Swordfish SSN 579 Covers Page 1

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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
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Category


 

N/A

N/A

1956-01-25
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"Naval Base Br."
Portsmouth NH

Keel Laid

Cachet by George H. Goldey. From the Neal J. Mills collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1957-08-27
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"Naval Base Br."
Portsmouth NH

Launched

Cachet by George H. Goldey. From the Neal J. Mills collection.


 

N/A

N/A

1957-08-27
USPO Slogan Machine Cancel
"Naval Base Br."
Portsmouth NH

Launched

Cachet by George H. Goldey. From the Neal J. Mills collection.


 

N/A

1961-05-20
USPO Machine Cancel
"Submarine Base Br."
Honolulu, Hawaii

Collectors request

Rubber stamp cachet.


 

N/A

N/A

1966-06-09
USPO 1-bar Cancel
Mare Island CA

Collectors request

Ships cachet.


 

N/A

N/A

1967-03-14
USPO Sloan Machine Cancel
Vallejo CA

Collectors request

Ships cachet.


 

N/A

N/A

1983-09-15
USPS CDS
Portsmouth NH

25th Birthday

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


 

N/A

1987-11-19
USPS Type 9
"Submarine Base Br."
Honolulu, Hawaii

Deactivation

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


 

N/A

1989-06-02
Locy Type LDC 2-1n

Decommissioning

Cachet by Gary R. Rogak


 

N/A

N/A

1989-06-02
Locy Type LDC 2-1n

Decommissioning

Cacheted


 

N/A

N/A

1989-06-02

Decommissioning Letter

Note:


 

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

 


 

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