MAINE SSBN 741
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.
Keel Laid July 3 1990 - Christened & Launched July 16 1994 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1990-2010)
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.
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Postmark Type |
Date From to Date To |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Locy Type |
2000-10-31 |
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Notes: Contributed by Douglas Ebert. Year is unknown, 2000 is a guess. Illustrations cleaned up by Greg Ciesielski.
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Locy Type 2 |
2010-07-29 |
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15th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Mike Brock.
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Locy Type 2 |
2010-07-29 |
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15th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet sponsored by USS Columbia Chapter No. 106, USCS, created by Tom Armstrong. This postmark was on the back of the cover and features an inverted year date.
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Locy Type F |
1995-12-07 |
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Missle Launching, cachet director and artist is Rich Hoffner. Cachet Sponsor is Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS Pictorial |
1994-07-16 |
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Christening Day, cachet by Unknown cachetmaker
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USPS Pictorial |
1994-07-16 |
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Christening Day, cachet by USS Nathan Hale Chapter No. 68,USCS
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USPS 4-bar |
1995-04-11 |
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N/A |
Sea Trials, cachet by
Donald R. Wilson
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USPS Pictorial |
1995-07-29 |
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Commissioning, cachet by the USS MAINE Commissioning Committee.
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USPS Pictorial |
1995-07-29 |
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Commissioning, cachet by the USS Maine Commissioning Committee.
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USPS Pictorial |
1995-07-29 |
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Commissioning, cachet by thr USS Maine Commissioning Committee.
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Non-Postal |
1995-07-29 |
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Commissioning, cachet by USS Maine Commissioning Committee. Autographed by both CO's.
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Non-Postal |
1995-12-07 |
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Missle Launching, cachet by USS Maine Commissioning Committee. Autographed by CO (Gold Crew)
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USPS 4-bar |
1995-12-07 |
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N/A |
Missle Launching, cachet by Cachet Maker Unknown
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USPS 4-bar |
2000-06-08 |
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N/A |
Port Visit to Portsmouth, NH, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH, cachet by USS Maine Commissioning Committee cachet, notice the incorrect hull number in the red box.
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USPS Pictorial |
2000-06-09 |
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Port Visit to Portsmouth, NH, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS 4-bar |
2000-06-12 |
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N/A |
Port Visit to Portsmouth, NH, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, NH, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS Pictorial |
2000-07-29 |
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5th Anniversary in Commission, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS -
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USPS Pictorial |
2005-07-29 |
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10th Anniversary in Commission, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS
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USPS |
2010-07-29 |
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15th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Mike Brock.
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USPS |
2010-07-29 |
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15th Anniversary of Commissioning, cachet by Dieter Lange.
NAMESAKE - Named after the State of Maine.
There have been four ships of the US Navy named MAINE - USS Maine ACR-1, USS Maine BB-10, USS Maine BB-69 (Cancelled in 1943) and USS Maine SSBN-741.
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