Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 2a2

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.

Chapter Covers

The Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4 is very prolific and has created many covers since their organization on September 9, 1933. Cachets for this chapter have been created by various artists and efforts are made to identify them. To speed up the time for a page to fully load, they have been separated into smaller year increments starting with the year 1980. This Chapter is based out of Philadelphia, PA and they create covers for US Navy vessels, US Coast Guard vessels and other maritime entities. Please enjoy these covers that show our maritime history.

Cachet Artist and Director is Rich Hoffner unless otherwise stated.

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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

 

		N/A	1977-01-20 USPS Pictorial ”Inauguration Day” Ceylon MN
			Inauguration Day – President Carter & Vice President Mondale

Hoffner #H095. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-01-20 USPS Pictorial ”Inauguration Day” Washington DC
			Inauguration Day – President Carter & Vice President Mondale

Hoffner #H097. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-01-20 USPS Pictorial ”Inauguration Day” Washington DC
			Inauguration Day – President Carter

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-01-29 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Barry DD-933
			35th Anniversary of Loss USCGC Alexander Hamilton WPG-34

Hoffner #H098. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-02-24 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,"FF") USS Patterson FF-1061
			Port Visit to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-02-24 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,"FF") Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS,"FF") USS Paul FF-1080
			Port Visit to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-02-24 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,"FF") Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS,"FF") USS Paul FF-1080
			Port Visit to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-03-08 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"AGFF") Locy Type 9f(n+u) (USS,"AGFF") USS Glover AGFF-1
			Welcome to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-03-08 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,"DDG") USS Luce DDG-38
			Port Visit to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-03-08 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,"DDG") USS Luce DDG-38
			Port Visit to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-03-18 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(FF) Locy Type 9eft(nu)(USS) USS Aylwin FF-1081
			Port Visit to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-03-18 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(FF) Locy Type 9eft(nu)(USS) USS Aylwin FF-1081
			Port Visit to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-03-18 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(FF,USS) USS McCandless FF-1084
			5th Anniversary

Hoffner #H099. Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-04-06 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA USS Trout SS-566
			Port Visit to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-04-08 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Harlan County LST-1196
			5th Anniversary

Hoffner #H100. Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-04-11 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Nitro AE-23
			Welcome to Philadelphia

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-04-15 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"CG") USS Horne CG-30
			10th Anniversary

Hoffner #H101. Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-04-29 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS) USS Decatur DDG-31
			10th Anniversary

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-04-29 Locy Type 9f(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-68b USS McCloy FF-1038
			Keel Laid – USS Duncan FFG-10

Hoffner #H102. Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-05-02 Locy Type FDPS 2-1(n) (USS) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
			First Day of Postal Service

Hoffner #H103. Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-05-21 USPS Pictorial ”B Free Franklin” Philadelphia PA USS Johnston DD-821
			Armed Forces Day 1977

Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-05-26 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA USS San Francisco SSN-711
			Keel Laid

Hoffner #H104. Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-06-19 Locy Type FDPS 2-1(n) (USS) USS Texas CGN-39
			First Day of Postal Service

Hoffner #H105. Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-06-23 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Texas CGN-39
			First Sea Trials

Hoffner #H106. Cachet Director is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-06-23 USPS Slogan Machine cancel "USS Philadelphia / SSN 690 / Commissioned" Groton, CT USS Philadelphia SSN-690
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H107. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-06-23 USPS Slogan Machine cancel "USS Philadelphia / SSN 690 / Commissioned" Groton, CT USS Philadelphia SSN-690
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H108. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-07-09 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n)(USS) USS Peterson DD-969
			Commissioning

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-07-13 Locy Type 9f(n+u) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. M-68b USS McCloy FF-1038
			Keel Laid – USS Wadsworth FFG-9

Hoffner #H109. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-07-23 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Barry DD-933
			Launched – USS Moosbrugger DD-980

Hoffner #H110. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-07-30 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT USS Indianapolis SSN-697
			Launched

Hoffner #H112. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-07-30 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT USS Phoenix SSN-702
			Keel Laid

Hoffner #H113. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-08-01 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
			First Sea Trials

Hoffner #H114. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-08-04 Locy Type 2t(nu) ("FF") USS Elmer Montgomery FF-1082
			Welcome to Philadelphia

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-08-09 Locy Type 2t(nu) ("FF") USS Elmer Montgomery FF-1082
			Welcome to Philadelphia

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-08-25 Locy Type 2-1(n)(USS) USS Elliot DD-967
			Port Visit to Rockland ME

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-08-26 Locy Type 2-1(n)(USS) USS Henry B. Wilson DDG-7
			1st Day of Use - New Cachet

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-08-29 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Barry DD-933
			Keel Laid – USS Thorn DD-988

Hoffner #H115. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-09-10 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n) (USS) USS Texas CGN-39
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H116. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-09-23 USPS Machine Cancel Philadelphia PA HMS PENELOPE F-27
			Welcome to Philadelphia

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-10-01 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n)(USS) USS Caron DD-970
			1st Day in Commission

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-10-05 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Claude V. Ricketts DDG-5
			Welcome to Philadelphia

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-10-13 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Skeneborough NY / 1776 Shipyard For / First US Fleet" Whtehall NY
			Navy Day

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-10-13 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Claude V. Ricketts DDG-5
			Navy Day

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-10-13 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS) USS Decatur DDG-31
			Navy Day

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-10-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+) ("WILLIAN") USS William H. Standley CG-32
			Navy Day

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-10-16 Locy Type 2-1(n)(USS) USS Spruance DD-963
			Welcome to Philadelphia

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-10-18 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n) (USS) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H117. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-10-18 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n) (USS) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
			Commissioning

Hoffner #H118. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-11-04 Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS,"DDG") USS William V. Pratt DDG-44
			16th Anniversary of Commissioning

Hoffner #H119. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-11-11 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS,"FFG") USS Julius A. Furer FFG-6
			10th Anniversary of Commissioning

Hoffner #H120. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-11-19 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n)(USS) USS David R. Ray DD-971
			1st Day in Commission

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-12-05 Locy Type 2(n+) (USS) USS Barry DD-933
			In Memoriam – FLIGHT 19

Hoffner #H121. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-12-15 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) Locy Type 9-1(n+u)(USS) USS Albert David FF-1050
			1st Day Use - New Cachet

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-12-15 USPS 4-bar Philadelphia PA USS Rich DD-820
			Last Day in Commission

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-12-17 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7
			First Day in Commission

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

		N/A	1977-12-05 Locy Type FDC 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7
			First Day in Commission

Hoffner #H122. Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-12-19 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. K-26 USS King DDG-41
			First Day Use - New Cachet

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

N/A		N/A	1977-12-25 Locy Type 2t(n+u)(USS,DDG) USS Luce DDG-38
			First Day Use - New Cachet

Cachet Director and artist is Rich Hoffner

 

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