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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	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text --------- Cachet Category

No Image		No Image	1963-05-25 Locy Type FDC 2(n)
			Commissioning

Created by the Ship Commissioning Committee.

No Image			1963-05-25 USPO Machine, Bremerton, Wash.
			Commissioning

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

No Image		No Image	1963-07-11 Locy Type 2(n) (DLG21,USS)
			First Time Underway

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

No Image		No Image	1963-10-08 Locy Type 2(n) (DLG21,USS)
			First Missile Firing

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

No Image		No Image	1963-11-07 Locy Type 2(n) (DLG21,USS)
			Shakedown Cruise

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

No Image		No Image	1964-04-23 Locy Type 2(n) (DLG21,USS)
			Crosses the Equator

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

			1964-05-09 Locy Type 2(n) (DLG21,USS)
			Commemorative for Battle of the Coral Sea

Cachet by Morris W. Beck

No Image		No Image	1964-05-25 Locy Type 2(n) (DLG21,USS)
			First Anniversary

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

			1966-05-25 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-58
			Ship's 3rd Anniversary

Note:

			1970-01-17 Locy Type FDR 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-58a
			First Day Recommissioning

Note:

No Image		No Image	1974-05-13 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-58a
			Collector's Mail

Official Ship's R/S cachet

No Image		No Image	1974-09-17 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-58a
			Citizenship Day

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

			1977-08-04 Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (CG-21,USS) Locy Type 9-1t(n+u) (CG,USS)
			Ship's Crest

Note:

No Image		No Image	1984-11-28 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-58a
			Collector's Mail

Official Ship's R/S cachet

No Image		No Image	1989-10-27 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS,USN)
			Navy Day 1989

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak

No Image		No Image	1991-02-18 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS,USN)
			Official Mail

Note:

No Image		No Image	1991-04-19 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS,USN)
			Port Visit to Portland OR

Note:

No Image			1993-07-04 Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (A,USN,USS)
			Independence Day 1993

Rogak Cachet

No Image		No Image	1994-01-21 Locy Type LDC 2-1(n+) Locy Type LDC 9-1(n+u)
			Last Day in Commission

Official Ship's R/S cachet

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