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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 1977
 

N/A		N/A	1977-08-01 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Richard E. Byrd DDG-23
			Welcome to Norfolk HMS AMBUSCADE (F-172) John King, Leading Regulator Standing Naval Force Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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N/A		N/A	1977-08-10 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS John F. Kennedy CV-67
			Welcome to Norfolk German Frigate AUGSBURG (F-222) Hans Nawroth, Postal Clerk Standing Naval Force Atlantic North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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N/A		N/A	1977-09-10 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n) (USS) USS Texas CGN-39
			USS TEXAS Nuclear Missile Cruiser (CGN-39) Arthur K. Allen PC3, Postal Clerk Commissioned Today At Norfolk Naval Base

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N/A		N/A	1977-09-12 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"AGFF") USS Glover AGFF-1
			Welcome to Norfolk English Destroyer SHEFFIELD (D-80) Britain's Newest Missile Class Destroyer Michael Dulson, Master at Arms

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N/A		N/A	1977-09-17 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Forrestal CV-59
			Farewell to Norfolk USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) F.P. Doerschuck, Chief Postal Clerk Deploys to New Home Port Mayport, Florida

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N/A		N/A	1977-09-30 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) Locy Type 9-1(nu) (USS) USS Texas CGN-39
			Welcome to Norfolk HMS HERMES Anti-Submarine and Commando Carrier John Draper RPO, Mail Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1977-10-01 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"DDG 37") USS Farragut DDG-37
			Last Day in Commission At Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk USS READY (PG-87) Lt. Wm. J. McSorley, III, Commanding

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N/A		N/A	1977-10-01 Locy Type LDC 2t(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-26p Locy Type LDC 9f(nu) ("CVA") USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV-42
			Last Day in Service USS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (CV-42) Decommissioned At Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1977-10-01 Locy Type 2(n+) USS Lawrence DDG-4
			Last Day in Commission At Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk USS ANTELOPE (PG-86) Lt. James P. Euliss, Commanding

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N/A		N/A	1977-10-01 Locy Type 2t(n+) USS Shenandoah AD-26
			Last Day in Commission At Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk USS DOUGLAS (PG-100) Lt. Thomas G. Russell, Commanding

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N/A		N/A	1977-10-01 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Texas CGN-39
			Last Day in Commission At Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk USS GRAND RAPIDS (PG-98) Lt. Bruce E. Holdt, Commanding

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N/A		N/A	1977-10-15 Locy Type LDPS 2(n+) (USS) Locy Type LDPS 9ef(n+u) (USS,"NY") USS Basilone DD-824
			Last Day Postal Service USS BASILONE (DD-824) Alford L. Forney PC3, Postal Clerk Home Port - Norfolk, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1977-10-18 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n) (USS) (large letters) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
			USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Nuclear Aircraft Carrier (CVN-69) Commissioned Today At Norfolk Naval Base

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N/A		N/A	1977-10-19 Locy Type 2t(n+)(USS) USS Barney DDG-6
			USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN-695) Nuclear Submarine Launched Today At Newport News, VA.

Note: Actual Launch Day was 29 October 1977.

 

N/A		N/A	1977-10-19 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Mitscher DDG-35
			Welcome to Norfolk HMS PENELOPE Seawolf Missile Frigate Richard J. Hutchings, Mail Clerk

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N/A		N/A	1977-10-29 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"FFG") USS Richard L. Page FFG-5
			USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN-695) Nuclear Submarine Launched Today At Newport News, VA.

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N/A		N/A	1977-11-11 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USS Neosho AO-143
			Welcome to Norfolk French Naval Ship BIDASSOA (L-9004)

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N/A		N/A	1977-12-17 Locy Type 2t(n+u) USS Dahlgren DDG-43
			USS MEMPHIS (SSN-691) Nuclear Submarine Cdr. G.D. Hicks USN, Commanding Commissioned Today At Newport News, VA.

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