Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 4 Stephen Decatur Page 86

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.

1933-35

1936-59

1960-69

1970-77

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N/A		N/A	2018-01-09 USPS Pictorial Postmark "25th Anniversary Sta." Groton CT
			25th Anniversary of the USS Springfield SSN-761

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N/A		N/A	2018-02-03 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Sta." San Diego CA
			Commissioning of the USS Omaha LCS-12

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N/A		N/A	2018-03-07 USPS CDS Prudhoe Bay AK
			ICE EX 2018 with USS Connecticut SSN-22

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N/A		N/A	2018-03-07 USPS CDS Prudhoe Bay AK
			ICE EX 2018 with USS Hartford SSN-768

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N/A		N/A	2018-03-09 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Sta." Honolulu HI
			Commissioning of the USCGC Joseph Gerczak WPC-1126

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N/A		N/A	2018-03-13 USPS Pictorial Postmark "25th Anniversary Sta." Norfolk VA
			25th Anniversary of USS Montpelier SSN-765

Note: Error cachet; "30th Anniversary". 3 covers made before error noticed.

 

N/A		N/A	2018-03-13 USPS Pictorial Postmark "25th Anniversary Sta." Norfolk VA
			25th Anniversary of USS Montpelier SSN-765

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N/A		N/A	2018-03-17 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Sta." Groton CT
			Commissioning of the USS Colorado SSN-788

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N/A		N/A	2018-03-24 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Sta." Charleston SC
			Commissioning of the USS Ralph Johnson DDG-114

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N/A		N/A	2018-04-10 USPS Pictorial Postmark "On Eternal Patrol Sta." Kittery ME
			On Eternal Patrol - USS Thresher SSN-593

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N/A		N/A	2018-04-20 USPS 4-bar Cancel Atlantic Beach NC
			Commissioning of the USCGC Richard Snyder WPC-1127

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N/A		N/A	2018-04-21 Locy Type F
			Commissioning of the USS Portland LPD-27

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N/A		N/A	2018-04-21 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Sta." Portland OR
			Commissioning of the USS Portland LPD-27

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N/A		N/A	2018-04-30 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Fleet Week Station" Fort Lauderdale FL
			Fleet Week with USS Detroit LCS-7

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N/A		N/A	2018-05-11 USPS 4-bar Cancel North Kingstown RI
			Keel Laying of the USS Hyman G. Rickover SSN-795

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N/A		N/A	2018-05-12 USPS Pictorial Postmark "2018 Summer Sail / Departing Sta." New London CT
			2018 Cadet Cruise of the USCGC Eagle WIX-327

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N/A		N/A	2018-05-14 USPS Type 12c Bath ME
			Keel Laying of the USS Daniel Inouye DDG-118

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N/A		N/A	2018-05-16 USPS Type 12 cancel Newport News VA
			Keel Laying of - USS Montana SSN-794

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N/A		N/A	2018-05-22 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Still On Patrol Sta." Norfolk VA
			Still On Patrol - USS Scorpion SSN-589

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N/A		N/A	2018-05-23 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Fleet Week New York Sta." King's Point NY
			Fleet Week NY 2018 - USS Zephyr PC-8

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N/A		N/A	2018-05-24 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Fleet Week New York Sta." Staten Island NY
			Fleet Week NY 2018 - USS Little Rock LCS-9

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N/A		N/A	2018-05-26 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Commissioning Station" Portsmouth NH
			Commissioning of the USS Manchester LCS-14

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N/A		N/A	2018-06-18 USPS Pictorial Postmark "35th Anniversary Sta." Groton CT
			35th Anniversary - USS Florida SSGN-728

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