BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SSBN 640

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 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SSBN-640
Commissioned October 22 1965 - Decommissioned November 23 1993

Struck from Naval Register November 23 1993
Disposed of through Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program August 21 1995

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 Benjamin Franklin SSBN-640 Covers Page 1 (1963-1994)

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

USPS Pictorial Postmarks

USPS
Pictorial Cancel

Mare Island NSY, CA

1993-11-23

Inactivation, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Benjamin Franklin (January 17 1706 - April 17 1790)
American Statesman, Founding Father, Inventor, and the first U.S. Postmaster General

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