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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 Ship --------- Category

N/A		N/A	1966-02-26 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck. Contributed by Jennifer Hoffman.

N/A		N/A	1966-02-26 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching

Cachet by Morris W. Beck.

N/A		N/A	1967-03-03 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			Commissioning

Cachet by Eugene O. Wright, sponsored by the Dynamic Philatelic Society

N/A		N/A	1982-03-03 USPS Slogan Machine Cancel "Submarine Base Sta." Groton CT
			15th Anniversary of Commissioning

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

N/A			1989-06-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Frank Cable AS-40
			ICEX 1-89

Cacheted. Cover also has a "USS STURGEON" Local Post sticker and postmark dated 8 April 1989. Cover #107 of 292.

N/A			1989-06-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Frank Cable AS-40
			ICEX 1-89

Cacheted. Cover also has a "USS STURGEON" Local Post sticker and postmark dated 8 April 1989. Cover #180 of 292. From the Wolfgang Hechler collection.

N/A			1989-06-13 Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) USS Frank Cable AS-40
			ICEX 1-89

Cacheted. Cover also has a "USS STURGEON" Local Post sticker and postmark dated 8 April 1989. Cover #188 of 292. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

N/A		N/A	1992-07-24 Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS) USS Frank Cable AS-40
			Collectors request

Ships cachet.

N/A		N/A	1994-01-14 Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. F-57 USS Frank Cable AS-40
			Inactivation Ceremony

Cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS.

N/A			1994-08-01 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	1994-08-01 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA Locy Type 9-1et(nu) (USS) USS Nimitz CVN-68
			Decommissioning

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	1994-10-18 USPS Type 9 "Naval Base Branch" Bremerton WA
			Scrapping program is started for the USS Swordfish SSN-579, USS Seadragon SSN-584, USS Sturgeon SSN-637, USS Francis Scott Key SSBN-657 and USS Benjamin Franklin SSBN-640 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton WA.

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	2000-03-28 USPS Pictorial Postmark Silverdale WA USPS Type 9 Keyport WA
			Centennial of US Navy Submarines

Cachet by Tom Armstrong

N/A		N/A	1989-06-08
			Local Post labels

"USS STURGEON" Local Post stickers. From the Neal J. Mills collection.

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