Cachet Maker Tazewell G Nicholson Page 5a-1

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Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

 

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 Ship --------- Category

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July - December 1971
 

N/A		N/A	1971-07-01 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Pensacola LSD-38
			Commissioning - Spanish Amphibious Ship GALICIA

Note: Previously USS SAN MARCOS LSD-25

 

N/A		N/A	1971-07-06 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Arneb AKA-56
			Welcome to Norfolk Standing Naval Force Atlantic British JUPITER, Canadian SAGUENAY Dutch Isaac Sweers, Portugal A.M. Correa

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N/A		N/A	1971-07-06 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) (USS) USS Arneb AKA-56
			Last Day Postal Service USS ARNEB Cargo Ship (LKA-56) J E. Dean SN - Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1971-07-08 Locy Type 2t(n+) (USS) USS Truckee AO-147
			Welcome to Norfolk Dutch Isaac Sweers

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N/A		N/A	1971-07-28 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) (USS) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. A-77a USS Amphion AR-13
			Last Day Postal Service USS AMPHION (AR-13) Repair Ship - Atlantic Fleet H.T. McDougall, E.P. Merriam W.R. Walk, S.M. Sherard, Postal Clerks

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N/A		N/A	1971-08-07 Locy Type FDC 2(n+) (USS) USS Dixon AS-37
			Commissioning USS DIXON (AS-37) Submarine Tender

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N/A		N/A	1971-09-03 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS York County LST-1175
			Last Day USS UTINA (ATF-163)

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N/A		N/A	1971-09-22 Locy Type 2(n+u) (USS) USS Waccamaw AO-109
			Christened Today At Newport News, VA. USS CALIFORNIA (DLGN 36) Nuclear, Guided Missile, Destroyer Leader

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N/A		N/A	1971-10-19 Locy Type 2(n+u) (USS) USS Columbus CG-12
			Keel Laid Today At Newport News, VA. USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL Nuclear Submarine (SSN-687)

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N/A		N/A	1971-11-01 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS John F. Kennedy CVA-67
			Welcome to Norfolk USNS FLYER {T-AG-178} Military Sealift Command

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N/A		N/A	1971-11-01 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Raleigh LPD-1
			Welcome to Norfolk HMCS OJIBWA Canadian Submarine SS-72

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N/A		N/A	1971-11-27 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS York County LST-1175
			Welcome to Norfolk Spanish "L-11" Landing Ship Tank (LST)

Formally USS TERREBONNE PARISH (LST-1156)

 

N/A		N/A	1971-11-27 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) Locy Type 9eft(n+u) (USS) USS York County LST-1175
			Welcome to Norfolk Spanish "L-11" Landing Ship Tank (LST)

Formally USS TERREBONNE PARISH (LST-1156)

 

N/A		N/A	1971-11-28 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Spartanburg County LST-1192
			Welcome to Norfolk USS SPARTANBURG COUNTY Landing Ship Tank (LST-1192) Home Port - Norfolk VA. PC3 Koehly, Postal Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1971-12-01 Locy Type 7dit(nu) ("POW/MIA") USS John F. Kennedy CVA-67
			Farewell to Norfolk USS JOHN F. KENNEDY Sails for Duty with 6th Fleet Mediterranean Sea

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N/A		N/A	1971-12-07 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Canisteo AO-99
			First Day GNS HEPHAISTOS USNS J. WILLARD GIBBS (T-AGOR-1) Transferred to Greece at Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1971-12-07 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Vulcan AR-5
			Last Day USNS J. WILLARD GIBBS (T-AGOR-1) (Formally USS SAN CARLOS AVP-1) Being Transferred to Greece

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N/A		N/A	1971-12-29 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Lorain County LST-1177
			Welcome to Norfolk Thailand Naval Ship HTMS TAPI (PF-5) Commissioned Nov. 19, 1971 At Boston, MAss.

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