea Trials]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Birthday_ | 20th Anniversary]], cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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USPS Slogan<br/>cancel<br/><br/>"Remember only you can /<br/>PREVENT /<br/>FOREST FIRES"<br/><Br/>Newport News, VA
USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"25th Anniversary<br/>Station"<br/><br/>Norfolk, VA  
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1982-09-25
2007-09-25
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[[Image:JonBurdett houston ssn713 19820925.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_68 USS Nathan Hale|USCS Chapter 68]] Commissioning Cachet
25th Anniversary, cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>USCS Catalog<br/>Illustration<br/>H-49
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1983-10-10
<br/>to<br/>
1983-10-10
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_19831010_2_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Columbus_Day_Page_5_ | Columbus Day]]<br/>Official Ship's Cachet
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USPS Slogan<br/>cancel<br/><br/>San Diego, CA
USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"30th Anniversary<br/>Station"<br/><br/>Norfolk, VA
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1989-10-18
2012-09-25
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[[Image:JonBurdett houston ssn713 19891018.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett houston ssn713 19891018 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_68 USS Nathan Hale|USCS Chapter 68]] Commissioning Cachet
30th Anniversary, cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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Locy Type<br/>11<br/><br/>[[ABRAHAM_LINCOLN_CVN_72_ | USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72]]
USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"Inactivation Station"<br/><br/>Bremerton WA
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2001-09-18
2016-08-26
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_20010918_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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Overhaul Starts<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"20th Anniversary Station"<br/><br/>Norfolk, VA
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2002-09-25
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_20020925_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_20020925_2_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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[[Cachet_Category_Ship_Birthday_ | 20th Anniversary]]<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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Locy Type<br/>2<br/><br/>[[SACRAMENTO_AOE_1_ | USS Sacramento<br/>AOE-1]]
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2004-06-21
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Overhaul Completed<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
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USPS Pictorial<br/><br/>"25th Anniversary Station"<br/><br/>Norfolk, VA
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2007-09-25
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_20070925_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Houston_SSN713_20070925_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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25th Anniversary<br/>[[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_4_Stephen_Decatur_ | Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS]]
Inactivation, postmark designed by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ | Wolfgang Hechler]], cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Neal_J_Mills_ | Neal J. Mills]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the city of Houston, Texas<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Named for the city of Houston, Texas<br/><br/>
USS Houston earned two Navy Unit Commendations and a Meritorious Unit Commendation during her Naval career.
USS Houston earned two Navy Unit Commendations Ribbons, the Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Global War on Terror Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
The ships sponsor is Barbara Bush, wife of then Vice-President of the United States George H. W. Bush.
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Latest revision as of 03:42, 22 September 2017


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.


    Los Angeles Class Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine
    Keel Laid 29 January 1979 - Launched & Christened 21 March 1981

  1. USS HOUSTON SSN-713
    Commissioned 25 September 1982 - Inactivated 26 August 2016
    Decommissioned 24 August 2017


Naval Covers

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  1. USS Houston SSN-713 Covers Page 1     (1981-2017)

 


Postmarks

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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
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Postmark Image
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Ship Postmarks


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. H-49

1983-10-10

Columbus Day. Official Ship's Cachet


 

Locy Type LDC F

2017-08-24

Decommissioning. cachet by CDR. Andrew H. Ring, USN. USS Houston's final CO.



USPS Pictorial Postmarks


 

USPS Slogan
Machine Cancel

"CHRISTENING /
OF THE USS /
HOUSTON

Newport News, VA

1981-03-21

Launching, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"20th
Anniversary Station"

Norfolk, VA

2002-09-25

20th Anniversary, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"25th Anniversary
Station"

Norfolk, VA

2007-09-25

25th Anniversary, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"30th Anniversary
Station"

Norfolk, VA

2012-09-25

30th Anniversary, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"Inactivation Station"

Bremerton WA

2016-08-26

Inactivation, postmark designed by Wolfgang Hechler, cachet by Neal J. Mills

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the city of Houston, Texas

USS Houston earned two Navy Unit Commendations Ribbons, the Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Navy "E" Ribbon, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Global War on Terror Medal and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon during her Naval career.

The ships sponsor is Barbara Bush, wife of then Vice-President of the United States George H. W. Bush.

 


 

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