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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.

Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

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 --------- Cachet Category

N/A		N/A	1964-06-15 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS,"AGTR") USS Oxford AGTR-1
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

N/A		N/A	1964-06-15 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Keel Laying

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

N/A		N/A	1965-08-14 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

N/A		N/A	1965-08-14 USPO Duplex Cancel Newport News VA
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck with shipyard cachet added to the cover.

N/A		N/A	1966-06-15 USPO Machine Cancel Newport News VA
			Commissioning

Rubber stamp cachet

N/A		N/A	1966-09-02 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Observation Island EAG-154
			Polaris Missile Test (Blue)

Rubber stamp cachet by R. Bob Whitney. Cover is marked "Gold Crew" but the testing was actually by the "Blue Crew".

N/A		N/A	1966-09-02 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Observation Island EAG-154
			Polaris Missile Test (Blue)

Rubber stamp cachet by R. Bob Whitney.

N/A			1966-09-02 Locy Type 2(n+)(USS) USS Observation Island EAG-154
			Polaris Missile Test (Blue)

Rubber stamp cachet by R. Bob Whitney.

N/A		N/A	1966-11-26 Locy Type 2(n)(USS) USS Arcturus AF-52
			Welcome to Norfolk

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

N/A		N/A	1970-10-27 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Collectors request / Navy Day

Official ships cachet

N/A		N/A	1981-03-19 German hand cancel Wilhelmshaven, Germany
			Port Visit

Official ships cachet

N/A		N/A	1981-06-15 USPS 4-bar Newport News VA
			15th Anniversary

Cachet by Robert D. Rawlins, sponsored by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1986-06-15 USPS CDS Newport News VA
			20th Anniversary

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

N/A		N/A	1986-06-15 USPS CDS Newport News VA
			20th Anniversary

Cachet by Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

N/A		N/A	1992-10-17 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA
			Scrapping program is started

Scrapping program is started for the USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN-617, USS Henry L. Stimson SSBN-655, USS George Washington Carver SSBN-656
and USS Will Rogers SSBN-659 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.
Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	1992-10-21 USPS 4-bar Silverdale, Bangor, WA
			Deactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	1992-10-21 USPS 4-bar Silverdale, Bangor, WA
			Deactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	1992-10-21 USPS 4-bar Silverdale, Bangor, WA
			Deactivation Ceremony

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	1993-03-18 Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520280) ZIP 96629 USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	1993-03-18 Locy Type Meter OFR2 (#520280) ZIP 96629 USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	1993-03-18 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Sta." Bremerton, WA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	2016-06-15 USPS Pictorial Postmark "50th Anniversary Station" Norfolk, VA
			50th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by Robert Jank

N/A		N/A	2016-06-15 USPS Pictorial Postmark "50th Anniversary Station" Norfolk, VA
			50th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

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