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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

No Image		No Image	1961-04-15 USPO Slogan "LAUNCHING OF / USS BAINBRIDGE / 1ST NUCLEAR FRIGATE" Quincy, Mass.
			Launching

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			1962-08-31 Locy Type FDPS 2(n)
			First Day Postal Service

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N/A		N/A	1962-09-01 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"DLG(N)")
			Sea Trials

Cachet by the Bainbridge Cachet Committee. Courtesy of William Pepe.

N/A		N/A	1962-09-01 Locy Type 2(n) (USS,"DLG(N)")
			Sea Trials Insert

Cachet by the Bainbridge Cachet Committee. Courtesy of William Pepe.

			1962-10-06 Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS,"DLG(N)")
			First Day in Commission

Cachet by the Bainbridge Cachet Committee. On the Back - blue rubberstamp ship crest

			1963-07-31 Locy Type 2(n) [USS,DLG(N)]
			Port Visit

Violet rubberstamp ships crest...black rubberstamp "VISITING CHARLESTON S.C."
Back black rubberstamp W.W.Glenn return...Violet rubberstamp "29405"

		No Image	1964-05-31 Locy Type 7qt(nu) (USS,"CVA(N)") USS Enterprise CVN-65
			1st Nuclear Task Force: USS Enterprise CVN-65 USS Long Beach CGN-9 USS Bainbridge DLGN-25

Notes: Cachet Maker: Nuclear Ships Chapter 61, USCS

			1965-04-04 Locy Type 2(n) [USS,DLG(N)]
			Port Visit Norfolk

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			1965-04-04 Locy Type 2(n) [USS,DLG(N)] Locy Type 9ef(nu) [USS,DLG(N)]
			Port Visit Norfolk

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			1967-10-06 Locy Type 2(n+) [USS,DLGN]
			Ship's crest

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			1971-04-08 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,DLGN)
			Ship's crest

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			1974-07-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,DLGN)
			Independence Day 1974

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			1976-06-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,CGN)
			Ship's crest

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N/A		N/A	1976-11-08 Locy Type 2-1n (D1,USS)
			Collectors request

Rubber stamp cachet

			1984-04-18 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Category

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			1986-03-26 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS)
			Ship's crest

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			1993-01-08 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS)
			"New or Old" Elvis stamp ballot

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N/A		N/A	1995-10-06 USPS Type 9 Norfolk, VA
			Deactivation

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1996-09-13 USPS Type 9 Norfolk, VA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1999-08-30 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton, WA
			Scrapping Completed

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

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