Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 61 Nuclear Ships

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.

 

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N/A			1963-05-09 USPO 1-bar Mare Island CA
			Sea Trials USS Andrew Jackson SSBN-619

Assisted by Jack L. Howland

 

		N/A	1964-05-27 USPO Machine Cancel Quincy MA
			Keel Laying USS Whale SSN-638

Cachet by Malcolm C Walker. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		N/A	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: Am assuming that the Nuclear Ships Chapter made this cachet based on the address.

 

N/A		N/A	1970-02-09 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Keel Laying USS Batfish SSN-681

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

		N/A	1970-08-15 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Keel Laying USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

			1970-11-15 Locy Type 7t(nu) (USS) USS Canopus AS-34
			10th Anniversary of 1st Polaris Patrol USS George Washington SSBN-598

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		N/A	1970-12-01 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Keel Laying USS South Carolina CGN-37

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		N/A	1971-06-05 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Keel Laying USS Glenard P. Lipscomb SSN-685

Cachet by Bernhard M Vesper. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

N/A		N/A	1971-05-15 USPO Machine Cancel Pascagoula MS
			Commissioning USS Pogy SSN-647

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper.

 

		N/A	1971-06-12 USPO Machine Cancel Vallejo CA
			Sea Trials USS Pintado SSN-672

NSC #12. Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

		N/A	1971-06-26 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Keel Laying USS L. Mendel Rivers SSN-686

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1971-09-25 Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. S-86 "COMMISSING / / DAY"
			Commissioning USS Sand Lance SSN-660

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-01-22 USPS 1-bar Cancel Mare Island CA
			Sea Trials USS Drum SSN-677

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

 

			1972-05-13 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "CHRISTENING OF / THE USS NIMITZ" Newport News VA
			Ship Launching USS Nimitz CVN-68

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1972-06-05 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Sea Trials - USS Batfish SSN-681

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1972-08-12 USPS Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Keel Laying USS Philadelphia SSN-690

No. 29. Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

N/A		N/A	1973-08-18 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Keel Laying USS Texas DLGN-39

Cachet by Bernhard M. Vesper

 

			1974-10-29 USPS Machine cancel Newport News, VA USS L. Mendel Rivers SSN-686
			Sea Trials

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1977-02-19 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "CHRISTENING OF / THE USS / CINCINNATI" Newport News VA
			Launching / Christening of the USS Cincinnati SSN-693

Cachet No. 84. Cachet by Ken Bieda.

 

			1977-10-18 Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS) USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69
			Ship Commissioning

Cachet by Kenneth Bieda

 

N/A		N/A	1978-03-28 USPS Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Sea Trials of the USS Cincinnati SSN-693

Cachet No. 104

 

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