Cachet Maker USCS Chapter 74 USS Puget Sound

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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			04/27/1968 - 01/27/1996
			USS Puget Sound AD-38

USCS Chapter #74 serving the Seattle/Tacoma area

 

			1978-08-01 USS Eagle WIX-327
			Seafair Fleet

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			1981-08-06 Locy Type 2-2et (FPO SF 96663) "OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT TWO" Locy Type 9-2e (FPO SF 96663) "OCEANOGRAPHIC UNIT TWO" Oceanographic Unit 2
			Category

Note: Cachet also mentions USNS Dutton T-AGS-22

 

			1982-03-26
			Launching - HMAS Darwin FFG-44

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N/A		N/A	1982-06-14 USPS 4-bar Cancel Westport WA
			USCG Station Grays Harbor

Cachet by Don Abrahamson, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

N/A			1982-09-18 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D1,USS)
			Port Visit - USS Dixon AS-37

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			1984-08-03 Locy Type 2-1n+ (D1,USS) USS Fife DD-991
			Fleet Week Port Visit - Seattle

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N/A		N/A	1985-01-08 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Baltimore MD USCGC Northland WMEC-904
			Collectors request

Signed by the CO. Cachet artist is Don Abrahamson. Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A			1985-02-09 FDC 9-1(nu) (USS) USS Whidbey Island LSD-41
			Commissioning

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N/A		N/A	1985-05-30 Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) USS Vandegrift FFG-48
			First Missile Shot

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A		N/A	1986-03-17 Locy Type 2-1(n+)(USS) USS Germantown LSD-42
			Departing Seattle

Contributed by Tom Kean.

 

N/A			1988-09-14 USPS 4-bar Cancel "Bangor Br." Bremerton WA
			Deactivation of - USS John Adams SSBN-620

Cachet printed by Robert Clark and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Neal Mills collection.

 

N/A			1988-12-02 USPS Type 9 cancel "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning of - USS Dace SSN-607

Cachet printed by Robert Clark, serviced by Tom Armstrong and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the George Marcincin collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1989-03-24 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning of - USS John Adams SSBN-620

Cachet printed by Robert Clark and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Neal Mills collection.

 

			1989-10-23
			First Day Cachet Used - USCGC Hudson WLIC-801

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N/A			1989-11-17 USPS Machine Cancel Red Bank NJ
			Commissioning - USCGC Adak WPB-1333

Signed by the CO & XO. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A			1989-12-19 USPS Machine Cancel Portsmouth NH
			First Day Cachet Used - USCGC Wrangell WPB-1332

Signed by the CO & XO. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A			1990-08-04 Locy Type 9fy (USCGC / NEW YORK NY USPO) USCGC Polar Star WAGB-10
			200th Anniversary of the USCG

Cachet by Richard J. (Dick) Weber.

 

			1991-07-04 Locy Type 9-1(n+) (USS) Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520280) ZIP 96629 USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Category

Cachet by Charles B. Hall and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A			1991-08-18 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. N-35e USS Nimitz CVN-68
			Homebound from the Arabian Gulf

Cachet by Tom Armstrong and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

 

N/A		N/A	1991-08-21 USPS Machine Cancel Portsmouth NH
			Collector request - USCGC Wrangell WPB-1332

Signed by the CO. From the John Young collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1993-08-04 USPS 4-bar Cancel South Portland ME
			Collector request - USCGC Wrangell WPB-1332

Signed by the CO. From the John Young collection.

 

			1999-07-01 Locy Type 2-2mtn+(USS APO AP 96635-2780) USS Constellation CV-64
			Category

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			1999-12-25 Locy Type 2-2mt(n+) (USS,FPO AP 96661-3040) USS Bridge AOE-10
			Christmas Day

Cachet by Tom Armstrong, and sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS
Cover has postmarks from USS Bridge AOE-10, USS Camden AOE-2, USS Rainier AOE-7, USS Sacramento AOE-1, USS Carl Vinson CVN-70, and USS Fife DD-991.

 

N/A			2002-07-04 Locy Type 2(n) (USS)
			Independence Day

Serviced by Dave Richardson, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Denny Gill collection.
 

N/A			2002-08-16 USPS CDS Seattle WA
			Seattle port call and first day circular cachet used Dutch Barque EUROPA

Serviced by Dave Richardson, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Denny Gill collection.

 

N/A			2020-04-28 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Keel Laying Station" Panama City FL
			Keel Laying of the - USCGC Argus WMSM-915

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill

 

N/A		N/A	2020-09-02 USPS Pictorial Postmark "Surrender Station" Honolulu HI
			75th Anniversary of end of WWII aboard the - USS Missouri BB-63

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill

 

N/A		N/A	2021-11-13 USPS Type 12 Cancel "Mobile Main Office" Mobile AL
			Christening of - USNS Apalachicola T-EPF-13

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS.

 

N/A		N/A	2022-01-28 USPS Double 4-bar Cancel "Flagship City Br." Pascagoula MS
			Keel Authentication of - USS Harrisburg LPD-30

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill, sponsored by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS.

 

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