TREPANG SSN 674

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.

Sturgeon Class Attack Submarine Keel Laid October 28 1967 - Launched September 27 1969 USS TREPANG SSN-674 Commissioned August 14 1970 - Decommissioned June 1 1999 Struck from Naval Register June 1 1999 Disposed of through NPSSRP April 7 2000

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1985-1999)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Groton CT Borough Sta. Machine

1969-09-27

Launching

 

USPO Machine Postmark Groton, CT Submarine Base Station

1970-08-14

Commissioning, cachet by Eugene O. Wright, sponsored by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

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Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. T-50

1985-05-03

Ship's cachet. Issued for North Pole trip and was actually used at the Pole.

 

USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT

1985-08-14

N/A

15th Anniversary, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS) USS Fulton AS-11

1986-11-07

N/A

Change of Command, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2t(nu) (USS) USS Fulton AS-11

1988-10-22

N/A

Change of Command, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT

1996-01-12

N/A

Change of Command, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial "USS Trepang Station" Groton, CT

1997-08-14

Celebrating her 1,000th Dive, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS CDS "Submarine Base Branch" Groton, CT

1998-08-14

N/A

Deactivation, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 11-2n+ (USS,FPO AP 96629-2840) USS Carl Vinson CVN-70

1999-06-01

N/A

Decommissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A marine animal sometimes called a sea slug or a sea cucumber--having a long, tough, muscular body--found in the coral reefs of the East Indies.

Two ships of the US Navy have been named TREPANG - USS Trepang SS-412 and USS Trepang SSN-674

 

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