GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN 73

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Nimitz Class Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier
    Keel Laid 25 August 1986 - Christened & Launched 21 July 1990

  1. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN 73
    Commissioned 4 July 1992
GeorgeWashington CVN73 1 Crest.jpg

Naval Covers

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  1. USS George Washington CVN-73 Covers Page 1    (1986-2022)

 

Postmarks

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A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link
To
Cover Image

NOTE - "Post office opened for business Apr 15, 1992. The box of postmarks was misrouted to a ship in the Indian Ocean and did not arrive until May 25. FDPS covers are backdated."
USCS Postmark Catalog 1997.



 

Locy Type
FDPS 2-2t (USS,FPO
AE 09550-2873)

1992-04-15

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19920415 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19920415 1 Front.jpg

First Day Postal Service


 

Locy Type
FDC F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. G-24

1992-07-04

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19920704 9 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19920704 9 Front.jpg

Commissioning. Cachet by the Aircraft Carrier Study Group


 

Locy Type
FDC 9-2 (USS,
FPO AE 09550-2873)

1992-07-04

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19920704 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19920704 1 Front.jpg

Commissioning, cachet by USS North Carolina Chapter No. 99, USCS


 

Locy Type
2-2t
(USS,FPO AE
09550-2873)

1992-06-02

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19920602 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19920602 1 Front.jpg

Official Ship's Cachet, Acceptance Trials


 

Locy Type
9-2 (USS,FPO
AE 09550-2873)

1997-12-11

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19971211 2 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19971211 1 Front.jpg

Ships cachet, collectors request by Elgin E. Sink


 

Locy Type
11-2
(USS, FPO AE
09550-2873)

1997-12-11

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19971211 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19971211 1 Front.jpg

Ships cachet, collectors request by Elgin E. Sink


 

Locy Type
11-2n
(USS,FPO AP /
09550-2873)

2005-03-17

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20050317 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20050317 1 Front.jpg

St. Patrick's Day. Cachet by Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS


 

Locy Type
11-2n
(USS,FPO
96650-2801)

2011-10-31

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20111031 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20111031 1 Front.jpg

Ships Cachet. Halloween. From the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
11-2n
(USS,FPO AP
96650-2801)

2012-02-22

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20120222 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20120222 1 Front.jpg

Washington's Birthday. Cachet by Mike Brock


 

Locy Type
11-2ny
(USS,FPO AP 96650)
(UNIT 100148)

2015-07-11

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20150711 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20150711 1 Front.jpg

Official Ships Cachet. "Combined Exercise Talisman Sabre 15".
"This postmark reflects the change in the Naval Postal System by adding Unit Number." Greg C.


 

Locy Type
11-2
(USS,FPO AE
09550)

2016-04-08
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20160408 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20160408 1 Front.jpg

Official ships cachet, requested by Robert Jank


 

Locy Type
12-2c(n+u)
(USS, FPO AE
09550-2873)

2002-10-06

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20021006 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20021006 1 Front.jpg

Ships cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.


 

Locy Type
12-2cny
(USS, FPO AE
09550-2873)
(USPS)

2003-04-25

Bunter George Washington CVN 73 20030425 1 pm1.jpg
Bunter George Washington CVN 73 20030425 1 front.jpg

Cachet by Roger A. Wentworth


 

Locy Type
12-2n
(USS, FPO AP
96650-2801)

Damaged (?)

2011-03-21

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20110321 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20110321 1 Front.jpg

Cachet by Bill Payden


 

Locy Type
12-2c(n+)y
(USS, FPO AE 09550) (Unit 100148)

2022-06-13

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20220613 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20220613 1 Front.jpg

Collect request from Foster E. Miller, III.


 

Locy Type
13-2(n+u)
(USS, FPO AE
09550-2873)

2002-09-03

Bunter George Washington CVN 73 20020903 1 pm1.jpg
Bunter George Washington CVN 73 20020903 1 front.jpg

Operation Enduring Freedom 2002, cachet by Alexander Magda


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-06-04

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20080604 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20080604 1 Front.jpg

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Ship's cachet, serviced by Thad Kaczkowski


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. CD-11

2011-05-08

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20110508 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20110508 1 Front.jpg

Centennial of Naval Aviation. Contributed by Elgin E. Sink


 

Locy Type F

(USS,FPO AP
96650-2801)

2012-07-04

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20120704 6 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20120704 6 Front.jpg

20th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

Locy Type F

(USS,FPO AP
96650-2801)

2014-04-30

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20140430 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20140430 1 Front.jpg

225th Anniversary of the Inauguration of George Washington as the 1st President of the United States. Cachet by Mike Brock


 

Locy Type F

2015-12-19

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20151219 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20151219 1 Front.jpg

Official Ships Cachet. Confusing postmark; US Navy is a "-1" variation, "FPO" and a ZIP Code is a "-2" variation. However, there is no ship name in the postmark either. So for now, it is classified as a Type F. Greg C.


 

Locy Type
Meter OFR2 (#520194)
ZIP 09550

1993-07-21

Bunter George Washington CVN 73 19930721 2 pm1.jpg
Bunter George Washington CVN 73 19930721 1 front.jpg

Notes:


 

Locy Type
Meter E1 (#071V00507126)
ZIP 09550

2006-06-26

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20060626 1 Meter.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20060626 2 Front.jpg

"E" = ENDICIA. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.



USPS Pictorial Postmarks


 

USPS Slogan
Machine Cancel

"Christening of The
USS George Washington"

Newport News, VA

1990-07-21

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19900721 2 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19900721 2 Front.jpg

Christening


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"VAPEX Station"

Virginia Beach, VA

1992-11-13

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19921113 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19921113 1 Front.jpg

70th Anniversary of Aircraft Carriers. VAPEX '92 Show Cachet.


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"VAPEX Station"

Virginia Beach, VA

1992-11-14

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19921114 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 19921114 1 Front.jpg

70th Anniversary of Aircraft Carriers. VAPEX '92 Show Cachet.


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"15th Anniversary
Station"

Norfolk, VA

2007-07-04

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20070704 3 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20070704 3 Front.jpg

15th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by the Taze Nicholson Chapter No. 104, USCS


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"20th Anniversary
Station"

Norfolk, VA

2012-07-04

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20120704 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20120704 1 Front.jpg

20th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by Greytcovers


 

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"25th Anniversary
Station"

Norfolk, VA

2017-07-04

GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20170704 1 Postmark.jpg
GregCiesielski GeorgeWashington CVN73 20170704 1 Front.jpg

25th Anniversary of Commissioning. Cachet by Robert Jank

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - George Washington, (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799), 1st President of the United States of America (1789-1797).

Four ships of the United States Navy have been named in honor of George Washington - USS George Washington (1798), USS George Washington ID-3018,
USS George Washington SSBN-598 and USS George Washington CVN-73.

The ships sponsor is First Lady Barbara Bush, wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States.

 


 

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